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‘A White Dress Does Not Cover Rape’ winner of UN prize
6-5-2019
A White Dress Does Not Cover Rape campaign won the first prize for the international campaign category at the UN SDG Action Awards. ABAAD organization executive director, Ghida Ananai, received the trophy during a ceremony held on May 2 in Bonn, Germany. On the occasion, Anani said she is proud of the award, which first honored ABAAD and in the forefront women survivors of rape who broke the silence and sought together with the organization to raise awareness and give other women the strength to move forward. The efforts of the above campaign, launched back in 2016, has led to abolishing Article 522 of the Penal Code which protects rapists in the event of marriage of their victims, Anani maintained. She also stressed that the campaign has been a key deterrent in the face of culprits, adding, most importantly, it was a keystone to putting an end to victim blaming and changing the conversation on rape in the country, rendering rape a punishable criminal act. To note, A White Dress Does Not Cover Rape campaign has been among the finalists of 2000 campaigns representing some 142 world countries. (Al Mustaqbal, May 3, 2019)
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