Domestic violence is combated through art. An OSCE-supported tour of the “Casa M”, a theatre play raising awareness about the domestic violence, starts in Edinet and will cover seven other towns until mid-November. The tour is organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova with the aim of combating domestic violence, IPN reports, quoting a press release from the Mission.
“Domestic violence is a social problem affecting many families around the world and we should act together to prevent and combat it,” said Ambassador Jennifer Brush, Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. “We turned to theatre to address domestic violence because art has proved to be an effective form of communication to deal with social problems and raise public awareness of them.”
“Casa M” is a documentary-style theatre play telling true stories of Moldovan women who survived different types of violence - psychological, physical, sexual and economic. The play was written and directed by Luminita Ţâcu; the cast includes actors from the National Theatre in Chisinau. The play took part in international festivals in Austria, Georgia, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and Romania.
Each performance will be followed by an interactive debate with the audience, mediated by actors and experts trained in combating domestic violence, during which information materials are distributed.
