White Ribbon | Reunited Film

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WHITE RIBBON USA

White Ribbon Campaign is the world's largest male initiative against violence against women. Active in over 80 countries, White Ribbon Day (November 25th) is also known as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls.

White Ribbon USA 501(3)c non-profit is co-founded by Veronika Mudra, a TEDxWOMEN speaker, who received asylum in the US under the domestic violence protection program.

WR USA launched a national discussion on sexual assault and harassment at American universities and academies, with senior leaders in the Department of the US Navy and the Department of Veteran Affairs, with an annual joint campaign: https://www.va.gov/health/harassment-free/

WR USA met with US Congress and visited the Parliament of Ukraine, with First Lady Olena Zelenska and US Ambassador William Taylor, as advisory partner of the US Embassy in Ukraine, to discuss Hague Convention reform.

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REFORM THE HAGUE CONVENTION

The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is commonly known as a means of reunifying families. However, it has a dark side: in many cases, children and custodial mothers are sent back to dangerous and abusive fathers from whom they fled, and who pose a grave threat in retaliation.

According to Berkeley's research, the law requires courts to order children to be returned to fathers who are proven to have physically abused the mothers, even though such violence is a known indicator of significant risk to the child.

The 'Reunited’ short film is a powerful advocacy tool. Berkeley’s 'The Hague Domestic Violence Project' has proposed ways to reform the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in domestic violence based on analysis of more than 400 cases. Japan and Switzerland have already adopted this reform, and the US must join them. Our aim is for the central Hague Convention authorities to adopt DV reform in the Netherlands, to protect women and children of all countries that ratified The Hague Convention. White Ribbon USA is advocating for this reform on both national and international levels.