Spasime movement
The #Spasime movement (translated as #SaveMe movement) is a 2019
Background and origin
The #Spasime movement was launched on Facebook in March 2019, and in 2 weeks gathered more than 46,000 supporters online. The movement has been supported by many Croatian celebrities, among others actress and screenwriter Jelena Veljača, who was one of the main organisers behind the protests that followed, organised by the movement. Veljača said she started the #Spasime hashtag "driven by the incredible wave of violence spreading across Croatia" and that she had been especially shocked by the news about a father from Pag who threw his children off a balcony.[3][4]
Vanja Deželić, a journalist for the Croatian news site
Protests
On 16 March 2019, in a protest organised by the #Spasime movement, several thousand Croats demonstrated in
See also
- 2019 Croatian protests
- Domestic violence
- Hashtag activism
- Me Too movement
- Ele Não movement
- You Know Me movement
References
- ^ "Jelena Veljača dosad je na Facebooku okupila 40 tisuća ljudi: #spasime za sve koje nismo uspjeli spasiti". March 12, 2019. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Predstavnice inicijative #spasime točno u podne kod premijera, evo što očekuju". March 12, 2019. Archived from the original on March 19, 2019.
- ^ "Croats protest against domestic violence". March 16, 2019. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Father hurls 4 children out of upper floor window in Croatia". March 16, 2019. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019.
- ^ "#YouKnowMe: why women are sharing their abortion stories". May 16, 2019. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019.
- ^ ""A real life version of The Handmaid's Tale": Why everyone is talking about US abortion laws". May 16, 2019. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019.
- ^ "#youknowme – women mobilise against U.S. abortion crackdown". May 16, 2019. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019.
- ^ "Najbrojniji Hod za život dosad, no i dalje ne odgovaraju jesu li za zabranu pobačaja: 'Mi smo za zaštitu života'". May 25, 2019. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019.
- ^ "Potresni i iskreni istupi žena koje su bile na pobačaju: 'Nisam željela to dijete, ali nisam čudovište'". May 28, 2019. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019.
- ^ "REUTERS: Croats protest against domestic violence". March 16, 2019. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Protests against domestic violence sees thousands on the streets of Croatia". March 17, 2019. Archived from the original on March 19, 2019.
- ^ "Croatians demand more action against domestic violence". March 16, 2019. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019.