37 Powerful Campaigns for Human Rights Awareness (JUMBO GALLERY)


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Time and again, Trendhunter.com readers have shown, through skyrocketing traffic results, that creative PSAs, activism campaigns and other ads for awareness fascinate them. Catering to that, we’ve assembled a list of some of the most eye-catching, thought-provoking campaigns geared at promoting human rights.

Domestic Violence

Hitting With Words - Domestic Violence: Verbal Abuse (GALLERY)

This powerful PSA campaign from Singapore successfuly illustrates how verbal abuse can be just as horrific as physical violence. This is an important issue to raise awareness of, as many people do not… [More]

Celebs Photoshopped For Domestic Violence - New Women’s Aid Campaign (GALLERY)

To raise awareness for domestic violence, the new Women’s Aid campaign features photoshopped pictures of UK celebs. The celebrities have been altered to appear as though they have been beaten, shocking… [More]

RSPCT Your Wo-Man - T-Shirts to End Domestic Violence

RSPCT is a funky t-shirt brand that has been created to gain attention for domestic violence. “For his Bachelors project, Christian Gravemaker developed the t-shirt brand RSPCT. RSPCT stands for, of course,… [More]

Movie Ratings on Foreheads - Domestic Violence Ads (GALLERY)

These ads make me a little uncomfortable and evoke great sadness, but making an emotional connection is crucial in awareness ads. This campaign for the National Centre for Domestic Violence sheds light… [More]

Awareness Ads with Punch - The Cowards’ Show Against Domestic Violence

We have been featuring quite a few ads from around the world with strong, often controversial content on TrendHunter.com and the reactions have ranged from shocked to disturbed, with many readers not caring… [More]

Child Abuse

Cattle Branding Kids - Shocking Ads Portray Impact of Child Abuse (GALLERY)

Trend Hunter recently featured a very disturbing and powerful public service announcement video that shows the lasting effects of sexual abuse which haunt the victims to their dying bed. The Child Protection… [More]

Anti-Child Abuse Awareness - Children’s Underwear in Lingerie Section (GALLERY)

Brazil has been pretty active in producing creative campaigns to fight child abuse. One of the sad facts about this abuse is that it often happens before our eyes because we are too blind or ignorant to… [More]

Powerful PSAs - Sexual Abuse (VIDEO)

Sexual abuse is not a light subject, and this powerful appropriately creepy and disturbing public service announcement video ad successfully delivers the message: “If sexually abused children never get… [More]

Self Defense Public Awareness Ads - Pepper Spray (GALLERY)

These creative public awareness ads from Thailand relay an important message. Girls & boys, always have a pepper spray ready in dangerous places. The campaign smartly plays on the tag line “When they… [More]

Youth Shockvertising - Statutory Rape Awareness Ad

Statutory rape in Milwaukee is on the rise, so much so, that the Family Violence Partnership hired Serve, an ad agency to create this shockvertisement. The point the advertisement is trying to get across… [More]

Child poverty awareness ads in India: begging child on glass

A Guerilla ad agency named Grey has launched a ad campaign for Childcare India. The ads feature cut outs of homeless children on the glass of store windows. The aim is to help 20 million indian children… [More]

Child Labour

H3>Social Guerilla Campaigns - Child Labour (GALLERY)

World Vision launched a campaign in Netherland to raise awareness of the issue of child labour on the 26th of March, 2008. One hundred children demonstrated and visited embassies and the Dutch House of… [More]

Music Video PSAs - Radiohead Human Trafficking Ad (VIDEO)

Radiohead has created a music video that juxtaposes the lives of children in the western world and those being exploited in developing countries. The video for All I Need doubles as a PSA to raise awareness… [More]

Sexual Harassment & Other Human Rights Violations

Plastic Dolls for Awareness - Anti-Genital Mutilation Camapaign (GALLERY)

We’ve featured a number of posts on Fake Love about people who seek romantic companionship from plastic dolls. We’ve also featured several controversial ads that promote awareness for genital mutilation,… [More]

Celebrity PSAs - Sexual Harassment by Hayden Panettiere (VIDEO)

Will Ferrell’s comedy social site Funny or Die has collaborated with the “Know More Things” foundation on a celebrity Sexual Harassment PSA featuring Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere. Panettiere draws… [More]

Anti-Grope Ads - 900 BMTA Billboards Against Molesters

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has launched a new ad campaign to raise awareness for sexual harassment. A series of three ads will run on posters around Boston, including on 900 billboards.… [More]

Shock Fashion for Awareness - I Was Raped T Shirt

Rape survivor - Heather Corinna - has turned her terrible experience into something positive and set up a support group for fellow survivors. But it is the “I was raped” shirts which people were talking… [More]

Amnesty International

Burning Inhumane Images - Amnesty International Picture Campaign (GALLERY)

Recently, Amnesty International has been extremely active in producing intense and thought-provoking campaigns. The latest addition is “Picture” which was inspired by infamous Abu Ghraib images of prisoners… [More]

Sewing With Signatures - Amnesty International: Portrait Shuts Up Dictators (GALLERY)

Following its award winning animated Signatures campaign, Amnesty International has come up with an equally creative print campaign illustrating the power of your signature. The Amnesty International… [More]

