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Photo exhibition "Story of a Woman" from the Reception Center in Vranje

 The virtual exhibition "Story of a Woman", which shows 33 migrant women from the Reception Center in Vranje with flower crowns, is available online today at http://www.milosgacanovic.com/pricaozeni/. 

The photographs included in this exhibition were taken at workshops during April and May 2020 and the state of emergency due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

According to the author of the exhibition, Milica Andjelković Jovanović from the mobile team of the International Organization for Migration, it was an escape from reality for 80 women and girls from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Syria.

"This was not merely making wreaths, but a real joy for all participants, and the results can be seen in the photos. This was a way for women and girls to spend time creatively in the yard of the Center, and empower each other in a period of additional uncertainty and isolation. As a result, the flower crowns were recorded together with the participants in the photographs, of which 33 were jointly selected for the exhibition", she said.

The photos are a display of the beauty, strength and hope of women despite all the challenges. Due to the pandemic, the exhibition has its premiere in a virtual format. The photos were divided into three parts and followed by a story.

This series of workshops and exhibition was organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in cooperation with the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration, within the framework of EU Support to Migration Management in Serbia.