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Issue 54 – October 2015 – QUEEN MARGARET CALLING
Dutch Ambassador, Rob Zaagman
started the session by speaking to
the students about the importance
of peace and justice, the role of women and
the role of the United Nations.
He also explained the close relationship
between New Zealand and the Netherlands.
Well-known New Zealand cartoonist,
Malcolm Evans then spoke about drawing
political cartoons, before helping the girls to
create their own sketches.
He explained how political cartoons
Year 10 students were invited to take part in an International
Peace and Justice Project where the Dutch Ambassador ran
a workshop with cartoonist, Malcolm Evans, about how to
communicate ideas through cartoons.
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A Thousand
Words
can contribute to peace and
justice, showed how a cartoon
is developed and talked about
symbols that are used.
Year 10 student Charlotte
Barber enjoyed learning about
the relationship the Netherlands
shares with New Zealand and the
concept of peace.
“It was interesting to find
out how cartoonists come up
with creative ideas to convey big
ideas through visual text,” she
comments.
Charlotte created her own cartoon that
explored ideas about women’s rights after
being inspired by another cartoon.
“We saw a shockingly powerful cartoon
of a Muslim woman covered up in her burka
stating, ‘Everything is covered but her eyes,
what a cruel male-dominated culture!’ and
then a western woman in a bikini saying the
same statement,” Charlotte explains.
“I learnt in some countries once women
become pregnant, they have to give up their Mia Uluilelata and Malcolm Evans
Dutch Ambassador, Rob Zaagman
education, so I took this idea and tried to
depict it visually.”
As part of the International Peace and
Justice Project, the best cartoons drawn
from across the world were displayed in the
Peace Palace within the Hague to celebrate
the International Day of Peace.