16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence 2020

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence 2020
Respect Victoria has launched a new campaign, Respect Women: Call It Out ‘Respect Is’ to coincide with the United Nations (UN) initiative 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, 25 November – 10 December 2020.

To raise awareness throughout 16 days of activism we encourage you to download the 16 Days of Activism toolkit. To learn more about the origins of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence including the 2020 UNiTE Campaign Theme: “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!” visit the UN Women website.

International Safety Media Awards 2020 – Interview Marcia Howell

As part of our International Safety Media Awards (ISMA) 2020 WORLD’S BEST SAFETY MEDIA CAMPAIGNS interview series, we’re excited to release our first interview – a conversation with Marcia Howell from the Center for Safe Alaskans! Marcia was the founder of the International Safety Media Awards back in 2006. Hear from Marcia how safety media … Continued

International Safety Media Awards 2020 Interview – Simon Pase

The rise of widely accessible and cheap production tools is a game-changer for safety media campaigns.As part of our WORLD’S BEST SAFETY MEDIA CAMPAIGNS interview series, check out our discussion with Simon Pase Simon Pase is the Creative Services Manager at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, and is one of our esteemed judges for the International Safety … Continued

Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week 8-14 May 2017 – Speed up the solutions

The UN Road Safety Collaboration is pleased to announce that the Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week will be held from 8-14 May 2017. The Week will focus on speed and what can be done to address this key risk factor for road traffic deaths and injuries. Speed contributes to around one-third of all fatal road traffic crashes in high-income countries, and up to half in low- and middle-income countries.

Reminder: Falls Prevention Webinar – Wed 12 April 2017 @ 11am ACST

Unintentional injury is the biggest issue in community safety and when it comes to unintentional injury the most common injury will result from falling. Falls are the cause of more hospital admissions and injury statistics than any other safety issue. But, falls draw less media attention than most other safety issues. Public awareness about the risk and frequency of falls, and the extent of injury and impairment that can result is alarmingly low.