Don’t be a victim! Stop the abuse!
July 42010
An animated story of a turning point in my life. This video request is long overdue.
It was requested by subscribers quite a while ago that I make and upload this. I started in Feb. but the situation in life got better (thank god) and I never had time to complete it. Now that it is done I must upload an updated version of “my story” as my life has taken a much needed change for the better.
This is a very serious clip. I ask of you, if you are a victim of abuse, please, PLEASE, go to this site:
http://www.ndvh.org/
Break the silence, make the call!
Resources:
Statistics: Stats Canada.
Songs: Mao – Angelic Butterfly; Dixie Chicks – Make nice
If you are unable to hear me in the beginning here is what I said:
It was only six months ago
I had a normal life
normal chores normal house and a place to rest my head
but then
in one night
everything changed
One guy
One mistake
Months of tears
I took up my roots
I packed all my memories
I packed all my dreams
My goals my passions and I moved away
My dad arrived, we packed the truck. I moved two buildings over.
he bought me a sofa, it was my new bed.
for 2 months all my dreams, all my nightmares were absorbed by those sofa cushions
I worked hard, I saved everything. Now I have a new bed a new wardrobe and a new begginning
But my life, it continues to change.
I feel as though I were on a bike.
And I climbed to the top of the highest hill.
I set up camp, I became comfortable.
And one day a loving friend
A trusted partner, took it upon himself to push me down that hill on my bike
And before i knew it I was flying down that hill I had worked so hard to climb.
My bike wobbled unsteadily and I learned too late that I did not have brakes.
There was no more I could do than to hold onto my handles and pray that I’d make it to the bottom without crashing. I’m still falling.
But I know if I make it to the bottom. I will never again climb to the top. The risk is far too great that I’ll only get pushed down once more.
Instead if I survive I will bike far away from my past and never look back.
It was only six months ago.
If you were unable to read the stats in the video they are listed below:
We fought for the right to vote
Only we stopped short
Many are abused, too many!
Enough is enough!
Now is the time to speak up!
On average 182 females were killed every year in Canada.
27 – husband
20 – common-law partner
15 – divorced or separated husband
76% of women sought refuge in shelters across Canada in 2004.
Of those who report the abuse:
70% – experience physical abuse.
50% – experience threats
46% – experience financial abuse
31% – experience harassment
27% – experience sexual abuse.
40% of these women had been in a shelter the previous year.
38% had been there 2-4 times.
10% five times or more!
Emotional abuse IS abuse!
November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
DON’T be a victim!
Speak out!
Duration : 0:9:5
This video was created for a class project in FCM 8420 Epidemiology at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Spring 2010. Every 9 seconds a woman is battered in the United States (National Statistics, 2010). One out of four women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime (National Statistics, 2010). Studies conducted by the Surgeon Generals office reveal that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44, which is more common than automobile accidents, muggings, and cancer deaths combined (National Statistics, 2010). When alcohol or drugs are involved, the risk of severity and lethality of intimate violence increases (Sharps et al., 2003). Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious and ongoing issue on college campuses and sufficient evidence regarding the effectiveness of counseling for intimate partner violence is lacking (Rhodes & Levinson, 2003). In order to shed some light on this sensitive topic, our video focuses on the various types of IPV as well as highlights some information on places victims of IPV can go.
THIS VIDEO DOES HAVE SOME GRAPHIC PICTURES… BUT ITS REALITY! I WAS ABUSED BY AN EX FOR ALMOST 2 YRS I CAN SO RELATE TO THIS VIDEO. PLZ IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS ABUSED.. GET HELP! SONG USED WAS.. STUPID BOY BY KEITH URBAN!!!! LETS STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TODAY!
Domestic abuse is on the increase in New Zealand and so is the level of violence involved.
The New Agenda’s Violence Against Women Forum, April 18, 2009 at the Benjamin Hotel, New York. Panelists include: Karen Cheeks-Lomax Executive Director, My Sister’s Place Westchester; Rosemonde Pierre-Louis Manhattan Deputy Borough President; Leslie Crocker Snyder Retired Justice, New York Supreme Court; and Irene Weiser Executive Director, StopFamilyViolence.org.
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The Center Against Domestic Violence, one of the first organizations to provide shelter from violence at home, now shelters 1,000 women and children and works with 30,000 teens to prevent relationship abuse each year.
This is a vid i made for a project in order to raise awareness and knowledge around domestic violence and help stop it even if it’s only a lttle bit.Please rate, comment, and spread the word on this vid. I don’t own the song by the Fray or any of the pictures that i used. This video was made with good intentions so please don’t delete or flag it due to copywrite laws. please don’t sue me!! Also i’m going to make another amv soon so be on the look out. Stop all the raping, death,sexual, emotional, and phisical abuse.
If indian government will not wake up this will be a solution for innocent people to protect themselves from false 498A
Don’t start none, won’t be none.