My Choices Foundation exists to give women and girls in India the choice to live lives free from abuse, violence and exploitation. It does this by addressing two of India's most pervasive and intractable issues: Domestic Violence and Sex Trafficking. Their anti sex-trafficking work through Operation Red Alert is leading the prevention movement in India, and has become an international pioneer in its technology-driven approach. The presentation will cover how My Choices is applying the findings from their research (that employed learnings from cognitive neuroscience and behavioural economics) to understand and influence the behaviour of families at high risk to sex-trafficking.
Concern regarding the effects of violence on television, especially on children, is one of the most important areas researched by academics. In contrast, relatively little attention has been given to this problem by commercial researchers. In addition to the theoretical background, the practical situation in South Africa and how the SABC approach the problem is discussed. The results of five extensive studies on the effects of television violence in South Africa are discussed. Comparisons between black and white children's reactions to violence on television are also dealt with. Some of the results indicate slightly negative effects of television violence on children; children's surprising robustness in watching scenes from rented videos; particular scenes that cause anxiety and the positive role of social interaction in relationships between children and television. Specific recommendations for broadcasters are made.
The 1969 saw the beginning of the civil disturbances which, as we all now know, were to escalate far beyond anything that could have been imagined back in those days of relative innocence. The small down- turn in visitors in that year coincided with an increase in budget for the Board, possibly because of the setting up of the brand new Boards in Britain. This fall in visitor numbers coupled with an increase in funding led to an advertising campaign in Great Britain (then, as now, our biggest market) in late December 1969/ early 1970. More than double the number of newspaper insertions in the previous campaign were placed and for the first time an N.I.T.B. campaign made use of television advertising.