Using Mobile Apps and Film to Prevent Gender-Based Violence
November 2014 | WITNESS speaks with Nancy Schwartzman, a filmmaker and CEO of Tech4Good, about her film projects and the Circle of 6 app, and anti-violence mobile app.
"The next morning I went to report to the police and they told me -- you are too old to be raped..."
victim from the Congo video “Our voices matter”,"This is a must-use guide—even for anyone with years of experience interviewing SGBV survivors. Such in-depth new or refresher points can only help any work in this area, and reminding us that our interviewees deserve the time and space to tell their incredibly personal, difficult experiences will only strengthen the stories we are trying to tell."
Lauren Wolfe - Director of Women Under Siege project on WITNESS' Interviewing Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence guide,"This is my first time I come to a training and feel that I am leaving with handsome knowledge, feel capable to do what I have I learnt."
Trainee from South Africa,"I didn’t know how to film before, now I can say I am an expert. From the whole process, documentation is key to the future of our advocacy."
Trainee from Zimbabwe,"As a part of that camp, we are suppose to do any community project once we are returned to our home countries. For this I chose, that I'll teach at least 20 students about "Video advocacy", general awareness about video advocacy and how to make videos, based on what I learnt from you during Youth TechCamp."
A participant in the PH International Youth TechCamp training,Through this campaign WITNESS will provide support to activists and survivors of gender-based violence by empowering them use video to share their stories, make their voices heard and catalyze the change they seek in their lives.
November 2014 | WITNESS speaks with Nancy Schwartzman, a filmmaker and CEO of Tech4Good, about her film projects and the Circle of 6 app, and anti-violence mobile app.
September 2014 | Bukeni Waruzi, WITNESS’ Senior Program Manager for Africa and the Middle East, took part in a UN panel on ending sexual and gender-based violence in conflict zones.
September 2104 | WITNESS conducted a training with South African video activists on safely and ethically conducting interviews with survivors of gender-based violence, filming with a mobile phone and