What Were You Wearing?- Confronting Victim-Blaming for Sexual Assault |United Nations | Paris Hilton

The “What Were You Wearing?” art exhibit at the United Nations invites observers to see the outfits worn by sexual assault survivors at the time of their attack, confronting and refuting the implicit victim blaming in that question. Featuring contributions by survivors, including Paris Hilton, as well as the United Nations Deputy Secretary General and other officials, this video shows how the campaign by Rise and the Spotlight Initiative shifts blame for sexual assault to where it belongs:
squarely on the perpetrators.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 35 percent of all women worldwide have survived sexual violence, but the United Nations General Assembly has never passed a resolution focused solely on protections for sexual violence survivors.

The United Nations did unanimously adopt a new agenda item introduced by Sierra Leone and championed by Rise to enshrine access to justice globally for sexual assault survivors.

The new item permanently places the topic of sexual violence on the Assembly's annual agenda.

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Rise, a civil rights accelerator that helps everyday citizens pen their own rights into existence, marked the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence by collaborating with Spotlight Initiative on an art exhibit at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The exhibit is meant to bring attention to the barriers to justice faced by global survivors of sexual violence and demonstrate the pervasiveness of sexual assault and the many different faces of survivors among us.

The “What Were You Wearing?” art exhibit at UNHQ invites UN visitors and diplomats alike to observe the outfits worn by sexual assault survivors at the time of their attack. The five outfits were contributed by a survivor from each of the five UN Regional Groups (African States, Asia-Pacific States, Eastern European States, Latin American and Caribbean States, Western European and other States). Viewers can see the diversity of the outfits--in terms of age, gender, culture, and occasion.

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