Gender-Based-Violence Archives - Page 4 of 5

Breakthrough Tells Men to #BeThatGuy How a human rights organization blends video and social media to engage men to help end gender-based violence. WITNESS December 3, 2013
A Domestic Abuse Survivor’s Story: What It Took to Share and Tips for Advocates and Survivors Author, Leslie Morgan Steiner shared her personal story of survival after being in “Crazy Love” with her first husband who continuously beat her and threatened her life. In her book and a TED talk, which now has over a million views, she shared her story and the misconceptions of being a domestic violence victim. WITNESS November 27, 2013
New Video Series for How To Conduct Interviews with Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence A new video series includes first-hand experience from trainees, experts, leading activists and survivors of GBV expanding on considerations for filming, creating appropriate questions, safety & security, interviewing techniques and the effects of trauma on survivors. Matisse Bustos Hawkes November 25, 2013
Activists in Kenya Integrate Video Advocacy to Prevent Gender-Based Violence Reflections from a recent session WITNESS helped organize in Kenya that focused on how video advocacy tools can be used to mobilize action around GBV awareness and advocacy. WITNESS November 22, 2013
How You Can Support Immigrant Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Immigrant women who are survivors of sexual violence in the U.S. face additional barriers to support in the form of language differences, a lack of culturally relevant services, and navigating complicated legal systems. WITNESS November 11, 2013
New How-To Guide For Interviewing Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Tips for human rights activists, citizen journalists and others seeking to film interviews with survivors in a safe and ethical manner. WITNESS August 14, 2013
Coming soon: Guide to Interviewing Survivors of Sexual & Gender-Based Violence Interviewing a survivor of SGBV on video can be extremely powerful--and extremely challenging. That's why WITNESS is developing this new resource. WITNESS May 28, 2013
Women’s Video Journalism–More Than Just Reporting WorldPulse's Citizen Journalism Program trains women to report about deeper social issues, and through reporting, to change them. WITNESS March 30, 2013
International Women’s Day Sees Sparse Progress in Ending Impunity On March 8th, the world celebrates International Women's Day. It's a somber celebration, though: despite progress in some areas, more must be done to end impunity for perpetrators of gender-based violence. WITNESS March 8, 2013
16 Days Series: Systems of Impunity – Gender-Based Violence in the USA As a citizen of a nation that's infamous for policing other countries’ human rights abuses, I rarely examine the abuses enabled by the discriminatory structures of the United States criminal justice system. So when I was asked to compile a video playlist for WITNESS’s participation in the global campaign 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, I began to think about the lack of introspection amongst Western voices critical of gender-based violence. WITNESS December 7, 2012
16 Days Series: Revealing Rape – How to Illustrate a Crime Women describe their rapes from behind black face scarves in videos on our site that documents sexualized violence in Syria. We have no photos of women whose faces aren’t covered. We have few photos of survivors of rape even with their faces covered. Sometimes these women hide themselves for religious reasons or for safety—for fear of retribution for speaking out—but oftentimes they cover themselves out of mortification. Rape has taken their cultural purity. WITNESS December 6, 2012
16 Days Series: Videos Document Sexual Violence As a Tool of War In a number of current and past armed conflicts in Africa, rape has been used as a terrifying tool of war. From the Democratic Republic of Congo to Sierra Leone, sexual and gender-based violence have introduced a unique aspect of civilian atrocity during conflict, and rendered men, women, and children victims and survivors of heinous war crimes. WITNESS November 28, 2012
Videos Highlight Progress and Challenges During 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence It’s a time when activists rally around the issue of gender-based violence. We challenge the power structures, perceptions and impunity that allow gender-based violence to persist, call for concrete actions to address these issues at the local, national and global levels, and demand accountability for perpetrators of this crime, along with justice and assistance for those who experience it. WITNESS November 26, 2012
What Role Does the Arms Trade Play in Sexual Violence in Conflict? Guns go hand in hand with sexual and gender-based violence. Where there is armed conflict, there is rape, and this is true the world over. So what is the significance of the presence of small arms in these conflicts? How do guns perpetuate a ‘cult of masculinity’ that finds women and girls as its victims? And how do these weapons end up in the hands of those prepared to intimidate and demean women? WITNESS August 23, 2012
Rural Women and Girls of Eastern Congo Seek Justice as World Celebrates International Women’s Day Today the world celebrates the 101st International Women’s Day (begun in 1911). This year’s theme, declared by the United Nations, is “Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty,” as highlighted in this message from the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon. WITNESS March 8, 2012