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september 1997
...in the United States a woman is battered;
...every 2 minutes a woman is raped;
...every 6 hours a woman is murdered by her batterer.

Citizen Vagrom - the information subway begins its fourth year of grassroots production with two major works on violence against women never before seen in Seattle.

To Empower Women
From the Fourth World Conference on Women, "To Empower Women: The Bejing Platform for Action" by Margo Smith, presents leaders from Zimbabwe, Germany, Papua New Guinea, Iran, the Philippines, Israel, the Solomon Islands and the United States who tell of their efforts to improve conditions for women.

The Bejing Platform for Action was signed by 189 Nations, and is widely considered the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments. Five planks from the platform -- poverty, education, economics, human rights and armed conflict -- frame this video documentary on the conference.

From Brutality to Hope
"From Brutality to Hope" is a remarkable work by Robert Markey which documents a public art installation, "Witness to Violence". In 1995, "Witness to Violence" was presented in fifteen cities around the country.

A canvas was placed in public spaces, and signatures were gathered to call attention to the violence experienced by women in our communities.

Women survivors signed their names in black on the canvas. Friends and relatives of women murdered wrote names of victims in red. Men stood by to update the ongoing talley.

The video captures the essence of this action, and is underscored with accounts by women, and confessions by men.