Australian Femicide Watch and The RED HEART Campaign are keen to bring the She Matters Mural to every capital city across Australia and a few key regional centres.
It must be a large wall (at least two metres high by 20 metres long or similar dimensions) that is in a busy pedestrian area, lit up at night and publicly accessible.
The wall’s owner must provide approval for the project to be mounted.
Australian Femicide Watch founder Sherele Moody will install the each mural alongside local volunteers.
A small team of volunteers will be appointed to maintain the wall, fix damage by vandals and add new She Matters cards for women killed after the installation.
The aim is to achieve permanent locations for the project – but a minimum 12-month commitment will be acceptable.
If you would like to propose a wall, please send photos of it and it’s address and owner details to Sherele@AustralianFemicideWatch.org
The original She Matters Mural sits in Hosier Lane, Melbourne.
The mural now commemorates 136 women killed since January 1 of 2024.
It is an evolving project – when another woman is killed, she is added to the mural.
The women who feature on the mural died as a result of murder, manslaughter, neglect or other unlawful act. About 60% were allegedly killed by partners or relatives, 30% were killed by people they knew but who were not related to them and 10% were killed by strangers. At least 96% of the women were lost to male violence and 90% of the women knew their killers.
You can read all of their stories on the Memorial to Women and Children Lost to Violence (see it here).
The She Matters Mural is based on Australian Femicide Watch Founder Sherele Moody’s She Matters social media posts. These posts commemorate Australian women lost to violence. The images are the social media cards from the social media posts.
Sherele hopes to roll out one She Matters Mural in each state and territory across Australia. NSW will soon be home to the second She Matters Mural when it is installed in Orange.
The mural project – like everything Australian Femicide Watch and The RED HEART Campaign does – is funded by Sherele and through crowd-funding and the sales of RED HEART Tees.