Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) PPPF Project - Nepal Mithila Arts #1

<p dir="ltr">This Mithila painting is an artistic output of the Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) Medium Grant project: Picturing Past, Present, and Future (PPPF), in Nepal and Rwanda. In Nepal, PPPF collaborated with Janaki Women Awareness Society (JWAS), a non-profit social organisation working on women's and children's issues. This Mithila painting was created by artists and young girls in Nepal.</p><p dir="ltr">Artwork description:</p><p dir="ltr">There are five different images/concepts in this artwork, all depicting discrimination between men and women.</p><p dir="ltr">On the bottom left, a mother gives her son good food on a plate and clothes, but discriminates against her daughter by throwing food on the floor.</p><p dir="ltr">On the bottom right, when the mother gets old, it is the daughter who takes care of her.</p><p dir="ltr">The son whom the mother loved all her life is not there in her difficult days.At the top left, on the weight scale, a man is compared to money and jewellery. People always give priority to men and the man sees his status in money.</p><p dir="ltr">On the top right of the picture, a woman is compared to books on the weight scale. A woman always wants to read whenever she has the opportunity. But she doesn't get the chance, especially after she gets married.</p><p dir="ltr">The middle picture is about the proverb 'The presence of a woman brings prosperity' (Janha Stri, Waha Sri). Woman is a goddess, so like goddesses she deserves her place on the lotus, a flower where goddess Laxmi resides. Female gods are worshipped, but women are discriminated against in society.</p>