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The White Ribbon (German: Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte) is a 2009 German-language mystery drama film, written and directed by Michael Haneke. Released in black-and-white , the film offers a dark depiction of society and family in a northern German village just before World War I .
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) is a global movement of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls.It was formed by a group of pro-feminist men in Toronto, Ontario, in November 1991 as a response to the École Polytechnique massacre of female students by Marc Lépine in 1989.
A white ribbon given out by the Association of Women for Action and Research in Singapore during White Ribbon Week 2015, a campaign opposing violence against women. After the École Polytechnique massacre on December 6, 1989, where 14 women were killed by an anti-feminist, a movement formed in Canada involving men wearing the white ribbon to signify opposition to violence against women.
This is a partial list of awareness ribbons.The meaning behind an awareness ribbon depends on its colors and pattern. Since many advocacy groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, ribbons, particularly those of a single color, some colors may refer to more than one cause.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union conducts a White Ribbon Recruit (WRR) ceremony, in which babies are dedicated to the cause of temperance through a white ribbon being tied to their wrists, with their adult sponsors pledging to help the child live a life free from alcohol and other drugs. [6]
Clara Cleghorn Hoffman (January 18, 1831 – February 13, 1908) was an American educator and temperance reformer. She became identified with the white-ribbon movement in Kansas City, Missouri, giving up her position as principal of a school to enter the work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
White Ribbon Campaign (co-founder) Michael Kaufman (born March 27, 1951) is a Canadian author, educator, and theorist focused on engaging men and boys to promote gender equality, end violence against women , and end self-destructive ideals of manhood.
In 2007, Green was awarded "Ultimate Man of the Year" by Cosmopolitan for his work with White Ribbon Campaign. [3] He has addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Inter Parliamentary Union, the Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham Unions and many conferences on the theme of Engaging Men in Tackling Violence against Women.