#Gender Based Violence
# Gender-based violence
Why Gender-Based Violence is common?
• Public relations use hashtags, sharing, and tagging to reach several audiences to read and spread about more importantly sensitive matters like Gender Based Violence, that way social media filters the trending news about the topic using (Really Simple Indication). The PR industry can be challenged by not getting permission to publish some victims' side of the story due to the pain they’ve been through therefore leading to the delay in getting the story out to reach the desired target audience, more especially to the victims of abuse , everything to know about Gender Based Violence.
https://media.globalcitizen.org/thumbnails/f3/c8/f3c86248-650f-48e7-b3cc-abf8f94344a3/south-africa-gender-based-violence-protests.jpg__1600x900_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg• The known reason why Gender Based Violence is a common issue in our communities is fear and silence. It is a widespread problem worldwide because most victims of abuse are afraid to report their assault. Every victim’s silence contributes to the increased acceptance of GBV on social media statistics because of not being able to talk to give another victim an insight to speak out.
Forms of Gender-Based Violence
• This can be challenging for public relations to write about types of GBV without having someone who has experienced that, to verify that indeed this form can happen to someone if not cautious and show the community by interviewing on television live. Getting to speak and ask questions to a victim of abuse is a big opportunity because this requires skill in how to handle an interviewee abused before.
• The use of social media allows victims to share their stories with the use of videos, that is to showing a person's real-life story something they can relate to by just seeing the facial expression.
• The most unknown form of abuse people don't take seriously is domestic violence ,which includes stalking, thus resulting in more deaths.
At some point GBV have to come to an end it's been a while our sisters and brothers being abused.
ReplyDeleteYes on that , I think a lot can relate to this point you have risen.
DeleteIt is important to raise awareness on the less known forms of abuse. This will create an environment where victims will find it easier to seek for help.
ReplyDeleteYes, that's spot on there.
DeleteThis is a very sensitive matter. Recently, I have seen a post doing rounds on social media. A child is seeking justice for her mother who's being abused by their father. A case has been opened but the hands of the lawaren't doing enough to protect the mother from physical abuse and the children from emotional abuse. That man should not be denied bail. That's that!!!
ReplyDelete*Should be denied bail
DeleteAbsolutely, that goes without saying no woman deserves such treatment especially to the one person you claim to love and care for let alone any person at that.
DeleteGBV issue should be taken seriously not only because of the visible wounds and scares we see oftentimes, how about the invisible pain hidden under the victim's healing faces. I'm talking stress emotional hurt and trauma, without proper counseling these residuals will remain sore and forever haunt their lives. I think our focus should be on healing the victims completely and adoption of mandatory measures in dealing with anger management.
ReplyDeleteoh yes, because at the end of the day abuse victims are not the ones with visible scars only but they are also the ones who hide their pain behind smiley faces.
DeleteHands were not meant to cause a pain but to protect. We have to learn to protect each other.!!
ReplyDeleteDon't let someone who doesn't know your value tell you how much you're worth. If you need violence to enforce your ideas, your ideas are worthless. After a series of traumas, one can lose the capacity to feel fear appropriately..
GBV is serious
Exactly! and it is so sad to keep seeing our loved ones dying day by day because of GBV.
ReplyDeleteThis is saddening issue is perpetuated and overlooked. I wonder how long will it take for people to understand that violence is not the answer to every issue.
ReplyDeleteBy the looks of things , it seems it is still going to be the matter of an issue for centuries to come.
DeleteThanks for choosing this topic. Your points are valid. Well done! Hopefully it will help someone out there.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I certainly hope so too.
Deleteimpressive, social media can be one of the tools that can help the PR industry to address this social issue, maybe even the fear of the victims to report this issue might fade away when they come across the post that relate to them.
ReplyDeleteIndeed! It's incredible just how much the power of social media can do.
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