See Me, Hear Me, Read Me: Haiku poetry for International Women's Day
Not respected in society, burdens
HIV positive women isolated
unite and fight for our rights.
- P Chandrakala (pictured)
Woman not invisible
I see you, we hear your pain
we are the women.
- Julie Walters
To coincide with International Women’s Day, ActionAid UK released a unique haiku poetry book. See me, Hear me, Read me brings together the voices of internationally-celebrated women (including Dame Judi Dench, Julie Waters, Yoko Ono, Carol Ann Duffy and Bonnie Greer) and inspiring women we work with around the world.
Voices for change
See Me, Hear Me, Read Me takes as its inspiration the complexity of what it is to face the world as a female and the simplicity of a Japanese haiku, a three-line form of poetry where the poet shares their thoughts, feelings and mood. The writers, women from all ages, backgrounds and ethnicities, have found that more unites them than divides them.
The book not only celebrates the power of being a woman, but also highlights the struggles they face all over the world.
Alongside the haikus are portraits of women we work with and facts to put the poems in context.
