Mangalore Dakshin Kannada, October 19, 2015 – A human rights organization that works on Women issues, Breakthrough, will soon run a video van under its “Bell Bajao Campaign” to spread awareness against domestic Violence. The video van will be flagged from the village of Moodushedde on 23rd October 2015 and will cover twenty gram panchayats in the rural areas of Mangalore, Bantawal, Belthangady and Suliya – Dakshin Kannada till 1st November, 2015
Breakthrough’s State Manager for Karnataka M. Kanmani shared the information regarding the video van and said “We trivialize the matter of domestic violence and don’t pay attention to it but according to statistics one in every three women faces domestic violence in India. This video van run will help us in reaching out to a larger sections of the community encouraging them to react and respond to the problem of domestic violence. We will engage the community by theatre performance, short films, videos and some interactive games.”
Breakthrough has worked on the issue of domestic violence for the past eight years and have seen considerable increase in the knowledge and awareness among youth from schools, colleges, members from Self Help Groups (SHG), Non-Governmental Organizations and Community Based Organizations (CBO) regarding this issue. The youth have started identifying domestic violence as a crime against women and not a way of life.
The Video van will be inaugurated from Moodushedde Gram Panchayat on 23rd October, 2015
