PlusCollective

13/10/2026

05/10/2026

VIOLENCE DOES NOT LOOK THE SAME FOR EVERY WOMAN.

At PlusCollective, we believe that addressing violence against women means recognising the many realities women live.

We come from different countries, cultures, generations and backgrounds. We have different identities, languages and stories.

These differences matter.

Intersectionality helps us understand how different forms of inequality and discrimination can overlap — shaping how women experience violence, safety, support and justice.

A migrant woman may face barriers others do not. A woman experiencing racism, poverty or disability may face additional obstacles when seeking help.

This is not about dividing women into categories.

It is about making their experiences visible.

At PlusCollective, we bring together artists and people with different backgrounds because diverse voices make the conversation richer, more honest and more complete.

There is no single story of womanhood.
And there is no single story of violence.

Different voices. Different perspectives. One collective commitment to making violence visible and creating space for change.

Listen. Learn. Share. Help make every experience visible.

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04/10/2026

FINLAND 2026 — VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN 10 NUMBERS.

Behind every percentage is a woman.
Behind every statistic is a life.
Behind every number is a story that may never have been told.

57.1% of women in Finland have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in adulthood.

33.8% have experienced physical, sexual and/or psychological violence from a partner.

15 women were killed by a partner or ex-partner in Finland between January and August 2026.

And in 2025, 8,694 adult women were victims of domestic or partner violence.

But perhaps the most disturbing number is this:

Only 11% of women who experienced violence from a partner reported it to the police.

So the numbers we see are only part of the reality.

Behind the statistics are women who were afraid.
Women who were not believed.
Women who had nowhere to go.
Women who stayed because they were financially dependent.
Women who stayed for their children.
Women who asked for help and did not find it.

Violence against women is not a private matter.
It is not a relationship problem.
It is not an exception.

It is a social, political and structural issue.

These numbers are not here to turn women into statistics.

They are here to remind us that behind every number is a woman.

And every woman matters.

25 November — International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

PlusCollective
Arts / Solidarity / Change

25/09/2026

ENTÄ JOS ETSIMÄMME MAAILMAA, JOTA EI VIELÄ OLE OLEMASSA?

“Sen sijaan minä eksyin uneen etsien jotakin, mitä ei ole olemassa.”
Gabriel García Márquez, Kenraali labyrintissaan

PlusCollectiven kautta olemme vuosien ajan yrittäneet antaa muodon jollekin, mitä ei vielä täysin ole olemassa.

Maailmalle, jossa yhdenkään naisen ei tarvitse elää pelossa.
Jossa väkivaltaa ei normalisoida.
Jossa lapset ja nuoret voivat kasvaa oppimatta, että kontrolli kuuluu rakkauteen, että vaikeneminen on välttämätöntä tai että pelko kuuluu parisuhteeseen.

Taiteen, kuvien, sanojen, installaatioiden ja yhteisen toiminnan kautta olemme yrittäneet tehdä näkyväksi sen, mikä aivan liian usein jää näkymättömäksi.

Tänä vuonna emme toteuta uudelleen Punaisten kenkien installaatiota.

M***a matka jatkuu.

Koska ajatus ei muutu vähemmän tärkeäksi vain siksi, ettei siitä ole vielä tullut todellisuutta.

Ehkä maailma, jonka kuvittelemme, ei ole vielä olemassa.

Juuri siksi meidän on jatkettava sen kuvittelemista.
Siitä puhumista.
Sen luomista.
Sen rakentamista yhdessä.

15. MARRASKUUTA — CREATIVE TALK
22. MARRASKUUTA — CREATIVE WORKSHOP
25. MARRASKUUTA — PLUSCOLLECTIVEN TAPAHTUMA

Kolme hetkeä. Yksi yhteinen matka.

Muistista → ääneksi → toiminnaksi.

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22/09/2026

This is why we create.
This is why we speak.
This is why we come together.

