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zephoria
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Posted: Dec. 30 2002,20:24 |
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I work for V-Day, an organization working to end violence against women and girls around the world. We purposely use (and encourage those within our organization) a variety of different methods to end violence. We raise money for organizations such as domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, female genital mutilation safehouses, etc.; we attempt to empower women who've undergone such horrifying experiences; we try to change laws or work with organizations trying to change laws in their region; we try to raise awareness that this is a big deal and needs to be addressed; we open shelters..
The nice part about our organization is that thousands of volunteers work with us every day to bring V-Day to local communities (for a list of events, check out http://events.vday.org/). They all have their own ideas and those ideas get enacted with our support.
So, no, i do not believe that domestic violence shelters are the answer, but they are a piece of the puzzle. To end violence, or to enact any large scale change, you need to affect a wide variety of regulatory forces. To take from Lessig, you need to align the architecture, the social norms, the law and the market to operate against whatever it is that you are working towards. Even domestic violence wasn't considered illegal or socially unacceptable until recently...
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