Second annual symposium

 

SECOND ANNUAL GVB SYMPOSIUM: ARTIVISM AS A TOOL TO COMBACT GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

 By: Sinentlahla Cefu

Twitter: SCefu98170

Email: sinentlahlacefu@gmail.com

The second Annual GBV Symposium, held on the 8August 2025 at Tshwane University of Technology in Arts campus, bought together the thought leaders, artist and activist to explore creative ways of combating gender-based violence Tshwane University of Technology hosted the Second Annual GBV symposium, with the involvement of student affairs and Extracurriculars Development (SAED)on the 8^th of August at Arts campus.

 (Art has a vital role to play in making people more aware about Gender based violence, I think especially when create special exhibitions in a way that exhibition bring artwork to the people in a way of making public self-narratives of survivors that are not often heard in giving them safe space to exhibit those self-narratives, also the traumatic event but then also create a safe space in  count of audiences to get to grab what survivors go through. There will always be a place for art in fighting gender-based violence. “Said Dr Dineke Orton/UJ Art Gallery Curator Second Annual GVB Symposium.

The symposium was designed to raise awareness and promote discussions to on ways to eliminate GBV using creative and artistic methods. The symposium aims to use art and creativity as means of addressing and combating gender -based violence.

“As actors to address these issues we should have different ways of addressing gender based violence in terms of going to the deep layers of it because I feel like most of the artistic ways in addressing these issues is showing the cause/effect, we always talk about stop GBV,  we always show male hitting women but we do not show t what are the causes on what lead a man in doing whatever they are doing, I think we can also go deep for the audience.” said  Tshepiso Hlongwane/master’s student in performing arts (specialising in acting) at TUT Arts campus