VONA/SHE is the Spanish online game that goals to safeguard the one gender museum that exists in Eastern Europe, positioned in Ukraine. The heroine of the online game is a housewife who rebels and stops doing house responsibilities VONA means ‘she’ in ukrainian
Eight years in the past, María Sánchez, artwork guide and founding father of Hilma Contemporary, traveled to Kharkiv (Ukraine). There she received to know the Gender Museum, the one gender museum in all of Eastern Europe, and began the worldwide marketing campaign #SaveGenderMuseum to maintain it lively from the rising warfare conflicts within the space due to donations from all around the world.
As a end result of the present battle, which as soon as once more places the museum’s legacy in danger, the Spanish studio GammeraNest joins the initiative with the free launch of the online game ‘VONA/SHE’ (“she” in Ukrainian) for cell gadgets and computer systems within the subsequent few days of March.
The venture goals to deliver the museum’s heritage nearer and lift consciousness concerning the state of affairs of girls in Ukraine by way of its protagonist, a housewife who rebels towards the duty to hold out family chores.
“For instance, at one level, fed up with frying eggs for her household, her solely occupation through the day, the protagonist throws one towards the wall and unlocks a secret entrance that connects her home with the museum,” explains Daniel Sánchez, director of GammeraNest and member of the PlayStation Talents Program.
“Are you able to really feel oppressed?”
The online game challenges males to grow to be a housewife girl. “Dear males, We problem you to characterize the lifetime of a Ukrainian housewife. Ready to really feel oppressed?” This is the announcement of the sport that they hope will serve to open male minds and help Ukrainian ladies. The intention is that the struggle for equality isn’t left behind regardless of the warfare.
The solely museum for gender equality in Eastern Europe
María Sánchez conceived the thought in 2017 underneath the videogame format “due to its common and present language, which might assist attain extra folks” to be taught concerning the venture and donate voluntarily as an emblem of help for the middle.
The museum is positioned within the Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkov, and is the one museum in Eastern Europe devoted to ladies. It has greater than 3,000 items that illustrate the lifetime of Ukrainian ladies all through its historical past. From clothes to pictures and on a regular basis objects. The purpose is to boost consciousness among the many residents of Ukraine on gender equality. Zelenki’s nation doesn’t stand out for its equality indices.