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Awareness-Raising Partners
Say NO – UNiTE Campaign
Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women is a global call for action, launched in November 2009, on ending violence against women and girls. It is presented by UNIFEM as a contribution to advance the objectives of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women through social mobilisation. UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman is the Spokesperson of Say NO.
Say NO aims to trigger and highlight actions by individuals, governments and civil society partners. Actions that address or prevent violence against women and girls. Every action will be counted to showcase the global groundswell of engagement that exists on the issue and drive the message to governments everywhere that ending violence against women must be a top priority. The initial target is to reach 100,000 actions by March 2010 and 1 million actions in one year.
Say NO builds upon the momentum generated during its first phase when 5,066,549 people signed on to a global call to make ending violence against women a top priority worldwide. Heads of States and Ministers from 69 Governments and more than 600 Parliamentarians have added their names to Say NO since then.
Working through traditional as well as online networks and social media, Say NO will engage participants from all walks of life. A range of web-based and other tools available on saynotoviolence.org will support partners in their advocacy efforts, highlight their work to a global audience and inspire others.
Responsible Men
Responsible Men is a collaboration of men and women that challenges all men to examine the roots of our own socialization. It is essential for all men to gain an understanding of the things we must change in ourselves and our world so we can be better partners, fathers and citizens.
Responsible Men believes most men already are “responsible men” at their core. Men already want to be great partners and great dads. However, men’s words and actions often run counter to their feelings because they have been socialized to believe that men are supposed to be strong, tough and in-charge rather than caring, loving and engaged in their relationships, their families and their communities.
Though workshops, social gatherings and social media we inspire men to help rewrite the script of masculinity and be catalysts for social change. Ultimately it is our vision that with a new masculinity in place, our world will be free of discrimination, aggression and violence based on things like gender, race and sexual orientation.
Social Innovation Park Ltd
Social Innovation Park Ltd (SIP) is an impartial, not-for-profit organisation based in Singapore that incubates social entrepreneurs and innovators worldwide to bring positive innovations to lives and societies. SIP was founded in 2006 with the vision the platform for the exchange of ideas, network and innovations to build a more inclusive, sustainable and better world.
SIP Educates the people, public and private sectors on the principles of social entrepreneurship and innovation. It Empowers social entrepreneurs and innovators with a shared resource pool and Enhances such set-ups by leveraging on the power of local and international networks to provide access to resources, cutting-edge business ideas and best practices.
SIP has a presence in 6 countries and holds an annual event called the Global Social Innovators Forum (GSIF). GSIF attracted over 500 people and 70 speakers from 30 countries in 2009.
Step Up
Step Up was created to change the traditional mindset of young adult men to end violence against women. Violence against Women is a men’s issue and we need to make all men realise this. Step Up believes we need to start by creating change in social norms – so we have to change beliefs of men about women. Men are not born violent – they become violent as a result of beliefs and social norms about what it means to be a man!
Step Up tackles underlying issues such as objectification, language, and bystander roles. We also want to teach men not only to be responsible, but that it’s crucial for them to be accountable for not only themselves, but ALL men! Not all men are the problem, but all men can be part of the solution.
Our target audience are high school and college-age males, but that doesn’t exclude younger boys or older men. We believe it’s imperative to raise awareness to men about women and equality to bring an understanding and create change – to help resolve violence against women.
TakingITGlobal
TakingITGlobal envisions youth everywhere actively engaged and connected in shaping a more inclusive, peaceful and sustainable world.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, this international charitable organisation enables a collaborative learning community which provides youth with access to global opportunities, cross-cultural connections and meaningful participation in decision-making.
TakingITGlobal harnesses internet technologies to cultivate youth leadership and engagement in social issues, bridging the continuity gap that causes fragmentation between and within generations of youth movements and championing the role of young people as key stakeholders in all aspects of society.
We serve youth primarily between the ages of 13 to 30 through an online community and initiatives that focus on enabling actively engaged youth (TIGweb) and education programmes geared towards middle and high school students (TIGed).
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
Inspired by the old saying, “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes,” men literally walk one mile in women’s high heeled shoes to protest sexualised violence, educate their communities about prevention and recovery resources and to raise funds to support local rape crisis centres, domestic violence shelters and other sexualised violence prevention programmes.
The White Ribbon Campaign
In 1991, a handful of men in Canada decided they had a responsibility to urge men to speak out about violence against women. Wearing a white ribbon would be a symbol of men’s opposition to violence against women.
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) is now the largest effort in the world of men working to end violence against women (VAW). In over fifty-five countries, campaigns are led by both men and women, even though the focus is on educating men and boys. In some countries it is a general public education effort focused on ending violence against women.
Wearing a white ribbon is a personal pledge to never commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women and girls. Wearing a white ribbon is a way of saying, “Our future has no violence against women.”
