Safe and Free: A messaging guide for communicators fighting violence against women

2025

by Civil Liberties Union for Europe e.V

Liberties has created a messaging guide to help communicators avoid the common pitfalls when talking about fighting violence against women and how they should build a persuasive narrative instead.

The guide:

  • Highlights the most common messaging mistakes you might be making when talking to a public audience,
  • Explains why these bad habits don’t work or even backfire
  • Tells you how to build a narrative that builds public support for a violence-free life for women, including how to respond to gendered disinformation and improve their understanding of target audiences
  • Provides sample messaging that you can adapt to your own campaigns.