Project Unbreakable is a photography project, initiated by 19-year old Grace Brown, that gives rape and sexual abuse survivors a voice by repeating the last thing their abuser said to them. It’s chilling, shocking and a reminder of how violent, degrading and sometimes just mundane rape and sexual abuse can be. Grace has also started her own fundraising page to help women affected by these issues.
This lightweight but entertaining campaign from Switzerland shows the many pitfalls of binge drinking, from trying to drive drunk (and being stopped) to sexual dysfunction, run-ins with the law, social embarrassment and personal injury.
I’m not sure the message is crystal clear here, however, because many of these consequences are comical. Who hasn’t heard a young person brag about their own “war stories” of extreme drunkenness? (The “too drunk to” scenario, below, was even memorialized with its own punk anthem.) With the exception of the car keys, all the others just seem like inconveniences. Is that really going to change anyone’s behaviour?
Being a Swiss campaign, the ads had to work trilingually. German, French and Italian versions of all five ads (what a media trafficking nightmare!) are all posted on the campaign YouTube Channel, although the visual scenarios are pretty universal.
See the other three German versions after the break.
A strange testicular cancer prevention campaign from Peru shows people misinterpreting a man’s casual scratching or adjusting of his scrotum as a commitment to self-examination.
At least, that’s how I interpreted it. The scenarios are awkward (especially the one with the two little girls) but memorable. And I suppose that’s what it takes to get through to young men, who are often affected by the disease.
Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social injustice.
I would say, they have lot of work to do ...
This beautiful video shows so much colours, warmth and positivity ... Changing the world can be so inspirational.
Posted by Marc | 20-02-2012 21:50 | Category:
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Some find this spot from Peru ridiculous, others find it hilarious. I have to laugh, and recognize the action.
Testing your testicles regularly gives you the best change at a new job.
The spot is from the Peruvian League Against Cancer.
“Testing your testicles regularly makes you look more responsible. Prevent testicular cancer.”
A well cared campaign from Colorado USA named Beforeplay.org, a public education campaign aimed at reducing unintended pregnancy among young adults.
This statewide effort is targeted to the 18- to 29-year-old age group and seeks to initiate more conversation about sexual health and family planning through an interactive website, social media, events, and statewide advertising.
The privately-funded campaign was developed by Vermilion Design + Interactive for the Colorado Initiative to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy and is supported by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
About 40% of Colorado pregnancies are unintended, and the rate is even higher among young adults in their twenties, a segment that is often overlooked. Lack of knowledge about effective contraception, being uninsured, finding affordable health care, or being ambivalent about having children can all lead to unintended pregnancy.
Real stories introduction ‘Who do you talk to about sexual health?’:
The use of fragile materials in road safety campaigns isn’t new but this new spot from Israel is a beauty.
It is from director Roni Kleiner. With this animation he shows the effect of driving 60 km/h and 40 km/h. Reducing speed can make a big difference.
It is not clear for who or what this video was made. Because no sender is mentioned I think it is own work from Kleiner.
This great new campaign for the organisation Reporters Without Borders, Germany,
is showing the power of the tools of Reporters Without Borders, a organisation that fights for the freedom of press in countries like the Iran, Russia or Zimbabwe and all over the world.
Their written words are able to uncover governments’ criminal machinations and finally even cause their end. (more after the break)
This is the latest campaign from the British Channel 4. I was in shock when Ross McCulloch, Founder of #BeGoodBeSocial & @TSFbuzz, posted the image at his website.
I’m not from the UK and had no reference to what this campaign was about other then it is for a new tv programme.
I think it is quite discriminatory.
Ross:
This is Channel 4’s latest advertising campaign for series two of their hugely successful show ‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’. Channel 4 may argue that their show helps breaks down stereotypes about travelling people, many would argue it simply reinforces them, but for me the use of an image of a child with the tagline ‘Bigger. Fatter. Gyspier’ is a grossly irresponsible.
What will the child’s classmates make of the widespread poster campaign? Is the child featured in the show or is he a model? Does it make a difference?
In the Democratic Republic of Congo or DRC, sexual violence is a community-wide problem. Rape, in the DRC has been used as a weapon of war and sadly continues to increase even after. According to the peacebuilding NGO Search for Common Ground or SFCG, it is estimated that there…
In the movie Hot Tub Time Machine, John Cusack goes “back to the future” and discovers that his friend Lou has become incredibly wealthy due to a little search-engine-that-could that he aptly named “Lougle.” It’s a fun example of how an individual’s name can become a familiar household term…
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