Imagine opening the “wanted” section of your daily newspaper and seeing this
The copy is hard to read in this scan, but it begins, “The government of a Middle Eastern state is recruiting a senior torturer to work in a well-equipped prison. Our ideal candidate would be prepared to inflict extreme pain and suffering...”
It then goes on to describe the excruciating details of common methods of torture in glowing HR-speak terms like “inspire a small and enthusiastic team to go way beyond what they ever believed possible” before hitting yopu with the punch.
It’s a gut-wrenching approach to making people aware of what is happening around the world. But is the irony appropriate? And will it incite action? Or will people just turn away in horror?
After the break, see the entire series in legible form.
This domestic violence campaign started running nationally in movie theatres across the United States. They are from ARTesia Healing Arts, an art project under A Touch of Love Foundation.
ARTesia and her founder Michele Foster partnered with veteran film maker Stew Birbrower who created a commercial campaign to address the subject of domestic violence.
The campaign emphasize that domestic violence is epidemic across the board; affecting young and old, black and white, rich and poor.
The Voice over in all spots is from Louis Gossett, Jr.
Men Can Stop Rape launched this campaign called Where Do You Stand? last month. The worked together with the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to increase the number of men on campus who intervene to prevent dating violence and sexual assault.
The campaign is a direct result of the many recent incidents of rape, sexual assault and dating violence that have occurred on campuses.
62% of undergraduate students say they have encountered some type of sexual harassment according to recent studies.
Men Can Stop Rape is focusing now with this campaign on male bystanders who witness potentially violent situations.
Men Can Stop Rape Executive Director, Neil Irvin. “This campaign builds on young men’s ability, desire, and commitment to being strong without being violent. We look forward to using Where Do You Stand? to deepen existing relationships and build new partnerships with college campuses across the country.”
According to Maps 4 Aid India is the 4th most dangerous place in the world for women to live in. To visualize this terrible fact they started a Google maps Ushahidi platform based website.
Victims and witness are ask to report any abuse and violence against women.
And the figures are shocking. Even with the fact in mind that only a small group would use this report system.
The reports from today only, March 10:
Crimes against women on the rise in Mizoram.
Unable to bear torture over additional dowry, 30 yr old Dhanamma ends life.
Six persons arrested for killing Shreya Jagdap for Dowry in October 2011.
Man arrested for hitting pregnant wife in the abdomen demanding for more dowry.
Husband and in laws harass Kavitha for INR 20 Lakh Dowry. Case filed.
6 year old raped and killed in Semgarah village of Uttar Pradesh.
Villagers threaten to parade gang rape victim naked if she does not leave the village.
Dowry Harassment: 25 year old Kajal Gajera commits suicide along with her one and half year old daughter.
Since its start in September 2011, more than 1300 reports have been documented, mapped, tracked and shared with the online community through social media and online campaigning. They started maps4aid after reading the TrustLaw Report of last year and was compelled to take some action and they came up with the idea of maps4aid to increase media level awareness of such incidents in the country.
I believe in this kind of new technology. It is easy to use and accessible.
And in time it gives the organization a good dossier to create awareness based on facts.
I love great visuals and this certainly fits in that qualification. This work is from Francois Robert and it’s a shame I didn’t know his work.
He made this work years ago. Stop the Violence visualized with bones.
According reports of the UN, violence against women is the biggest killer of women (Age 15-44 years). One form of violence against women is the so-called “honor killing”. Honor killings are a pre-Islamic practice that is not justified with the theology of Islam. They are characteristic of archaic tribal societies organized before particularly in the Middle East.
The honor killing is not only practiced in the Islamic context, however, is a special honor killings of accumulation observed in Islamic societies.
But such practices persist in Sikh and Hindu communities as well, and only a few decades ago, crimes were still committed in the name of honor in Mediterranean countries like Italy, Spain, Greece, and are still happening in Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, in the eastern parts of Turkey…
India occupies a particularly prominent role. This video of International Campaign Against Honour Killings shows us the world where the crime is still happening, where the crime is part of tradition.
Strong traditions have always kept domestic violence hidden behind closed doors.
We know that only a few want to talk about it. It’s a vicious circle where the history of violence in many cases ends with murder. It is easy to judge from the outside and say: why did not the woman leave the man ... how it could happen, they looked so happy ... we have not seen it coming ... they were a very normal family ... An ordinary family. You can see the family photos and wonder: happy faces. But I’ll tell you one thing: domestic violence victims do not run around with the sign where it stands on it: this is happening in my family…
If we would care more about the people around us, if we would hear exactly what they say ... if we could hear better ... could see it ... it would be clear. The neighbors, work colleagues, teachers, doctors and family members ... You’ve missed all the signals and you overlook it every day. One should not hide it. You should report it. The times have changed. We can All help.
This Domestic Violence PSA, to be broadcast as soon as next week by Maine television stations, features photos of murdered women and children, and Gov. Paul LePage standing with a group of men who denounce the violence.
Rude to say this is beautiful but this is one the best visualizations of the term Vicious Cycle of Violence. It is from the AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research) in Singapore.
The term cycle of violence refers to repeated and dangerous acts of violence as a cyclical pattern, associated with high emotions and doctrines of retribution or revenge. The pattern, or cycle, repeats and can happen many times during a relationship. Each phase may last a different length of time and over time the level of violence may increase.
It often refers to violent behavior learned as a child and then repeated as an adult, therefore continuing on in a perceived cycle.
It is one the most important chapters in the cause marketing book: looking for a sustainable solution. That is what Aware is trying. Breaking the chain. Or even better:
“If it happens once, it could happen again.
Stop the cycle before it start.”
Two more great campaign items after the break supplemented with 6 other campaigns from our archive based on the same theme: The Vicious Cycle.
It took me some time to appreciate this video from the UNHCR. Because of the use of miniature figures it looks childish at first sight but the last 20 seconds pulled me over. It is that last part which perfectly visualize the hidden truth of rape as a war crime.
“Sexual violence is the war crime that generate more refugee women in Colombia. The big problem is that it’s been unnoticed.
Help stop this. http://saynotoviolence.org/”
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