PROOF Displays Unearthed in Honor of the 59th Commission on the Status of Women

March 25, 2015

On March 12th, PROOF’s exhibit Unearthed: Stories of Courage in the Face of Sexual Violence was displayed during an NGO forum titled, “Initiatives to Prevent Violence Against Women in Asia Pacific Region” as part of the United Nations’ 59th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

Dzajo Krstić: From Neighbor to Rescuer

February 26, 2015

Ordinary people living nearby often decide the line that divides victims from survivors of genocide. While neighbors often are complicit in genocide, or are even active perpetrators, sometimes they instead become rescuers.

PROOF Unearthed, Tedx and Saudi Arabia →

February 18, 2015

Images taken by Smita Sharma for PROOF’s Unearthed project in India have been displayed at a Ted X conference event in Saudi Arabia on February 7th

The conference event hosted six female speakers who shared stories, research and realities of Muslim women and their identities as perceived by the world. The event explored the use of images and text and their potential as shape shifters of mindsets and the challenging of stereotypes. PROOF was delighted to support this event and the women holding and shaping this important conversation.

Children and Modern Warfare: Nothing New Under the Sun

February 10, 2015

From Boko Haram to ISIS, today’s armed groups are increasingly willing to use children in adults’ wars

UNEARTHED With PROOF

February 3, 2015

PROOF's Executive Director Leora Kahn and Photographer Smita Sharma traveled to New Delhi, India to work on PROOF's newest project, "UNEARTHED: stories of sexual violence and courage"

UNIC Pretoria supports 5th annual Francophonie festival with exhibit on child soldiers

January 11, 2015

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
7 April 2014

In a call to raise awareness of the worldwide phenomenon of child soldiers, UNIC Pretoria provided support to the High Commission of Canada in Pretoria as well as the Alliance Française of Pretoria to display a photographic exhibition entitled “Children of War”: Broken Childhood”.

Produced originally by the UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the exhibition will form part of the month-long Francophonie festival at the Alliance de Française in Pretoria from 20 March to 17 April 2014.

Accompanying the opening of the exhibition on 20 March was a film screening on child soldiers entitled, War Witch (French: Rebelle). With over 130 people in attendance, the film was followed by a panel discussion on the topic, moderated by journalist and broadcaster, Jean-Jaques Cornish. Giving an account of their different experiences and expertise on the topic of child soldiers, the two panel members, Patrizia Benvenuti, Chief of Child Protection for UNICEF South Africa and Jamala Safari, poet and author of “The long great agony and pure laughter of the god”, spoke passionately about the topic.

Read the full story here.

Visual Tellings to Confront "The Legacy of Rape"

January 11, 2015

by Alexandra Pollak. Published by Broad Recognition, Yale University, 22 October 2014.

Longtime photojournalist, teacher Leora Kahn travels to countries in the aftermath of armed conflict, conducting interviews about gender-based violence. When she visited Colombia with her students, an interviewee named Rosa declined to share her story. International organizations came frequently to solicit Rosa’s testimony. They compiled her story alongside thousands of similar stories and targeted an international audience of spectators totally removed from the populations recovering from armed conflict. Rosa wanted, instead, for her testimony to affect her home, to be disseminated among the Colombian population—among others who had shared similar experiences, among their families, and among those who had perpetrated violence.

Read the full story here.

The Center For Social Innovation - PROOF's New Home

January 8, 2015

PROOF is excited to announce a big change for our organization- a move to the Center for Social Innovation in Chelsea’s historic Starrett-Lehigh building.

16 Days of Activism

December 2, 2014

16 Days of Activism: PROOF Highlights Organizations Stopping Gender Based Violence the Other 349 Days

#Honesty #ChildSoldiers

October 21, 2014

It's the honesty of those who share their testimonies that offers not only insight on the examination of how injustice affects their lives but also humanity as a whole

Celebrating Those Who Risked Everything to Give

September 30, 2014

Leora Kahn discusses PROOF's alternative perspective on giving.

Interview with Chris Bartlett on Capturing The Abuse of Innocents

August 6, 2014

Tess Ranahan interviews photographer Chris Barlett about his portrait series of Iraqis, who were detained and tortured by the United States military.

Trend for a Cause

July 1, 2014

In many societies, marriage is a celebrated institution signifying a union between two people and the beginning of their future together. However, in today’s world, millions of girls suffer from a vastly different marriage experience, where many brides are still children. So young, in fact, that these child brides hold onto their toys during the wedding ceremony.

Exhibition on Women Victims of Violence

May 21, 2014

"My Body: A War Zone," opens up this month at the University of Magdalena.

Remembering Rwanda: Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Genocide

April 7, 2014

In commemoration of this harrowing anniversary, we will revisit the events from April 1994 in Rwanda to honor those who lost their lives and to ensure that the world never allows such horror to happen again.

PROOF Benefit Auction

April 3, 2014

With the auction less than a month away, it's time to start "bonding" with some of the pieces. Who will you be taking home?

"Let the Rape Victims Come In"

March 31, 2014

The director of an NGO from New York brought to the art gallery at the Julio Mario Santo Domingo building of the University of Los Andes the issue of female victims of war who have been neglected by the government. The exhibition, "My Body: A War Zone," will be exhibited there for the next month and denounces the atrocities of wars; those wars whose tormented being have no age, nor race, nor gender, nor color.