TUS LSAD host internationally acclaimed “Women's Rights Are Human Rights” exhibition as part of International Women’s Day

Students from TUS Limerick School of Art and Design (LSAD) recently added their voice to an International Posters Exhibition on Gender-based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination, which opened in the TUS LSAD Gallery on International Women’s Day, Tuesday March 8^th.

The weeklong exhibition entitled Women’s Rights Are Human Rights which ran until March 11^th, as one of a number of events across the Technological University of the Shannon’s six campuses to mark International Women’s Day.

Women’s Rights Are Humans Rights: International Posters on Gender-based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination is an exhibition of posters created by both men and women to celebrate and acknowledge the vital role that all citizens play in protecting and promoting human rights, while challenging gender inequality and stereotypes, advancing reproductive and sexual rights, protecting women and girls against brutality, and promoting women’s empowerment, education and participation in society.

TUS LSAD students have responded to the exhibition and created similarly-themed women’s rights and advocacy posters using RISO print and AR (augmented-reality) elements. This work will exhibit alongside the acclaimed international exhibition, originally organized and curated by Elizabeth Resnick, Professor Emerita, Graphic Design, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston.

Commenting on the exhibition, TUS Vice President People Culture & EDI Marian Duggan said the poster exhibition argues for the empowerment of women, the achievement of equality between the genders and the elimination of discrimination against women and girls.

“We at TUS are particularly proud of the work of our LSAD students, of all genders, who have responded so well to the theme of Women’s Rights are Human Rights. Their work brings a local as well as global dimension to the exhibition, while also giving insight into the awareness of the challenges of gender inequality among the next generation of leaders, artists and teachers.”