Heart Flower Memorial Domestic Abuse Exhibition

The Yarn Fibre Collective are a women’s group that put together a yarn art installation for International Women’s Day. Their main reason for this is to spread awareness about Gender Based Violence, including Domestic and/or Sexual Violence, Femicide, Coercion, Physical and Psychological Abuse. It is a hope that one day Gender inequality will become a thing of the past.

They understand that men can also suffer from abuse, but statistically we know it’s women who largely bear the brunt of domestic and sexual violence. We all know that in the UK alone, two women are murdered every three days.

The exhibition was open from Mon 6th – Sun 12 Mar from 12pm – 6pm.

The yarn installation aims to place a spot-light on the challenges women face both inside and outside the home. Either from a male, partner, parent, brother, son or complete stranger. Each flower in the instillation represents a women who has died in violent circumstances. We can’t imagine the pain and loss their family members are going through. We would hope that the loss of the lives of these wonderful women serves as a constant reminder of how far we still have to go in terms of finishing Gender Inequality for good.

This instillation consists of three heart memorial gardens, one for 2019 (where 128 women were murdered), one for 2020, (110 murder victims during the beginning of lockdown), and a third heart for 2021 (144 women murdered), so a total of 382 flowers.

They have used data from Femicide Census and relevant online articles and would like to mention here the women’s charities that are fighting to change government legislation around Gender Based violence in all of its forms. AVA (Against Violence and Abuse) and Agenda Alliance.

The Yarn Fibre Collective started off as a neighbourhood community group. The weekly art class have been running at The Rep for over 20 years.

Charismatic motivator, Tracey Dolby (1966 – 2022) taught the art class for over a decade with passion and creativity.

When the global pandemic forced theatres to close, Tracey continued the classes online with witty updates, quizzes and challenges for the group. Sadly, Tracey passed away in 2022.

Continuing Tracey’s legacy, Amy Carroll now leads the Art Class in the The Rep’s Learning Hub. Recent projects included 3-D mini sculptures for Jack and the Magic Beanstalk, producing a HIV memorial quilt and creating an array of stage props using recycled materials.

The women killed by men in 2021

Amani Iqbal   Eileen Dean Sue Addis   Carol Hart   Jacqueline Price   Mary Wells   Tiparat Argatu   Christie Frewin   Souad Bellaha   Ann Turner   N’Taya Elliott-Cleverley   Rose Marie Tinton   Ranjit Gill   Helen Joy   Emma Robertson   Nicole Anderson   Linda Maggs   Carol Smith   Sophie Moss   Christina Rowe   Susan Hannaby   Michelle Lizanec   Wieslawa Mierzejewska   Christina Arnold   Bennylyn Burke   Judith Rhead   Anna Ovsyannikova   Tina Eyre   Samantha Heap   Sarah Everard   Geetika Goyal   Imogen Bohajczuk   Wenjing Lin   Karen McClean   Stacey Knell   Unnamed   Samantha (Sammy) Mills   Dyanne Mansfield   Patricia Audsley   Phyllis Nelson   Klaudia Soltys   Simone Ambler   Emma McArthur   Sherrie Milnes   Constanta Bunea   Jacqueline Grant   Loretta Herman   Sally Metcalf   Sarah Keith   Manisha Solanki   Peggy Wright   Charmaine O’Donnell   Michelle Cooper   Kerry Bradford   Julia James   Beth Aspey   Susan Booth   Maya Zulfiquar   Maria Rawlings   Chenise Gregory   Leah Ware   Agnes Akom   Wendy Cole   Caroline Crouch   Svetlana Mihalachi   Nicola Kirk   Maria Rafel Chavez   Agita Geslere   Alison Stevenson   Lauren Wilson   Peninah Kabeba   Jill Hickery   Bethany Vincent   Esther Brown   Michaela Hall   Mildred Whitmore   Stacey Clay   Linda Hood   Marlene Coleman   Sophie Cartlidge   Gracie Spinks   Kim Dearden   Michelle Hibbert   Sally Poynton   Catherine Wardleworth   Sukhjit Badial   Elsie Pinder   Catherine Stewart   Ishrat Ahmed   Tamara Padi   Katie (Kathleen) Brankin   Sandra Hughes   Beatrice Stoica   Pat (Patricia) Holland   Louise Kam   Yordanos Brhane   Amanda Selby   Malgorzata Lechanska   Megan Newborough   Diana Nichols   Maxine Davison (Chapman)   Kate Shepherd   Bella Nicandro   Eileen Barrott   Sharron Pickles   Helen Anderson   Jade Ward   Maddie Durdant-Hollamby   Fawziyah Javed   Ingrid Matthew   Unnamed   Sabina Nessa   Terri Harris   Sukhjeet Uppal   Norma Girolami   Jekouki Jaboa   Nicole Hurley   Bonnie Harwood   Katrina (Trina) Rainey   Marta Chmielecka   Ruth Dent   Josephine Smith   Dawn Walker   Yvonne Barr   Sarah Ashwell   Tamby Dowling   Pauline Quinn   Ilona Golabek   Tricia Livesey   Alexandra Morgan   Bobbi-Anne McLeod   Bori Benko   Jennifer Chapple   June Fox-Roberts   Malak Adabzadeh   Fernanda   Amber Gibson   Lily Sullivan   Caoimhe Morgan   Julia Howse   Beverley Taylor   Mary Fell   Kirsty Ashley   Lucy Clews

