On January 15, 2023, Helen participated in The Fadime Gala at Berns in Stockholm. The gala was for specially invited guests but was broadcast live via GAPF – Never Forget Pela and Fadime’s website and Facebook.
Singing and music with Helen Sjöholm, Uno Svenningsson, Jasmine Kara and Homero Alvarez, Mahan Moin, and Ida Hallquist from this year’s Idol on TV4.
Among this year’s speakers were Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M), Tobias Baudin, party secretary (S), Juno Blom, Devin Rexvid and Sara Mohammad.
Karevan theater group performed Woman Life Freedom, an arrangement by Helen Hemmati Hammarström.
The audience could also listen to excerpts from judgments where girls have been subjected to honor crimes, read out by Bahar Pars, Mats Jäderlund, and Aja Rodas.
Compere: Sissela Kyle
This year’s theme: Women, Life, Freedom
Together we stand up for women’s fight for freedom and human rights, for a society free from hijab compulsion and religious oppression. Let the Iranian women’s struggle echo loudly so that their fellow sisters in Sweden are heard! Honor-related violence and oppression do not belong in any country!
The Fadime Gala was produced by the National Organization GAPF – Never Forget Pela and Fadime in collaboration with Erwik Communication and Houdini Group.