Human trafficking in all its forms is an extreme violation of human rights. And often pertinent issues like these go unnoticed due to the complexity and density of the topic area. This campaign intends to break through that challenge by engaging online creative communities and handing them the baton to raise awareness on the issue in an easy-to-communicate way.

Tap here to check out the Instagram post about the initiative and following are the guidelines.

Guidelines

To ensure that your submissions align with this initiative's ethos and respect survivors' dignity, we’ve outlined a set of guidelines. Please read them carefully before you begin creating your content.

Dos:

• Be Accurate and Respectful: Fact-check your content and avoid sensationalism. Use language that is respectful and non-judgmental.
• Survivors not Victims: Refer to individuals as "survivors" rather than "victims" to emphasise their journey ahead and future rather than trauma and past.
• Use empowering language: To highlight survivors’ resilience, strength, and journey toward rebuilding their lives. We focus on narratives that inspire change and foster understanding.
• Showcase survivors’ fight to reclaim their lives and their efforts to challenge societal norms.
• Respect Privacy and Consent: If your submission includes images, videos, or testimonials of trafficking survivors, ensure you have their explicit consent before using them.

Don’ts:

• Avoid Pity Narratives: Do not create content that seeks pity or portrays survivors as powerless. Instead, focus on their strength and determination.
• No Child Photos in Negative Light: Do not use images of children in a manner that could reinforce negative stereotypes or depict them in distressing circumstances.
• Avoid Exploitation: Do not use survivor stories or visuals solely for shock value or to elicit emotional reactions without a constructive purpose.

Submission Guidelines

• Upload your original content on or before 11:59 pm on Dec 29th, 2024. Submissions can be in any language and creative format – design, comics, illustrations, written text carousel, song, or a reel.
• You must follow and tag ILFAT (@ilfat_india) and invite ILFAT as a collaborator on your post/reel when you upload it on Instagram.
• Make sure to use #ILFATcreateforchange in your caption to identify you as a participant.

Note: If you have a private account, please share the creative with us over Instagram DM or email at [email protected]. If selected in the first screening, we will post it on our page giving you due credit in the caption.

Together, let’s raise awareness about human trafficking, uplift survivor voices, and bring light to its causes like poverty, gender inequality, migration, climate change, and education gaps.

Important Note for Top Entries which will be announced later:

The top 3 entries will be required to raise an invoice for the respective amount to commercialise their work. This is necessary to formalise the transaction and ensure proper documentation. Once selected we will share the details to which the invoice has to be raised.

Three levels are as follows:

• 1st: ₹40,000
• 2nd: ₹25,000
• 3rd: ₹15,000

Contact Information

If you have any questions or need further clarification, feel free to reach out to us on Instagram DMs

Thank you for joining us in changing the narrative around trafficking survivors. Your contribution can make a real difference in fostering understanding and driving change.

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