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africa series 1: stop

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africa series 1: stop

in west africa the practice of female circumsion is against the law. unfortunately the practice still continues today, even on girls as young as 6 years old. this picture depicts the horror of this practice. the little girl looks at the woman with trepidation. the woman has a razor coming out of her mouth.

 

15" x 20"

water soluble pastels pastels on cardboard

2008

 

jenniferbeinhacker.com

art outside the edge

 

RECEIVED THIS ON MY FLICKR EMAIL TODAY:

 

 

On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 3:20 PM, wrote:

 

Dear Ms. Beinhacker,

 

I am a graduate student research assistant working with Carol Pavlish, PhD, RN, FAAN who is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Volunteering for the American Refugee Committee, we developed a learning program on Health and Human Rights which will be uploaded onto LINGOS website (ngolearning.org). LINGOs is a consortium of over 75 international humanitarian relief, development, conservation and health organizations. LINGOs provides the latest learning technologies and courses so these non profits can increase the skill levels of their employees, and therefore increase the impact of their programs.

 

We are inquiring whether you hold the copyright for your artwork that currently appears on Flicker. If so, we seek your permission to use your beautiful artwork into one of the powerpoint slides for the Health and Human Rights course. This course will be available to staff around the world who work for organizations that are members of LINGOs. There is no fee required for staff to take the course – nor do faculty or UCLA profit in any way from this course.

 

Thank you very much for considering this request!

 

Jennie Chen

Graduate Student

UCLA School of Nursing

 

MY REPLY:

 

hello jennie-

 

i would be pleased to have you use this pastel in your health and human rights class yes i do hold the copy right for this pastel but i give you permission to use it.

 

this is an important women's issue and i am pleased to share this with the people who will be taking the class.

 

please also feel free to use what i wrote under the pastel:

 

africa series 1: stop

in west africa the practice of female circumsion is against the law. unfortunately the practice still continues today, even on girls as young as 6 years old. this picture depicts the horror of this practice. the little girl looks at the woman with trepidation. the woman has a razor coming out of her mouth.

 

15" x 20"

water soluble pastels pastels on cardboard

2008

 

jenniferbeinhacker.com

art outside the edge

 

btw: i made this pastel after my trip to west africa and many discussions i had with both women and men about this practice.

 

i request that you provide my name and link to my website on the slide.

 

i would be interested in hearing any reaction to this pastel and what it depicts. when will the class take place?

 

best regards,

 

jennifer

 

jenniferbeinhacker.com

art outside the edge

 

 

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