🖤 15 NOVEMBER
Creative Talk
14:00–17:00
Hotel AX • Jätkäsaari

🖤 22 NOVEMBER
Creative Talk
14:00–17:00
Hotel AX • Jätkäsaari

❤️ 25 NOVEMBER
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
18:30 →
Hotel Klaus • Jätkäsaari

Three dates.
Three moments of connection.
One collective voice.

Come and create with us.

ART. VOICE. SOLIDARITY. ACTION.

22/09/2026

PLUSCOLLECTIVE PALAUTUU MARRASKUUSSA. ❤️

Muutama vuosi sitten saimme inspiraation meksikolaiselta taiteilijalta Elina Chauvetilta ja hänen Zapatos Rojos – Punaiset kengät -teokseltaan. Chauvetin vuonna 2009 Ciudad Juárezissa aloittama julkisen taiteen installaatio syntyi vastauksena naisiin kohdistuneeseen väkivaltaan ja feminicideihin. Punaiset kengät tekevät näkyväksi niiden naisten poissaolon, joiden elämä on väkivallan vuoksi päättynyt. Teos on vuosien aikana levinnyt ympäri maailmaa ja rakentunut yhteisölliseksi taiteen, muistin ja solidaarisuuden muodoksi. (Zapatos Rojos Arte Público)

Elina Chauvet antoi meille luvan toteuttaa hänen installaationsa uudelleen, ja olemme vuosien aikana palanneet sen äärelle useita kertoja.

M***a emme halua vain toistaa samaa teosta.

Haluamme jatkaa siitä, mihin Zapatos Rojos meidät inspiroi: käyttää taidetta, yhteistä tekemistä ja näkyviä installaatioita keinona puhua väkivallasta, naisten oikeuksista ja niistä asioista, joista liian usein vaietaan.

Siksi PlusCollective palaa jälleen tänä vuonna.

🖤 15.11. – Creative Talk
Yhdessä puhumme, kuuntelemme, kohtaamme ja aloitamme uuden yhteisen installaation rakentamisen.

🖤 22.11. – Creative Talk
Jatkamme työskentelyä, keskustelua ja ajatusten muuttamista yhteiseksi taiteeksi ja näkyväksi viestiksi.

❤️ 25.11. – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Kokoonnumme yhteen muistamaan, kuulemaan, puhumaan ja nostamaan esiin naisiin kohdistuvan väkivallan eri muotoja.

Meidän on nyt enemmän kuin koskaan tärkeää pitää yhtä.

Naisilla on oikeuksia, joiden saavuttaminen on vaatinut vuosikymmenten työn, kamppailun ja rohkeuden. Oikeudet eivät ole itsestäänselvyyksiä. Ne eivät ole jotain, minkä voimme vain olettaa säilyvän.

Elämme aikaa, jolloin viha, rasismi, syrjintä ja äärioikeistolainen politiikka haastavat yhteiskuntiemme tasa-arvoa ja ihmisoikeuksia eri puolilla Eurooppaa. Myös Suomessa käydään parhaillaan keskustelua siitä, miten sosiaali- ja terveyspalvelujen maksut ja lisääntyvät kustannukset vaikuttavat ihmisten oikeuteen saada tarvitsemiaan palveluja.

Siksi meidän on oltava hereillä.
Siksi meidän on puhuttava.
Siksi meidän on kokoonnuttava yhteen.

PlusCollective uskoo taiteen voimaan: siihen, että taide voi tehdä näkymättömästä näkyvää, antaa tilaa keskustelulle ja rakentaa yhteisöjä.

Tänä vuonna emme halua vain katsoa sivusta.

Haluamme tehdä yhdessä.
Haluamme kuunnella.
Haluamme puhua.
Haluamme näkyä.

✨ Tule mukaan 15.11., 22.11. ja 25.11.

Because silence is not solidarity.
Together, we create space for change.

