YWCA Regina has launched its sixth annual Sexual Assault Consciousness Coaster Marketing campaign.
Coasters and stickers will probably be distributed to bars, eating places and companies throughout Regina so as to elevate consciousness round sexual violence and prevention.
This yr’s theme is “select to see,” which inspires individuals to decide on to see the best way gender-based violence and sexual assault is normalized by society.
“It’s about selecting to see the impacts that the potential for violence has on individuals’s lives,” mentioned Alexis Losie, YWCA Regina senior director of operations.
Folks make choices on a regular basis to guard themselves from sexual violence, Losie mentioned, comparable to strolling in teams and taking a cab residence from the bar.
“It’s not about how I ought to have to guard myself in order that I don’t get raped,” she mentioned.
“The message must be don’t rape.”
Riot Brewing is considered one of greater than 20 companies collaborating within the coaster marketing campaign to assist normalize conversations round sexual violence and spark discussions in social areas.
“Now we have an obligation,” mentioned Mark Heise, president and CEO of Riot Brewing. “We’re finally serving alcohol and we all know that alcohol does contribute to sexual violence and harassment.”
The brewing business has a historical past of sexual harassment and violence, in response to Heise.
He believes the taproom is a protected house for everybody, however he mentioned they may at all times try to do higher.
“You may’t relaxation in your laurels,” he mentioned.
“It's a must to at all times maintain individuals accountable, proceed that dialog and proceed to be a optimistic ally.”
SEXUAL VIOLENCE AWARENESS WEEK
The YWCA’s coaster marketing campaign strains up with Sexual Violence Consciousness Week that takes place Could 16 to 22.
This yr’s consciousness week focuses on sexual exploitation and human trafficking within the province.
“On a regular basis individuals are exploited and trafficked by their intimate companions in Saskatchewan,” mentioned Ashley Kilback, communications specialist with Sexual Assault Companies of Saskatchewan (SASS).
One in three girls and one in six males in Canada will expertise some type of sexual violence of their lifetime, in response to Kilback. The bulk, 85 per cent, of survivors will know their attacker.
“That is greater than the information that exists,” Kilback mentioned.
“Now we have to look to the human expertise, notably to those that are in marginalized, weak teams who're on the best danger of experiencing that.”
SASS is internet hosting quite a lot of digital occasions throughout sexual violence consciousness week that can concentrate on human trafficking, neighborhood and institutional accountability in response to lacking and murdered Indigenous girls and women, and survivor tales.
These should not simple subjects to debate, Kilback mentioned. However it can be crucial that allies supply consolation and a protected house for survivors who're sharing their tales.
“To consider anyone once they inform us they've skilled sexual violence and what that creates for that particular person in with the ability to simply be seen and heard and understood in that second”
Extra info on sexual violence consciousness week will be discovered right here.
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