Face Equality International
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Face Equality Week 2024

13-19 May 2024

Using art as a tool for social good.

‘My Face is a Masterpiece’

Why do we so often see stories about facial difference as a ‘tragedy’, when they should be about triumph? 

Calling all artists, allies, creatives, galleries.  

Calling anyone living with a mark, scar or condition that affects appearance.  

You can rewrite the story to bring about #FaceEquality and celebrate the unique artistry found in every face.  

Your participation this #FaceEqualityWeek will help to tell the real story, that there is a masterpiece in every face. 

Celebrate talents over tropes, skills on screens, amplify artists who “don’t fit the mould”, and elevate art that depicts visible difference. 

“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” – Vincent Van Gogh  

Art is a universal language. So whether you have a visible difference or not, unleash your creativity as a tool for social change.  Here are some tools to get you started:

Why are people with Facial Differences being kicked out of restaurants?

We deeply were saddened and frustrated this week to read a story in the news of a member of the facial difference community in Britain being asked to leave a London restaurant by staff who claimed that the customer’s appearance was upsetting other diners.

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    The mission of Face Equality International (FEI) is to mobilise the many groups and organisations, big and small, national and international, which support and represent people with facial differences and disfigurements and thereby to create the critical mass and solidarity needed to gain global attention for the campaign for face equality.

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    Why are people with Facial Differences being kicked out of restaurants?

    We deeply were saddened and frustrated this week to read a story in the news of a member of the facial difference community in Britain being asked to leave a London restaurant by staff who claimed that the customer’s appearance was upsetting other diners.

    Read More

    Danielle McWilliams and The Photo Voice Project

    “I have worked in facial difference research for almost five years now – something I never ever thought I would say.”

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    “Two Sides of a Face”

    “I was reminded that one person can make a difference. I was reminded that I was that person; that I made a difference. That the start of my advocacy work started with a spark of anger”.

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