Netherlands embassy launches 'Beyond the Margins' exhibition
The exhibition will remain open to visitors for the next three weeks and can be visited by appointment.
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hosted the opening of "Beyond the Margins", a photography exhibition under the Netherlands-supported Green Voices programme, with Joris van Bommel, ambassador of the Netherlands to Bangladesh, welcoming guests.
The exhibition will remain open to visitors for the next three weeks and can be visited by appointment.
Speaking at the opening, the ambassador welcomed guests and highlighted the importance of partnerships that create space for diverse perspectives to be shared, heard and valued.
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He said that while climate change is often understood through science, policy and statistics, photography offers another way to understand its human dimensions by bringing forward the stories and lived experiences of communities across Bangladesh.
The event brought together representatives from the government, diplomatic missions, development partners, international organisations, academia, civil society, the media and the arts to reflect on the interconnected themes of water, culture and resilience.
The exhibition features a curated selection of photographs captured by Dieab Mahmud during documentary filming across diverse landscapes and communities in Bangladesh as part of the Green Voices programme.
Curated by Minaal Choudhury, the exhibition draws on a visual archive of more than 3,000 photographs and uses water as its central theme to explore the connections between people, place and the environment, highlighting the knowledge, cultures and resilience of communities across Bangladesh.
Through "Beyond the Margins", the Green Voices programme seeks to create space for dialogue while fostering greater appreciation of Bangladesh's cultural diversity and the many ways communities experience and respond to environmental change.
Green Voices is a consortium programme supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that promotes the participation and leadership of women and young people in climate action through policy engagement, evidence generation, innovation, capacity development and public awareness.
Working alongside consortium partners Bonhishikha and The Earth Society, the programme also supports the Women's Climate Resilience and Adaptation Alliance (SheRAA).
The programme reflects the longstanding partnership between Bangladesh and the Netherlands on shared priorities, including water, environmental resilience and sustainable development, the release added.
