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Case Study

Performers at Nigeria's Hadiza Ibrahim Aliyu Schools Festival

Cultural immersion for young people through dance

At Nigeria's prestigious Hadiza Ibrahim Aliyu Schools Festival, performers are required to present a dance from a different cultural group, fostering engagement and understanding across the nation’s 450-plus ethnicities.

“We want to accommodate these cultural and ethnic diversities and see how we can harness them for our growth and the unity of Nigeria” - Makama Shekwo’aga, Festival Curator

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2022
    Country: Nigeria

  • Author: Su’ur Su’eddie Agema, Creative Equity Toolkit

Case Study

Performers at Ethiopia's Fekat Circus

Education, empathy and escapism under the big top

Fekat Circus is an organisation founded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which was established by a group of six artists from underprivileged backgrounds.

Besides providing education in the circus arts, Fekat Circus also supports many impactful and meaningful initiatives to improve the livelihood and social and mental well-being of disadvantaged people in the community.

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  • 9 minute
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  • Published: 2022
    Country: Ethiopia

  • Author: Selamawit Tafesse, Creative Equity Toolkit

Case Study

Participants buying groceries in Arts-ED’s ‘You Think You Can Masak’

Embracing diversity through food in multicultural Malaysia

In Malaysia, Arts-ED’s ‘You Think You Can Masak’ (‘Cook’) program bring together young people to learn about their own, their friends’ and their community’s cultural beliefs and practices through food.

"One of the program’s main goals was to highlight the similarities, not just the differences, in the variety of dishes and cooking styles through shared ingredients."

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2022
    Country: Malaysia

  • Author: Adeline Chua, Creative Equity Toolkit

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Janakaraliya’s performers discussing social issues with the audience in the street theatre performances.

Encouraging peace and harmony through collaborative theatre productions

‘Janakaraliya’ (‘Theatre of the People’) was a group of Sinhala and Tamil bilingual artists who travelled around Sri Lanka to present theatre performances in multiple settings through professional stage plays, forum theatre and street theatre.

“Collaborating with rural communities, Janakaraliya had conducted forum theatre performances to tackle the various challenging problems in the rural communities"

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  • 7 minute
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  • Published: 2022
    Country: Sri Lanka

  • Author: Dr Visakesa Chandrasekaram, Creative Equity Toolkit

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Schoolchildren receiving an interactive museum experience at

Exploring a nation’s history through a dynamic and insightful platform

In Sri Lanka, the ‘It’s About Time’ travelling history museum reaches out to local communities by engaging with them through a range of interactive exhibitions and educational activities and events.

"The ‘It’s About Time’ travelling history museum was designed as a platform for a collection of exhibits to explore concepts of history, narrative and its relationship to the present."

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  • 6 minute
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  • Published: 2022
    Country: Sri Lanka

  • Author: Dr Visakesa Chandrasekaram, Creative Equity Toolkit

Case Study

The Magdalene team at a women’s march in Jakarta.

Groundbreaking feminist journalism for everyone

Magdalene, a bilingual online magazine, was created to inform and empower women with a range of feminist perspectives on sensitive and often taboo issues, such as gender and sexuality, in Indonesia’s patriarchal society.

"As a media company, Magdalene supports diversity, equality and inclusivity in the workplace by employing staff from various gender and sexual orientations, races and backgrounds." - Magdalene

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  • 6 minute
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  • Published: 2022
    Country: Indonesia

  • Author: Feby Indirani