GAD Focal Point System, City Mayor’s Office Launch Exhibit to Promote Respect and Accountability in Ending VAW

𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, marks the start of the 𝟏𝟖-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧!

We may have achieved significant strides in gender equality, but the 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦-𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 surrounding sexual harassment and abuse remain a powerful challenge. It’s time to 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 asking, “𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔?”

The 𝐋𝐆𝐔 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐆𝐀𝐃) 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, in coordination with the 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫, officially launches our groundbreaking exhibit:

“𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧”

This impactful exhibit showcases the actual clothing worn by women during incidents of harassment and abuse, compelling us to focus on the act itself 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. It strongly rejects the idea that a woman’s attire invites or justifies violence.

𝑾𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒙𝒉𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒕!

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆: 𝑀𝑒𝑧𝑧𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑦 𝐵𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑜, 𝑇𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑠 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦.

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐀𝐖 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲!

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