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White Ribbon Campaign

By ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The White Ribbon Campaign is the largest global effort of men working to end violence against women; the movement is active in over fifty-five countries. 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. With only six weeks of preparation, 100,000 men across Canada wore a white ribbon, while many others were drawn into discussion and debate.

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  • Fleminkj

    Wish I had known about this! I’m also looking forward to many more initiatives like it :O)

  • http://twitter.com/davidhwalker David H Walker

    What a great movement! A really good line from the video: “learn about the problem of men’s violence against women by listening to women and their experiences of violence.” Websites like Soul Speak Out are certainly helping to make this possible.

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