Public Engagement
Through our public engagement efforts, we advocate for the strengthening of protections for artists’ rights by amplifying artists’ voices and their demands for change. Click below to learn more about our most recent advocacy events.
AFI and INHR led a panel featuring Afghan, Iranian and Russian artists at the 56th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the challenges faced by women professionals in arts and culture who use their creative voices to confront systemic oppression and advocate for gender equality.
The dialogue underscored the urgent need for international solidarity, immediate action, and the recognition of the role that artists play as human rights defenders.
AFI led a panel discussion on right-wing governmental interference into the arts and cultural sector in Hungary and Poland in partnership with Columbia University’s Harriman Institute.
The event centered around two reports released by AFI, “Systematic Suppression: Hungary’s Arts & Culture in Crisis “ and “Cultural Control: Censorship and Suppression of the Arts in Poland,” both offering an in-depth analysis of how illiberal approaches to governance have impacted Hungary and Poland’s artists, cultural workers, and arts institutions.