Also remembering 2021

Brenda Venables   Arlene Arkinson   Shani Warren

Waiting for further information regarding the deaths of 2021

Unnamed Woman   Unnamed Woman   Unnamed Woman   Jackie Murphy   Tracey McGrath   Diane Mitchell   Unnamed Woman   Susan Denyer   Emma Cooper   Unnamed Woman   Joanne Baird   Sarah Hussein   Unnamed Woman    Jomaa Jerrare   Unnamed Woman   Charlotte Ford   Sophie Leigh

The women killed by men in 2020
Abida Karim   Amy-Leanne Stringfellow   Aneta Zdun   Ann Mowbray   Aya Hachem   Balvinder Gahir   Bea Walker   Bhavini Pravin   Bibaa Henry   Caroline Kayll   Caroline Walker   Cherith Van Der Ploeg   Claire Parry   Clare Nash   Dawn Bennett   Dawn Fletcher   Debbie Zurick   Deborah Jones/Hendrick   Denise Keane Barnett Simmons   Elsie Smith   Emma McParland   Esther Egbon   Gemma Marjoram   Gian Kaur Bhandal   Gwendoline Bound   Helen Almey   Helen Bannister   Hyacinth Morris   Jackie (Jacqueline) Hoadley   Jadwiga Szczygielsk   Janice Child   Janice Woolford   Jasbir Kaur   Judith Rhead   Karolina Zinkeviciene   Kate (Katherine) Bevan   Katie Walker   Kelly Fitzgibbons   Kelly Price   Kelly Stewart   Kimberly Deakin   Li Qing-Wang   Lorraine Cox   Louise Aitchison   Louise Smith   Lynda Cooper   Magdalena Pacult   Mandy Houghton   Margaret Johnson   Maria Howarth   Marie Gladders   Marta Vento   Mary Haley   Maryan Ismail   Maureen Kidd   Melissa Belshaw   Najeeba Al-Ariqy   Stella Frew   Nelly Mustafa   Nicole Smallman   Nikoleta Zdun   Paula Leather   Poorna Kaameshwari-Sivaraj   Rhonda Humphreys   Rosemary Hill   Ruth Brown   Ruth Williams   Saman Mir Sacharvi   Sarah Smith   Shelly Clark   Silke Hartshorne Jones   Suzanne Winnister   Tracey Kidd   Valerie Jozunas   Vian Mangrio   Victoria Woodhall   Wendy Morse   Yvonne ‘Vonnie’ Lawson   McCann   Zahida Bi

Women killed but awaiting further information so not currently included 2020
Alex Reid   Beata Fortuna   Joanna Borucka   Josephine Kaye   Unnamed Woman

