November 25 is White Ribbon Day : Melbourne Indymedia

November 25 is White Ribbon Day
23 November 2006

The White Ribbon Day campaign is a chance for all to speak out against violence against women and children in our communities, but especially an opportunity for men to show their support.

Already in Australia, politicians, academics, community leaders and union representatives are speaking out on this important issue, all to make our workplaces and our communities safer and better places to live.

Will you and ASU members in your workplace join the campaign to demand a safer society?

You can join the world wide campaign, coordinated through the United Nations, simply by displaying a poster in your workplace and/or wearing a white ribbon.

Posters and media ads are available for download from the website: http://ww.whiteribbonday.org.au/advertising Use them and pass them on.

Resources and background material is available at the White Ribbon Day website at http://www.whiteribbonday.org.au

Have you thought of displaying a white ribbon on your council truck, electricity van, water emergency vehicle or other work vehicle to show your support?

Watch the Tri Nations Grand Final on Saturday 25 November and look out for the large White Ribbon on the field at the 50m mark. Go Australia and White Ribbon Day!

You can promote White Ribbon Day

You can promote White Ribbon Day and its principles through your place of work or community organisation. The White Ribbon Day website is a public site and there for you to use.

Under Resources you will find facts and figures, a PowerPoint presentation, inserts for newsletters and internal communications and logos - all for you to explain and promote the issues.

Place an article in your newsletter and create a link from your website to that of White Ribbon Day. Download the Ad campaigns and send them through your networks.

Wear a White Ribbon and encourage others to buy and wear them.

The world wide campaign is supported by the United Nations development fund for women http://www.unifem.org

Join the White Ribbon Day Blog - The Blog is a forum for public discussion about the White Ribbon Campaign and the issues it addresses, and is moderated by Dr Michael Flood, an academic in the field and recent recipient of the NSW Violence Against Women Prevention Award. Simply go to
http://www.whiteribbonday.org.au and click on the link.

There are major White Ribbon Day events being held in Sydney, Melbourne, the ACT, Brisbane, Perth and Darwin; in fact, there White Ribbon Day events occurring all over Australia.
See http://www.whiteribbonday.org.au for details.

Contact Details

Name : Greg McLean
Telephone : (02) 9283 9280
Facsimile : (02) 9283 9270
E-mail : gmclean@syd.asu.asn.au
WWW : http://www.asu.asn.au/women/