Disseminating findings to Break the Silence
This series of public service announcement products is aimed at changing the way our community does and doesn’t talk about sexual violence. Core findings of our research point to the ways in which women who experience sexual violence are silenced. Many of the causes of this silencing are related to the legacy of intergenerational trauma. Here, the ways in which our community (along with so many others) have attempted to protect itself from harmful settler engagement ordinarily restricts the tendency to report sexual violence. The impact of this legacy is aggravated by a continuing lack of cultural and gender sensitivity within formal services. Simultaneously however, the objectification of especially Indigenous women and social stereotypes that shape understandings of who becomes a victim of sexual violence and why, also prevent many women from speaking out. Accordingly, as part of our knowledge mobilisation efforts, we are working to break the silence. To start this process off we have produced two posters and one video.
VIDEO
Title: Break the Silence on Sexual Violence
Description: This video reflects some of the findings from our initial work, focusing on who can be a victim of sexual violence, what sexual violence is, and where it can take place. Acts of sexual violence are shared through hand written posters. Sites of sexual violence are reflected in images. As part of our larger series of work aimed at changing the way sexual violence is perceived and discussed in our community, the video is book-ended by the message “Break the silence” and ends with a reminder of why this is so important!
Credits:
Song |
02. Watching The Storm-16346 |
Artist |
U137 |
Album |
552 Dreamer On The Run |
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AdRev for Rights Holder (on behalf of Deep Elm Records (Deep Elm Records)); LatinAutor – SonyATV, AdRev Publishing, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, ASCAP, and 7 Music Rights Societies |
POSTER 1
Title: Stop Sexual Violence!
Description: This poster reflects findings from our research that relate to social stereotypes related sexual violence. Specifically stereotypes that “blame the victim” are targeted in this poster.
Credits:
POSTER 2
Title: Resisting Sexual Violence
Description: This poster promotes what young women in our community need to resist sexual violence. These items include: community supports and good relationships; community and individual engagement with culture; safe spaces throughout the community and safe spaces where young women are able to speak out especially when they have experienced sexual violence; positive attitudes towards young women in general, and those who have experienced sexual violence in particular; and community wide education around sexual violence that is embedded in cultural values. Our work has explored the ways in which these resources can support young women and men actively resist sexual violence as well as the impact of such resistance on our broader community. When young people are supported in these ways, the whole community benefits!
Credits:
Hannah Battiste
Bernadette Bernard
Dionne Denny
Nichelle Googoo
Nicole Johnson
Charlee Morrison
Kalo Nicholas
Raylene Nicholas
Farrah Stevens