Women killed with suspects awaiting trial 2020
Angela Webber   Azaria Williams   Betty Dobbin   Beverley Denahy   Carole Wright   Catherine Granger   Hansa Patel   Julie Williams   Katie Simpson   Kerry Woolley   Khloemae Loy   Kymberli Sweeney   Lauren Mae Bloomer   ldiko Bettison   Louise Rump   Margaret Grant   Morag Carmichael   Nicole McGregor   Patrycja Wyrebek   Shadika Mohsin Patel   Sonia Calvi   Susan Baird   Therasia Gordon   Vanita Nowell   Vera Croghan   Zobaidah Salangy   Unnamed Woman   Unnamed Woman   Unnamed Woman   Unnamed Woman   Unnamed Woman   Unnamed Woman

The women killed by men in 2019

Alice Farquharson    Alice Morrow   Aliny Mendes (Godinho)   Alison Hunt   Alison McBlain   Alison McKenzie   Allison Marimon-Herrera   Amy Appleton   Amy Parsons   Angela Tarver   Annie Temple   Antoinette Donnegan   Arlene Williams   Asma Begum   Barbara Heywood   Beatrice Yankson   Belinda Rose   Bethany Fields   Carol Milne   Charlotte Huggins   Christine Ford   Christy Walshe   Cristina Ortiz-Lozano   Diane Dyer   Doreen Virgo   Dorothy (Dot) Woolmer   Dorothy Bowyer   Elizabeth (Lizzie) McShane   Elize Stevens   Ellie Gould   Emily Rebekah Goodman   Emma Faulds   Giselle Marimon-Herrera   Janet Lewis   Janette Dunbavand   Jay Edmunds   Jayde Hall   Joanna Thompson   Joanne Hamer   Jodi Miller   Jodie Chesney   Jolanta Jacubowska   Julia Flynn   Julia Rawson   Julie Webb   Kathleen (Gwen) Gold   Katrina Fletcher   Katy Sprague   Kayleigh Hanks   Kayleigh Louise Dunning   Keeley Bunker   Kelly Fauvrelle   Kelly-Anne Case   Lala Kamara   Lana Nemceva   Laura Rakstelyte   Laureline Garcia-Bertaux   Lauren Griffiths   Layla Arezo   Leah Fray   Leanne Unsworth   Lesley Spearing   Levi Ogden   Libby Squire   Ligita Kostiajeviene   Linda Treeby   Linda Vilika   Lindsay Birkbeck   Lucy-Anne Rushton   Luz Margory Isaza Villegas   Mandeep Singh   Margaret (Maggie) Smythe   Margaret (Meg) Robertson   Marion Price (Little)   Marlene McCabe   Mary Annie Sowerby   Mary Page   Mavis Long   Megan Newton   Michelle Pearson   Natalie Harker   Nelly Myers   Neomi Smith   Nicola Stevenson   Niyat Berhane Teklemariam   Paige Gibson   Pamela Mellor   Paula Meadows   Premm Leela Monti   Rachel Evans   Rebecca Simpson   Regan Tierney   Rosie Darbyshire   Safie Xheta   Saima Riaz   Sammy-Lee Lodwig   Sandra Samuels   Sandra Seagrave   Sarah Ashraf   Sarah Fuller (Dilks)   Sarah Hassall   Sarah Henshaw   Saskia Jones   Serafima Meshaka   Simbiso Aretha Moula   Stacey Cooper (Murray)   Susan (Susie) Ward   Susan Howells   Susan Waring   Suvekshya (Fatima) Burathoki   Tatiana Koudriavtsev   Thi Mai Nhung Tran   Thi Ngoc Tran   Thi Nhgoc Oanh Pham   Thi Nhung (Anna) Bui   Thi Thanh Tran   Thi Tho Tran   Thi Tra My Pham   Thi Van Nguyen   Tracey McFarquhar   Tracey Walker   Tsegereda Gebremariam   Unnamed Woman   Valerie Richardson   Vera Hudson   Vivienne Bryan

Women killed but awaiting further information so not currently included 2019
Zoe Orton   Alem Shimeni   Annie Lancaster   Marie Gilmore   Debbie Twist   Amanda Gretton   Melanie   Jane Spence   Sara Hopkins   Ulla Derrick   Margaret Bunn   Doreen Heaton   Lyra McKee   Frances Murray   Unnamed Woman

Women killed abroad 2019
Tracey Lovell   Anna Reed   Lesley Pearson   Natalie Crichlow   Lindsay de Feliz   Gloria Tornay

Women killed in 2019 and suspects awaiting trial
Lyra McKee   Frances Murray