160 Girls Project - The Equality Effect

The 160 Girls project http://theequalityeffect.org is a legal initiative that aims to achieve justice and protect against rape for all girls in Kenya.

WHO ARE THE 160 GIRLS?
In eastern Kenya, 160 girls, all victims of rape, are determined to seek justice. In Kenya, a woman or girl is raped every 30 minutes. Girls are raped by family members and men in their own communities. Many of the girls are orphans whose parents have died of AIDS. They are vulnerable to abuse from extended family members and from strangers.

Because many men believe that sex with a virgin -- even a young child - is a cure for HIV/AIDS, these girls are doubly vulnerable.

The 160 girls have received temporary shelter and refuge for 6 weeks -- after that, they are on their own- and vulnerable.

WHAT IS "160 GIRLS"?
The "160 Girls" project is a legal initiative that aims to achieve justice and protect against rape for all girls in Kenya. The 160 Girls project will initiate litigation to secure legal remedies ordering the state to enforce existing laws in Kenya to protect girls from sexual violence and to hold rapists accountable.

The project will mobilize the law to secure concrete change for women and girls who currently experience some of the most appalling forms of violence in the world today.

BENEFITS OF "160 GIRLS"
If the State enforces its laws, girls will be protected from rape. There will be increased safety and security for girls and more state accountability for the enforcement of existing laws intended to protect women and girls.

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Video Directed and Animated by Andrea Dorfman

Written by Fiona Sampson

Sound Recording by Patrick Njagi

Narrated by Lucy Wanjiku Ng'ang'a

Music Supervision by Colin MacKenzie

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0:58 to 1:53 The Gaza Shore by Kostas Vomvolos, Album: Arab-Israeli cookbook

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3:48 to 4:26 The Gaza Shore by Kostas Vomvolos, Album: Arab-Israeli cookbook

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[stuckintherut]

You should include a link to the website in the information box so people don't have to type it out to visit the website.

Great video, important topic

[andyradorfman]

@stuckintherut you're right! i'll do that right now...thanks

[JamesBerg86]

You make some great art, I love your videos.

This is an important message, I hope it is well heard.

[dandotreillydot42058]

1:40

[dandotreillydot42058]

they are ripped?

[Luckzo]

WHAT THE HELLL!!!

IS wrong with those men!! Sick disgusting men who are deserve to be sent to a place worse than hell

my heart bleeds for them

[AmzlyTee]

I pray for them and those who make these videos -who speak the truth and bring to peoples attention , the men who do this to girls and women are sick

[BigGoronSword2010]

I honestly don't think getting a court order for this is going to help. Kenya is currently one of the most messed up places to live right now, for girls AND for men. Somali rebels, famine, drought, the country is in turmoil. There is corruption in every level of government and one cannot simply tell it to go away. Even if a court order is given, who's to say if it will be enforced?

[Live1Laugh4Love3]

i get frustrated with these videos because they don't get many views. no one wants to hear the truth anymore :(

[Shelalala777]

10% of all sales for the song "Mission Eternity" by templOhm will be donated to the "160 Girls Project" - The Equality Effect. The song will be available on iTunes in early January 2012.

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[wge621]

wow. not enough people have seen this

[SnapplePoet]

my full support is offered, thank you for bringing this to my attention. I plan to donate and then some.