It was an honour to draw Grace Molisa’s portrait for the Peace Post project of New York agency Selman.nyc https://www.instagram.com/selman.nyc/ This is what Selman.nyc says about their Peace Post project:

Weekly portraits of peace

“The stories that permeate our newsfeed have become increasingly dark lately. Abuse, discrimination, oppression, violence, and war are global problems that all countries and people face. In an effort to shine a light on some of the individuals who stand against injustice and advocate for peace, we decided to create a series of digital stamps featuring portraits of these heroes, one for each sovereign nation.”

Grace Molisa is regarded not only as a great poet and political leader for Vanuatu’s independence but as a woman with a vision for women’s life in that part of the world.

Listen to her reading her text about power in 1999

I’ve lived and worked in Vanuatu for many years and have been involved in numerous projects of art for social change, including with Grace Molisa’s daughter Viran Molisa Trief, first Ni-Vanuatu woman to hold the role of jurist and member of the Supreme Court. Our collaboration involved communication for communities for a pilot project about Gender Base Violence and legally authorised persons to help support GBV victims in Communities. (see also social theatre project Aelan Gel by the mamas from the market, directed by Marilena Crosato who authorised the use of some of the portraits here).

For this drawing, I have surrounded Grace Molisa with supportive women and girls of all ages and in the very simple animation I had them close their eyes together in a common dream for a peaceful future.