Wanting to let your friends and classmates know what Freedom Challenge is all about this year? We've put together all the information you need to get the word out.

2. It’s heaps of fun!!!
To raise awareness on and generate support for a burning human
rights issue.
To develop leadership skills, fundraise and gain more members

3. By the end of this workshop you should
understand and be able to explain:
• What Freedom Challenge is
• 2013 Freedom Challenge campaign
• Know the key secrets to having an effective
Freedom Challenge
• Have several ideas for your 2013 event!

4. • What’s your name?
• What youth team are you from?
• Have you been involved with
Freedom Challenge before?
• What do you most want to get out of the next hour?

5. A team challenge for school and youth groups in New Zealand
Each team stages an event to highlight a pressing human rights issue
Freedom Week 2013 – Mon 5thth to Mon 12th August.
•Campaigning – make some noise & get media
coverage of your event!
•Awareness Raising - inspire others to take action.
•Fundraising.
•Recruitment - recruit people to your Amnesty group.

7. This year we will campaign for
women’s rights, and to protect
those who are at risk of sexual
and gender-based violence in
Egypt.
We will meet some of the
women of the revolution and
stand in solidarity with them as
they continue to fight for their
human rights.

8. Street art has taken over the once drab capital city
Cairo. It is everywhere. This is why this year’s theme
is...CHALK Like An Egyptian
Unable to express their opinions safely, many have
turned to street art as a form of expression.
Street Art...that's like graffiti right?
Not quite.Typically, the term ‘street
art’ is used to distinguish
contemporary public-space artwork
from territorial graffiti, vandalism,
and corporate art.

9. The new constitution...
· does not explicitly ban discrimination
against women,
· refers to women only as dependents or
homemakers,
· abolishes quotas for women in
parliamentary elections which has
seen female representation drop to
two percent,
· severely undermines women’s rights in
relation to issues such as marriage
and divorce.
And the new Constitutional Committee is
made up almost entirely of men!
Egypt fits within Amnesty Internationals Freedom
of Expression campaign and MENA campaign
•Revolution in 2011
•Women at the forefront of peaceful protests
•A new start for Egypt?

10. The level of sexual and gender-
based violence in Egypt is
frightening.
Almost every girl and woman,
who has walked the streets or
taken public transport in Cairo,
has experienced some form of
verbal or physical sexual
harassment.
“The fear is broken. Everyone
talks about politics. In the past,
women and girls didn’t talk about
sexual harassment, but now they
do and they are fighting back
against it”

11. The violence aimed at keeping
women away from protests
has instead galvanized
women to take to the streets
in their thousands.
Today, women activists are present in every
field of life advocating for human rights: on
the streets, in police stations and courts, in
the media and on-line.They are lawyers,
activists, doctors, journalists and bloggers.
And they are also street artists…..

12. If there is to be a new era for women in Egypt, the
authorities as well as all political leaders must first
combat their own deep-seated, discriminatory attitudes
towards women and their human rights.
We ask that Egyptian political leaders...
1) Publicly condemn all forms of sexual harassment and
gender-based violence;
2) Ensure that Egyptian law does not discriminate and that
it punishes sexual and gender-based violence
3) Ensure that women can safely and equally participate in
public assemblies.
We will also be sending messages of solidarity to women who
are taking action to demand their rights are respected.

13. Why do we give you all this
awesome stuff?
Part of the reason we give you
all these cool badges, stickers,
wristbands; we know that you
can use them to raise those all
important funds.
These funds are a huge part of
what allows us to carry out our
vital human rights work
around the world and here at
home.
The other part is that we love you, and
you guys, out there taking action and
going above and beyond should wear
those badges, stick those stickers, wrist
those wristbands with pride.

14. The money you raise will go toward;
 Supporting and resourcing Amnesty’s most important asset,
activists and supporters like you;
 Helping to fund our research into human rights issues like this one
(we have two researchers in Egypt documenting abuses and
gathering first hand information) ;
 Providing accurate reports and information to the media, the
people, and leaders here and around the world so they have the
right information when it comes to making key decisions relevant
to human rights.
All of this enables our basic work, raising awareness of human rights
and human rights issues, striving to bring those responsible for
human rights abuses to justice, and trying to prevent rights abuses in
any and all situations.

15. This year we have three
actions for you to take:

17. Plan your events
Book your mufti days
Register
Order your resources
Contact the media
Bring on Freedom Challenge 2013!