Link Women in The Arts’ (LWA) Event on Ending Child Marriage at the 35th session of the Human Rights Council

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16th June 2017, Geneva

Guided by the purpose and principles of the Charter of the United Nations to end child, early and forced marriage, Link Women in The Arts (a collaboration between Linkarte and WO5C promoting women in the field of Arts) organized a cello performance for a public side event at the Palais Des Nations. This performance was inspired from the Movie ?Tall as the Baobab Tree?.

With the aim to illustrate issues around child marriage with sound and visuals, OHCHR and the Commonwealth embraced LWA?s initiative to bring awareness on this topic through music and visual art. At the end of El?onore Begueria?s cello performance which was combined with a short video of the movie, a participant from Sierra Leone recommended human right activities around the world to watch the movie ?Tall as the Baobab Tree?. This movie showcased how marriage at a tender age controverts a child's right to education, a problem deeply rooted in some cultures.

About the Artist

Born in 1990, El?onore Begueria starts playing cello at 6 years old.

She obtained prizes in the following categories: Chamber Music, Cello and Soloist at the Conservatoire National in the region of Marseille. In 2009, she joined the Haute Ecole de Musique in Lausanne in the class of Marcio Carneiro, assistant to Andr? Navarra. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2012 and her Master of Pedagogy in 2014.

She often performs with Alice Torrent (singer) and a group called ?L?Accent?. She is involved in different trainings and projects: classical, baroque, contemporary, jazz, electro, rap... in France, Switzerland, England and Germany.

She teaches Cello and Musical Initiation at the M.J.C of Evian les Bains (France) since September 2015, as well as at the Conservatoire of Echallens (Switzerland) since September 2016.

About Link Women In The Arts (LWA)

LWA is a collaboration between WO5C and Linkarte which offers support to all artistic women to promote their work. This collaboration aims at boosting dialogue between users to attain greater social impact. LWA is not just a collaboration, it?s a network for women to showcase their artistic talent to the world.