Un-Conventional Women: Pussy Riot aims to bring awareness to the most current issues arising in feminism around the world, focusing specifically on the recent events in Russia with the Pussy Riot trials. The evening will begin with 3 actresses reading the 3 testimonies from the Pussy Riot trials. This will follow onto a panel, which will explore political protest, feminism and especially feminism in music, from girl power to Riot Grrl, with live music and spoken word performances to round off the evening.
The event will be part of the Labour Women's conference on 29th September, acting as a fund-raising and awareness event for the Pussy Riot trial fund.
Pussy Riot is an anonymous Russian feminist performance art group who, through a series of peaceful performances in highly visible places, have given voice to basic rights under threat in Russia today. They express the values and principles of gender equality, democracy and freedom of expression contained in the Russian constitution and other international instruments. The women were sentenced last week to two years in jail for staging a "punk prayer" against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's largest cathedral, their trial and harsh sentence sparking widespread condemnation in Russia and abroad. Read less
