Blame, shame and silence are systemic.
We Pledge To Not Forget.
WE are. Reporting to remember.

Violence against women has long been excused and justified in the name of honour, state, nation, culture and more. This is victim blame. An environment of blame and shame surrounding sexual assault forces survivors of sexual assault to be silent. Women and girls experiencing sexual assault across India and globally have committed suicide due to the fear of being disbelieved. Spaces of violence are inter connected through attitudes of victim blame.Several incidents of violence against women and girls are justified through victim blame live in our collective public and social memory.
Reporting To Remember is a pledge to never forget. Reporting To Remember is a collaborative research project, documenting sexual and gender based violence that has long been justified through the systemic use of victim blame. The project is an archive of blame and shame existing in the collective public and or social memory. The project proposes to shift us from those who consume information via news to active, Action Sheroes, Heroes, Theyroes, reporting with the intention to call out victim blame ,pledging to keep it alive in memory, to never forget, and to make systemic change.

Shift the climate. Reporting To Remember. There is no excuse. No justification. I Never Ask For It.

You can contribute to this project by filling this below form and/ or applying to be part of the research team. e: reportingtoremember@blanknoise.org

Pledge to never forget those who braved to speak in a climate of victim blame.

Bilkis Bano and several other women of her family were gang-raped.  Her 3-year-old daughter was murdered. Several family members of Bilkis Bano were murdered. Bilkis Bano was five months pregnant. This took place during the anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat in 2002. In 2008, the 11 rapists and murderers were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. On 15th August 2022, our Independence Day, each of the 11 men received remission for the gang rape and murder. The 11 rapists and murderers were garlanded on their release. Sweets were distributed. #ReportingToRemember the 11 gang rapists and murderers: Jaswant Nai, Govind Nai, Shailesh Bhatt, Radhyesham Bhagwan Das Shah, Bipin Chandra Joshi, Kesarbhai Vohania, Pradeep Mordhiya, Bakabhai Vohania, Rajubhai Soni, Mitesh Bhatt and Ramesh Chandana. #ReportingToRemember the committee set up by the government of Gujarat, that granted them the remission. #ReportingToRemember the MLA, a committee member who called the 11 gang rapists and murderers ‘sanskari brahmins’. #ReportingToRemember the gangrape of Bilkis Bano. #ReportingToRemember 11 Rapists Were Garlanded In Our Country. In solidarity with Bilkis. Pledge to never forget.