Highlights of a survey on the proliferation of the V-Day sponsored awareness raising campaign "Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte"

1. The Stop Rape Paper Bag Campaign in Germany 2001 - today V-Day Victories: Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte! (Rape - no way!) - a stop rape paper bag campaign by Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger - winners of the V-Day Stop Rape Contest 2001 © KH

3. V-Day’s Stop Rape Contest Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte! (Rape - no way!) - a stop rape paper bag campaign by Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger - winners of the V-Day Stop Rape Contest 2001 © KH Stop Rape Contest Finals 10 February 2001 Madison Square Garden, NYC Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger, two bakers’ daughters from Germany, had the idea for a campaign using paper bags - and won!

8. The first Stop Rape Paper Bags in Saarbr ü cken 2001: Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte! (Rape - no way!) - a stop rape paper bag campaign by Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger - winners of the V-Day Stop Rape Contest 2001 © KH large size bag - front back

9. 330,000 paper bags were printed and distributed in 30 bakeries in Saarbrücken (200,000 inhabitants) Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte! (Rape - no way!) - a stop rape paper bag campaign by Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger - winners of the V-Day Stop Rape Contest 2001 © KH Karin Heisecke worked with the family planning association (ProFamilia), the Rape Crisis Centre (Frauennotruf), the Women’s Officer of the city government of Saarbrücken, and with enthusiastic bakery owners to let the idea become reality...

10. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2001, special pretzels were distributed in stop rape paperbags in the main shopping street of Saarbrücken Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte! (Rape - no way!) - a stop rape paper bag campaign by Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger - winners of the V-Day Stop Rape Contest 2001 © KH Karin with stop rape paper bag and women‘s pretzel

11. Since then, the stop rape paper bag idea has been replicated across Germany ... Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte! (Rape - no way!) - a stop rape paper bag campaign by Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger - winners of the V-Day Stop Rape Contest 2001 © KH ... and beyond...

12. Since 2001, there have been more than 60 bread bag campaigns with the slogan “Vergewaltigung/ Gewalt kommt nicht in die Tüte!”

16. Since 2001, the anti-violence paper bags have been distributed by over 4000 bakeries and pastry shops, butchers, health food shops, greengrocers, market stalls, petrol stations, pharmacies, and book shops...

19. Since 2001, close to 10 million paper bags have been distributed reaching an estimated 35.6 million individuals Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte! (Rape - no way!) - a stop rape paper bag campaign by Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger - winners of the V-Day Stop Rape Contest 2001 © KH

20. Since 2001, close to TEN MILLION paper bags have been distributed across Germany - and beyond: Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte! (Rape - no way!) - a stop rape paper bag campaign by Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger - winners of the V-Day Stop Rape Contest 2001 © KH

21. Almost 700 media reports have covered the paper bag campaigns! Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte! (Rape - no way!) - a stop rape paper bag campaign by Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger - winners of the V-Day Stop Rape Contest 2001 © KH The campaigns helped to bring the issue of violence against women to many more people :

22. Belgian film maker Marie Vermeiren made the documentary “...kommt nicht in die Tüte! ...No way!” about the first paper bag campaign in Saarbrücken. It was screened in film festivals, V-Days, women’s art festivals, exhibitions and political events in Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the UK. Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte! (Rape - no way!) - a stop rape paper bag campaign by Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger - winners of the V-Day Stop Rape Contest 2001 © KH The campaigns helped to bring the issue of violence against women to many more people :

23. The bakery paper bag campaign inspired some “ spin-offs“:

25. Cool campaign spin-offs: Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte! (Rape - no way!) - a stop rape paper bag campaign by Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger - winners of the V-Day Stop Rape Contest 2001 © KH In Ennepe-Ruhr county and the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, pharmacies distributed pocket tissues with anti-violence slogans and helpline numbers

26. What next? A campaign in YOUR town? More ideas? Get in touch, get involved - Until the Violence Stops! Vergewaltigung kommt nicht in die Tüte! (Rape - no way!) - a stop rape paper bag campaign by Karin Heisecke and Silke Pillinger - winners of the V-Day Stop Rape Contest 2001 © KH