Local women’s charity Trevi has launched a city-wide campaign for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and says ENOUGH! The campaign was launched with a march through Plymouth city centre on November 25th.
Over the last five years, the number of domestic abuse incidents has been increasing in Plymouth, and it accounts for 27% of all violent crimes in the city compared to the national average of 16%. Last year alone, there were 6,933 reported cases of domestic abuse, an increase of 21% from the previous year.
Trevi Enough Campaign is simple: ENOUGH. They want to spread this message across Plymouth urging people to take action in helping end violence against women and girls, and everyone can be involved.
They are working in partnership with Plymouth City Council, NSPCC, Devon & Cornwall Police, First Light, MAN Culture Plymouth, Plymouth Domestic Abuse Services and the Plymouth NHS Trust organisations to amplify their message through billboards, artist walls, and a social media campaign.
Across the city, visual messages will be popping up which will encourage people to become part of the movement, which as Trevi explains, is ‘simple.’
Hannah Shead, Trevi chief executive said:
“Our campaign message is clear: if you see it, call it out or report it. If you are experiencing it, seek help and support. Violence against women is learned. Each of us must examine – and change – how our own behaviour might enable, ignore or excuse all such forms of violence.
“As partners working together in the city, we are committed to creating positive cultural change around violence against women and girls. We want to live in a community that does not tolerate a society where women and girls are in danger of harm and abuse.
“As we think about those women affected by domestic abuse as well as those brutally murdered in the past, our organisations come together united in demanding an end to violence against women and children.”
An estimated 132,300 women and girls live in Plymouth, with 107,600 over 16. Based on the ONS estimate of 1 in 3 women likely to have been subjected to at least one form of harassment in the last year, that’ s around 36,000 women!
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Locally, Trevi and partner organisations will focus on engaging communities both publicly and professionally to go beyond 16 days to all 365 days a year, advocating an adequate shift in practice to end violence against women and girls. They are particularly focused on engaging men and aim to shift societal attitudes, systems and behaviours around masculinity that help perpetuate gender inequality and, therefore, men’s violence against women. Local organisation MAN Culture is also supporting the campaign.
Matt Garrett from MAN Culture said:
“We are supporting this campaign as we agree that it is time to say ENOUGH. We are working in partnership across Plymouth to bring a change in attitudes and actions, by working with men and boys to start a conversation about cultural norms and expectations. Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is not OK, and it never has been – It is time that we all stand together to bring it to an end.”
For information about taking an active role in supporting the ENOUGH campaign visit
