Domestic Abuse - Open Door PSA (Arabic)

This Public Service Announcement (PSA), created by Rana Antone Haddad and Dalia Riyad Bushnaq from the Family Guidance and Awareness Center in Amman Jordan, opens with a fact - "Over 80% of domestic violence victims are women." A woman sitting on the floor of a dark room begins to crawl toward a door, which shows light pouring through from the other side. She is discouraged by the loud abusive voice of a man yelling at her from off screen. Finally, she gains the courage to open the door and light pours in -- with helping hands that takes hers. The message comes on screen, "You are not alone. Break the silence." A logo for FGAC appears with an emergency hotline for domestic abuse.

Background:
This PSA was produced locally in Amman, Jordan as part of a media workshop, entitled "Media, Activism and Democracy," led by Barefoot Workshops in partnership with The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). twenty-six participants, mostly women and youth, learned how to write, shoot, produce and edit, thirty-second noncommercial videos (Public Service Announcements), to raise awareness about social issues. The goal of the workshops was to increase discussion, debate and civic participation in the Middle East. The PSAs are available in Arabic and English to broadcasters and other organizations that wish to distribute them "rights-free" on television and the Internet.

Sound design provided by Nabeel Bahy (of Kuwait). Music by Hüsnü Senlendirici (Album: Hüsn-Ü Klarnet- The Joy of Clarinet)

See more PSAs at www.barefootworkshops.org

Contacts: Chandler Griffin & Alison Fast (chandler@barefootworkshops.org)

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Barefoot
• Workshops
• MEPI
• Arabic
• Public
• Service
• Announcement
• PSA
• domestic
• abuse
• women
• Amman
• Jordan
• Middle
• East