Entries for 2012 are now closed, but I find this interesting enough to post. For one, isn’t this awesome to have awards on reporting violence against women (VAW)? And for another, the site has a 2-page document with advice on reporting VAW. Some of it is familiar – not blaming the victim, not excusing the perpetrator, etc. By the way, the organization is in Australia.
Read the reporting guidelines here.
Battered Women’s Support Services
How Media Literacy Can Help End Violence Against Women
by Joanna Chiu
Excerpt:
A recent study by the Parents Television Council found that since 2004, there has been a 120% increase in depictions of violence against women on television, and even more disturbingly, there was a 400% increase in the depictions of teen girls as the victims of violence.
Hear Jenn Pozner discuss media literacy and violence against women (~21 minutes in) -
