White ribbon
The White Ribbon Campaign is an international men's movement that works to end male violence in relationships, i.e. against domestic violence by men. The campaign was co-initiated in 1991 in Toronto , Canada, by the later chairman of the New Democratic Party , Jack Layton . The White Ribbon campaign aims to help curb everyday violence by men in intimate relationships . To this end, the campaign carries out public awareness work.
The symbol and sign of the campaign is a white bow. White Ribbon - which should be worn visibly by as many men as possible. Men ask other men:
- not to use violence against women;
- to publicly show their attitude “stop male violence”;
- to work for a non-violent image of masculinity and for gender democracy.
The White Ribbon campaign aims to encourage men to become part of the solution to the problem of male violence. To this end, the campaign runs various projects in public space (posters, homepage, lectures, workshops on boys' work , discussions, charity work and much more ). It has been active in Austria since 2000.
In 2014, the men's rights organization a voice for men founded the platform whiteribbon.org to combat and provide information on domestic violence , and was led by Erin Pizzey , who in 1971 was one of the founders of the first women's shelter in London and is an international expert on domestic violence Violence is recognized.
The creation of this platform was met with controversy by the national white ribbon campaigns, as it abandoned the focus on violence against women and addressed domestic violence against both sexes.
In Germany, a white ribbon is also used as a peace sign. In connection with the Iraq war in 2003, the two Aachen Peace Prize winners, Heiko Kauffmann and Bernhard Nolz, asked people to wear the White Peace Ribbon. During the demonstration against the Iraq war on February 15, 2003, several thousand people wore a white bow.
More loops
- Yellow ribbon - solidarity
- Red ribbon - HIV, AIDS
- Pink ribbon - breast cancer
- Overview of solidarity loops
Web links
- Aktion Weißes Friedensband eV
- White Ribbon Austria - Association of men for the prevention of male violence
- White Ribbon Switzerland
- White Ribbon - end violence against everyone
- White Ribbon - international links (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ whiteribbon.org ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
