domestic violence survivors
Twitter, UN Women team up to provide life-saving info to domestic violence survivors
UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific has joined hands with Twitter and critical partners to provide important information about helpline services for domestic violence survivors.
It works as follows: When a Twitter user searches for terms associated with violence against women ("abuse,” “sexual assault,” “domestic violence,” etc.), the top search result will be a notification in their language: “If you are experiencing violence, help is available,” followed by a relevant hotline number and the Twitter handle of that service.
Twitter, with support from UN Women, is launching the prompts in Thailand, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Viet Nam as part of Twitter’s #ThereIsHelp notification initiative.
For UN Women, the decision to cooperate with Twitter was motivated by UN Women’s focus on ensuring essential information and helpline contacts are accurate and accessible to everyone, including people who feel marginalized or are hard to reach — especially at a time when service providers are less available.
“Violence against women and girls across Asia-Pacific is pervasive but at the same time widely underreported,” says Melissa Alvarado, UN Women Asia Pacific Regional Manager on Ending Violence against Women.
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