Creative Equity Toolkit

'I Need You To See Me' - Vidya Makan

Vidya Makan's original song 'I Need You To See Me' is an invitation to the entertainment industry for visibility and diverse representation. It features over 101 performers from culturally and racially marginalised backgrounds.

Interweaving cultural traditions and artisan skills to build a better life

Shiro Meda in Addis Ababa is known as the epicentre of weavers, with many from the Gamo community in Southern Ethiopia. Many seek work in the Gundesh Meda Textile Production and Sales Centre, the government-built buildings that have brought hundreds of weavers, Gamos and others alike, together.

“…being in an association has allowed them to share experiences with other weavers, created job opportunities for them and provided them with a child-friendly work environment."

Making impactful filmic imagery from the margins

The Salamindanaw Asian Film Festival takes place in the southern island of Mindanao annually and provides a platform for the emerging voices in South-East Asian cinema who come from the peripheries—outside of the film capitals in Manila, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur—to connect with mainstream audiences in General Santos City and serves as a regional hub for South-East Asian cinema.

Making music accessible to the visually impaired

Founded in 2001, the Wusate Birhan Abera Music Training Centre was created to offer music education for the blind and visually impaired in Ethiopia, enabling aspiring young musicians to follow their passion and work towards a career in the music industry.

Malaysia's Gerimis

Gerimis works with Malaysia’s indigenous Orang Asli communities to showcase their histories and traditions through the lens of arts and culture. As a collective of primarily non–Orang Asli members, Gerimis uses five principles as guideposts:
* Building allyship
* Free, prior and informed consent
* Credit
* Compensation
* Accuracy and respect

Re-reading Culture, Conversing with Land

The Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center in Ramallah brings traditional knowledge held by farming communities into the centre of the city. Intergenerational projects document and re-energise traditional culture around the focal point of the centre’s popular farmers’ market.