Live From Sirenos: International Women’s Day Special

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Panel discussion was part of an annual Sirenos contemporary theatre festival. It was held in Kablys space in Vilnius, Lithuania ©Severina Venckutė

Women’s safety is a global issue. Inspired by Indian theatre artist Mallika Taneja, whose solo performance Be Careful was presented at Sirenos theatre festival in Vilnius, we invited listeners to a public discussion.

Are we truly living in an age of feminism? How has the art scene changed since the start of the #metoo movement? What’s left to be done?

On March 8, the International Women’s Day, we are sharing the conversation with the podcast listeners.

<p>Panel speakers, later joined by the podcast listeners (from the left): Runa Chakraborty Paunksnis, an associate professor, teaching gender Studies at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU); Eglė Murauskaitė, a senior researcher at the University of Maryland, working with unconventional security threats; Yana Ross, a resident director at the Lithuanian National Theater. The conversation was moderated by journalist Ieva Balsiūnaitė. ©Severina Venckutė</p>

Panel speakers, later joined by the podcast listeners (from the left): Runa Chakraborty Paunksnis, an associate professor, teaching gender Studies at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU); Eglė Murauskaitė, a senior researcher at the University of Maryland, working with unconventional security threats; Yana Ross, a resident director at the Lithuanian National Theater. The conversation was moderated by journalist Ieva Balsiūnaitė. ©Severina Venckutė

The event was part of the series of discussions on topics related to theatre performances held at Sirenos festival. Other discussions (in Lithuanian) focused on ageism and Palestine.

<p>Panel discussion was part of an annual Sirenos contemporary theatre festival. It was held in Kablys space in Vilnius, Lithuania ©Severina Venckutė</p>

Panel discussion was part of an annual Sirenos contemporary theatre festival. It was held in Kablys space in Vilnius, Lithuania ©Severina Venckutė

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