Welcome to the second part of this blog post where we’re still talking about the way Twitter users responded to the UN campaign :حملة الأمم المتحدة “Unite to end violence against women” اِتّحدوا لإنهاء العنف ضد المرأة that is celebrated on the 25^th Of each month. “Orange the world” or “لوّن العالم برتقاليًا”  is the slogan for this campaign شعار هذه الحملة . Last week’s post provided some information about the campaign and focused on the Arabic hashtags created about it. In today’s post, I’m going to focus on some images بعص الصور and posts المنشورات  that users shared التي تشاركها المستخدمون about the topic of violence against women حول موضوع العنف ضد المرأة .

So, as we talked about in the last post, Twitter users created many hashtags to raise awareness of this campaign and one of the popular hashtags was:

 

#نصدق_الناجيات

#WeBelieveYou

 

The campaign was focused on the need to believe the victims الضحايا/survivors النّاجيات  so they don’t stay at the mercy of their perpetrator  لكي لا يبقون تحت رحمة المُجرم/المعتدي.

Below is one the most popular photos shared on Twitter (see translation below).

 

 

“No human being deserves to live with this pain

And no one deserves to suffer alone

Speak up, we’re with you”

= = = = = = = = = = =

Let’s now move on to discuss some of the popular photos that were circulated>>

 

Images & Posts

In addition to hashtags, Twitter users posted many photos that included statistics إحصائيات  and facts حقائق  related to incidents of violence  مرتبطة بحوادث العنف against women. Most of the the graphs are produced by the United Nations هيئة الأمم المتحدة.

 

Statistics إحصائيات

Three photos in the post below are graphs that present specific information and numbers about three specific type of violence (Click on each of the photos in the original post – to view the graph and read the information in Arabic).

 

 

*Translation of the second graph about “sexual harassment” >

Sexual harassment التحرش الجنسي  

A 154 countries have laws that prohibit تمنع sexual harassment. Despite this. Women across the world are still subjected to sexual harassment لازلن يقعن ضحية التحرش الجنسي  every day.

 

*Translation of the third graph about “Marry your rapist Law” >

“Marry-your-rapist” law قانون الزواج من المغتصب (مغتصبك)

In 12 countries, the rapist المغتصب  is released/ go free يُطلَق سراحه if he marries his victim.

 

*Translation of the fourth graph about “Child marriage” >

Child marriage زواج الأطفال

1 in 5 girls in the Arab world falls victim to تقع ضحية  child marriage.

= = = = = = = = = = =

Photos & Posts  صور ومنشورات

Finally, users also circulated photos that address the main types of violence أشكال العنف الرئيسية , with detailed explanation مع شرح مفصّل  of each of these types لكل من هذه الأشكال  and how it’s manifested والكيفية التي يُمَارس من خلالها.

 

 

*Translation of the first photo (bottom right corner) >

Types of violence: Physical, psychological & sexual.

 

*Translation of the second photo (top right corner) >

Psychological Violence العنف النّفسي

 

Any act of humiliation, control, domineering, intimidation, chasing or tracking.

 

التهديد Threatening

الشتم Cursing

تقييد الحركة Movement restriction

الغيرة المبالغة Extreme jealousy

التقليل من قيمتك Underestimating your value

الشك وعدم الثقة Suspicion & distrust

 

*Translation of the third photo (top left corner) >

Physical Violence العنف البدني

 

Use of physical force by anyone; leaving visible marks and causing physical damage to someone else.

 

الضرب Hitting

الركل Kicking

إحداث حروق Causing burns

التعذيب Torturing

منع الطعام والشراب Food & Drink deprivation

كسور broken bones

 

*Translation of the fourth photo (top right corner) >

Sexual Violence العنف الجنسي

 

Any act or unwanted sexual act, through use of force or coercion.

 

الاغتصاب Rape

الاتّجار بالنساء Women Trafficking

التحرّش الجنسي Sexual harassment

الاغتصاب الرّوحي Spiritual rape

تزويج الأطفال Child marriage

جرائم الشرف Honour crimes

= = = = = = = = = = =