CHILE | AMERICAS
Mass Communication Campaigns
Type of Measure
Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence;
Sexual violence;
Violence against women and girls
Year
2004
Brief Description
Mass communication campaigns have been a key element to promote changes in the social and cultural behaviour patterns of men and women. These mass campaigns have included: a campaign entitled "Better Living without Violence between Men and Women" in 1999; a national campaign conducted on family violence in 2001, under the slogans "Words Can Hurt, Watch Your Words" and "Don't Let Violence Strike Your Partner"; and a communication campaign in 2002 against violence towards women, called "Beaten Bodies".
Source of Information
CEDAW/C/CHI/4 p. 27
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