22/09/2026

✨ 25 NOVEMBER 2026 — A COLLECTIVE JOURNEY

This year, PlusCollective invites you to take part in a creative journey leading to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Through art, dialogue and collective creation, we will explore how our voices, experiences and stories can come together to create something meaningful.

15 NOVEMBER — CREATIVE TALK
🕑 14:00–17:00
📍 Hotel AX, Jätkäsaari

Our first workshop: a space for conversation, creativity and sharing. Together, we will begin developing the ideas and materials for a collective artistic installation.

22 NOVEMBER — CREATIVE TALK
🕑 14:00–17:00
📍 Hotel AX, Jätkäsaari

The creative process continues. We will work together on the collective installation and deepen the dialogue around violence, resistance, solidarity and voice.

25 NOVEMBER — INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
🕡 From 18:30
📍 Hotel Klaus, Jätkäsaari

The final gathering: an evening of art, voices, performances, dialogue and collective action.

A space to come together, raise awareness and remember that every voice matters.

🌹 Art can give shape to what words sometimes cannot express.

Join us for one, two or all three moments of this journey.

PLUSCOLLECTIVE
Art • Dialogue • Solidarity • Action

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08/09/2026

25 NOVEMBER — WHAT ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT?

Violence against women does not stop at borders.

In Italy, femicides continue to make headlines, while in Finland — a country often perceived as one of the safest and most equal in the world — violence against women remains a deeply serious issue.

And yet, too often, we don’t talk about it enough.

We talk about violence when a woman is killed.
We talk about it when a tragedy becomes a headline.
We talk about it when a case shocks the public.

But what about everything that happens before?

The controlling behaviour.
The isolation.
The financial abuse.
The manipulation.
The stalking.
The threats.
The digital surveillance.
The inability to accept a “no”.
The belief that love gives us ownership over another person.

And what about the education that could help prevent these behaviours before they escalate?

At PlusCollective, we believe that prevention starts long before violence becomes a crime scene.

It starts with emotional education.
With relationship education.
With understanding consent.
With learning how to deal with rejection.
With recognising unhealthy patterns.
With learning that vulnerability is not weakness.
With knowing when and how to ask for help.

We also need to be able to talk about mental health, loneliness and the lack of support — without ever using them to excuse violence.

Understanding why violence happens does not mean excusing it.

And there is another conversation we need to have: how violence is represented in the media.

When the final moments of a perpetrator’s life are broadcast and turned into dramatic footage, where does the focus go?

Does it help us understand the violence?
Does it help victims and survivors?
Or does it risk turning tragedy into spectacle?

At PlusCollective, we want to ask different questions.

Not only: “How did this happen?”

But:

“What could have happened differently?”
“What did we fail to recognise?”
“What support was missing?”
“What do we need to teach the next generation?”

And most importantly:

What do YOU think we need to talk about more?

We are currently preparing our 25 November event — the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women — and we don’t want to decide the conversation without you.

We want to hear from you.

👇 Tell us in the comments:

What issue related to violence against women feels most relevant to your everyday life?

• Physical violence
• Psychological violence
• Economic abuse and financial control
• Stalking
• Sexual violence
• Digital violence and online harassment
• Technology-facilitated control
• Consent
• Emotional and relationship education
• Toxic relationships
• Mental health and prevention
• How to support someone experiencing violence
• How to ask for help
• Or something we haven’t mentioned at all?

You don’t need to write an essay. One word is enough.

Your comment might become part of the conversation on 25 November.

This event is not only something we are organising for you.
We want to build it with you.

Because if we want to change the culture around violence, we need more than awareness.

We need voices.
We need conversations.
We need education.
We need action.

So tell us: what should we be talking about?

24/11/2025

Tomorrow marks the international day of elimination of violence against women. Come along to Hotel AX at 6pm for this year’s event where information will meet art to raise awareness on this critical topic. 🎭🥀