Sexual Violence is a difficult subject to talk about, but the only way to pave a safer brighter future is by having the conversation, and having it with younger people.
Approximately 1 in 5 women (19.3%) in the United States have experienced rape or attempted rape in their lifetime and 43.9% have experienced other forms of Sexual Violence.
Among women reporting a history of completed rape, 40% first experienced it before the age of 18.
The good news is that Sexual Violence is highly preventable!
Public health underscores the importance of preventing Sexual Violence before it occurs.
A comprehensive approach with preventive interventions at multiple levels of the social ecological model is critical to having a population level impact on Sexual Violence.
My Solution
While looking into sexual violence solutions I came across a CDC guideline book of preventative measures for sexual violence. This book was dense and aimed at state and school officials to keep in mind the nature of sexual violence.
However It never aims itself at the problem directly, Talking to younger people about their hand in sexual violence.
I reworked the program
The original CDC guideline book called its program S.T.O.P. SV. Or, Stop Sexual Violence.
What I did is I looked over a new acronym and retitled the program S.T.E.P.S. Standing for Social, Teach, Empower, Protect, and Support.
My goal was to create a program that was aimed at high schoolers and teens that got them directly involved in the program. Which includes; a 5 day spirit day emphasizing the topic of each day, social media, website, brochure, and 2 sets of poster for the spirit week and for STEPS program.
Please check out the this Adobe XD website mockup I made for this program:
