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'I made a pact': Lady Gaga shares photo of new tattoo in solidarity with sexual violence survivors who joined her on stage at the Oscars

Published: 00:00 EST, 4 March 2016 | Updated: 00:33 EST, 4 March 2016

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Lady Gaga kept a promise she made to the sexual violence survivors who joined her onstage at the Oscars and got a new tattoo.

The Til It Happens To You singer had the image that links the group inked on the back of her left shoulder and shared a Snapchat video to prove it.

'At rehearsal the survivors and I made a pact,' she explained in the social media clip.

Symbolic ink: Lady Gaga showed off the symbol she's had tattooed on her shoulder, between the monster's paw and the heart, that links her to other sexual violence survivors

The symbol is located between the singer's monster's paw tattoo and the drawing of a heart.

One of those from the survivor's group, a Twitter user called Elver, tweeted a photo collage of others who had had the symbol inked on their inner wrist, forearm and back, along with the photo of Gaga.

'The survivors on stage - including Lady Gaga - have gotten matching tattoos in solidarity,' Elver tweeted.

Solidarity: Twitter user Elver shared a collage of photos including one of Gaga showing where survivors have inked the symbol on Thursday

Process: Gaga, 29, shared a Snapchat video showing her getting her new tat and explaining it's because she had made a pact with the survivors who had joined her on stage at the Oscars on Sunday night

Pact: The singer is shown drinking and checking her smartphone as she waits for the fresh ink to dry

Important moment: The Til It Happens To You singer found her Academy Awards performance a cathartic experience as she faced up to the reality that she belongedi n the group of sexual abuse survivors

The 29-year-old artist also posted a series of message images on Twitter on Thursday as part of her efforts to advocate for women to be safe.

One black-and-white image shows a recording studio with the caption: ' This is not a bedroom. This ismy office.'

She added the hashtags: ' #FreeEveryWoman #FreeKesha.'

Advocating: Gaga has been taking to social media to express support for sexual violence victims and in support of beleaguered singer Kesha. She shared several statement images on her Twitter feed on Thursday

Campaigning: The star - real name Stefani Germanotta - is supporting awareness of sexual abuse in the workplace and on college campuses

On Sunday, Gaga gave an emotional performance of her Oscar nominated song that she co-wrote with hitmaker Diane Warren for the documentary feature The Hunting Ground, about sexual assaults on American higher education campuses.

The Applause singer has revealed that she, too, is a survivor of sexual assault, and said in an Instagram post that her Academy Awards appearance, in which she was joined by survivors of sexual violence, had been tough.

It was, she said, 'The fear of knowing I would finally face that I belonged in that group. I told them I was so sorry I couldn't be Lady Gaga for them, that I couldn't even get dressed. I could barely get through the song, couldn't hit any of the high notes.'

Emotional moment: The performer sang her Oscar nominated song about how it feels to be violated at the Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday and was joined on stage by a group of survivors

Message: Gaga co-wrote the haunting song for the documentary feature The Hunting Ground, that explored issues surrounding the large numbers of rapes and sexual assaults on college campuses in the U.S.

'They all hugged me and told me that it was okay because it was more real this way..... They told me they were there for me to support me because they believed this message needed to be heard,' she wrote.

Lady Gaga has revealed little detail about the abuse she suffered as a teenager, but did once allude to the fact the man was '20 years older' than she was, and that she never confronted him about it.

'I don't want to be defined by it,' she told Howard Stern in 2014. 'I'll be damned if somebody's gonna say that every creatively intelligent thing that I ever did is all boiled down to one d***head that did that to me.

'I'm gonna take responsibility for all my pain looking beautiful and all the things I've made out of my strife. I did that.'