BACKGROUND
A charity and global movement, protecting people wherever freedom, justice and dignity are denied.
BRIEF
Raise awareness of violence and abuse against women and support their human rights globally.
IDEA
Looking at the most common forms of abuse within certain cultures. Exposing how women are treated through discrete messaging and letting them tell their story.
A charity and global movement, protecting people wherever freedom, justice and dignity are denied.
BRIEF
Raise awareness of violence and abuse against women and support their human rights globally.
IDEA
Looking at the most common forms of abuse within certain cultures. Exposing how women are treated through discrete messaging and letting them tell their story.
THE FACTS
41-61% of Asian women report experiencing physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner during their lifetime [1]. In a six year period, 160 cases in Asian families resulted in 226 fatalities, of which 72% were adult homicide victims, and 18% were suicide deaths. 68% of victims were intimate partners (current, estranged, or ex-partners), of which 111 were women [2].
About 87% of Bangladeshi married women are abused by their husband, according to a nation-wide study (a sample of 12,600 women) and only 8% of respondents said that they were never abused by their partner [3].
In Bangladesh, a man had tied up his 21-year-old wife, Hawa Akther Jui, taped her mouth and cut off her five fingers because she pursued higher education without his permission [4]. Using this case, the picture above shows domestic violence, which is particularly prominent within the Islamic culture where women use henna regularly.
Reference:
[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16201961. [2] http://www.api-gbv.org/resources/violence-against-api-women.php. [3] http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/218114/87-women-muslim-bangladesh-are-abused-daniel-greenfield. [4] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16201961
Reference:
[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16201961. [2] http://www.api-gbv.org/resources/violence-against-api-women.php. [3] http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/218114/87-women-muslim-bangladesh-are-abused-daniel-greenfield. [4] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16201961
THE FACTS
International reports point out that 80% of the victims of cross-border trafficking are women and children, 70 % of whom are sold to other countries for the purpose of sexual exploitation. In Central and Eastern Europe 175,000 women are taken out every year for the purpose of human trafficking [1]. In Russia, 70 % of women between the ages of 18 and 30 would like to leave the country to find work abroad and due to visa restrictions, it feels impossible for young women to gain legal working status abroad. Leading them to buy visas from so-called “employment” services who force them into prostitution and slavery once they cross the border. In the series, ‘Galina Stolyarova’, it shows that economic and social conditions in Russia have allowed the women-trafficking trade to flourish [2].
Demonstrating this representation with a Russian Matryoshka (or Babushka) doll and Russian style typography that would have belonged to a young Russian girl.
Reference:
[1] https://www.unicef.org/ceecis/Unicef_EnglishBook(1).pdf. [2] http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1096513.html.
International reports point out that 80% of the victims of cross-border trafficking are women and children, 70 % of whom are sold to other countries for the purpose of sexual exploitation. In Central and Eastern Europe 175,000 women are taken out every year for the purpose of human trafficking [1]. In Russia, 70 % of women between the ages of 18 and 30 would like to leave the country to find work abroad and due to visa restrictions, it feels impossible for young women to gain legal working status abroad. Leading them to buy visas from so-called “employment” services who force them into prostitution and slavery once they cross the border. In the series, ‘Galina Stolyarova’, it shows that economic and social conditions in Russia have allowed the women-trafficking trade to flourish [2].
Demonstrating this representation with a Russian Matryoshka (or Babushka) doll and Russian style typography that would have belonged to a young Russian girl.
Reference:
[1] https://www.unicef.org/ceecis/Unicef_EnglishBook(1).pdf. [2] http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1096513.html.
THE FACTS
Female genital mutilation is mostly carried out on young girls between infancy and adolescence, and occasionally on adult women. The practice is often considered a necessary part of raising a girl and a way to prepare her for adulthood and marriage. It aims to ensure premarital virginity and marital fidelity. It also violates a person’s rights to health as the procedure can result in death. It involves removing and damaging healthy and normal female genital tissue, and interferes with the natural functions of girls’ and women’s bodies. More than 3 million girls are estimated to be at risk for FGM annually.
More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries. Western, eastern, and north-eastern regions of Africa [1]. In eight countries, almost all young girls are cut. 98% in Somalia, in Guinea 96%, in Djibouti 93% and in Egypt 91%. In Eritrea and Mali the figure is 89% [2].
Female genital mutilation is mostly carried out on young girls between infancy and adolescence, and occasionally on adult women. The practice is often considered a necessary part of raising a girl and a way to prepare her for adulthood and marriage. It aims to ensure premarital virginity and marital fidelity. It also violates a person’s rights to health as the procedure can result in death. It involves removing and damaging healthy and normal female genital tissue, and interferes with the natural functions of girls’ and women’s bodies. More than 3 million girls are estimated to be at risk for FGM annually.
More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries. Western, eastern, and north-eastern regions of Africa [1]. In eight countries, almost all young girls are cut. 98% in Somalia, in Guinea 96%, in Djibouti 93% and in Egypt 91%. In Eritrea and Mali the figure is 89% [2].
Using Somali traditional dress for females to convey their message.
Reference:
[1] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/. [2] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/06/what-is-female-genital-mutilation-where-happen.
[1] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/. [2] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/06/what-is-female-genital-mutilation-where-happen.