Ads to Stir Awkward Emotions - AMAM Against Genital Mutilation

This extremely provocative and explicit ad for Association of Women Against Genital Mutilation (AMAM) just won an IAA Responsibility Award 2008 at the International Advertising Association first Socially… [More]

Award-Winning PSAs - Animated Amnesty International “Signatures” (VIDEO)

The “Signatures” animated PSA for Amnesty International has just won the Grand Prix at the International Advertising Association (IAA)’s first Socially Responsible Communications Awards 2008. The 140… [More]

Human Rights Ads - Amnesty International “Make Some Noise” Campaign (GALLERY)

These ads, featuring US president George Bush, Kim Jong II, the leader of North Korea, and Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s dictator, are for an upcoming Amnesty International concert in Hungary. Millions of… [More]

Burma/Myanmar

Animated Art as a PSA - ‘Burma Viral’ for Myanmar (VIDEO)

I have never seen a more moving animation than this PSA entitled “Burma Viral,” from the beautiful imagery and soul-touching music to the potent message. The 90 second clip was created by Shilo for… [More]

Celebrity PSAs II - Will Ferrell & Jennifer Aniston for Burma (VIDEO)

”With great power comes great responsibility,” and that is true for holding celebrity status as well. Hollywood A-listers have a huge influence on people, so it’s great to see stars like Will Ferrell use… [More]

Bloggers Back Buddhists - International Blogger’s Day For Burma (VIDEO)

Today, October 4, marks the official “International Bloggers’ Day for Burma.” Currently, “Burma” is the most-searched-for topic on Technorati, but instead of indicating that it’s the most blogged about… [More]

Celebs On YouTube - Jim Carrey Protests For Prisoner Release (VIDEO)

Jim Carrey is starring in a new video! But don’t expect it to target your funny bone- He’s hit the airwaves on YouTube in an announcement on behalf of the US Campaign for Burma and the Human Rights Action… [More]

Guantanamo Bay

Interactive Guantanamo - Second Life Gone Gitmo (VIDEO)

A virtual simulation of Guantanamo in Second Life was designed by Nonny de la Peña, a journalist and filmmaker and Peggy Weil, an assistant professor in the interactive-media division of the U.S.C. film… [More]

Guerrilla Elevator Ads - Plea for Action in Guantanamo Bay

These fantastically creative ads are meant to bring awareness to the issues in Guantanamo Bay. It was created by human rights group, Witness for Torture, and was very successful. In fact, the campaign… [More]

Controversial Bath Bombs for Charity - Lush Guantanamo Bay ‘Bombs’

Knowing Lush and their ethics as I do, I honestly believe this was NOT a PR stunt, but that the beauty and soap company was simply trying to raise money and awareness for a good charity. Lush Cosmetics… [More]

Illness, Disease & Disability Awareness

Drawing With Mosquitos - Malaria Kills More Than Hitler, Stalin, Tanks & Bombs (GALLERY)

I am in awe of this new Malaria awareness campaign by África Directo. The message that “Nothing and no one takes as many lives as malaria” is ingeniously delivered by drawing portraits of infamous dictators… [More]

Image Manipulation to Evoke Compassion - Parkinson Awareness Campaign (GALLERY)

These ads for Parkinson awareness were created by TAXI 2, Toronto and are exceptional at delivering a visual message of what living with Parkinson disease is like. The ads, created for the Parkinson… [More]

Inspirational Disability Ads - Argentina Awareness Campaign

These images are from an ad campaign in Argentina designed to create awareness of the plight of physically challenged individuals. It seems, from what I read in the article, that the public transportation… [More]

Autistic Activist on YouTube - Amanda Baggs (VIDEO)

Amanda Baggs is a 27 year old autistic woman who can’t communicate verbally and isn’t fully capable of taking care of herself. A lot of people don’t have an understanding of the condition, but she… [More]

Newspapers With Moles - Guerrilla Skin Cancer Ads

Down under, they’ve found an innovative way to raise awareness for skin cancer, as melanoma is quite a frequent cancer in countries as sunny as Australia. The Campaign Palace created special newspaper… [More]

Guerilla Obesity Awareness Campaign - Every Fifth Child is Overweight (GALLERY)

Child obesity is fast becoming a global epidemic. The Health Promotion Switzerland foundation has come up with a creative guerilla campaign to raise the awareness of this serious issue. The campaign… [More]

Homelessness Awareness

Guerrilla Campaign for Homeless - Vitae Shelters

Around the streets of Portugal, the inside lids of garbage cans have been adorned with stickers bearing images of a tired looking, older homeless man. Accompanying the image is a tag line that reads, “Help.… [More]

Celeb Do-Gooders - Hilary Duff Feeds Edmonton Homeless (VIDEO)

Teen pop sensation Hilary Duff, 19, was in Edmonton last week as part of her Canadian tour. The young celebrity has been putting in efforts to grab attention for her campaign to raise poverty awareness.… [More]

Heat Map of the Homeless - Can You Say Big Brother?

Cartifact, a business mapping company, has launched a heat map of the homeless for downtown LA. The map can be used to track the shifts in the homeless population. I’m sure they’ve thought of a legitimate… [More]

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