Erik Ravelo Designs The Guardian's Anti-FGM Campaign
Erik Ravelo, a former art director at Fabrica under Oliviero Toscani, created a campaign for The Guardian against female genital mutilation (FGM). The image features a razor blade sliced into parts with the slogan 'End Female Genital Mutilation.' The campaign launched this weekend. Ravelo is known for shock campaigns like Unhate for Benetton and Gli Intoccabili. FGM affects 130 million girls worldwide, with high rates in Somalia, Egypt, Eritrea, Mauritania, and Sierra Leone. In Italy, about 40,000 cases are recorded annually by the WHO, the highest in Europe. The UN stigmatizes FGM as a barbaric violation of civil rights.
Key facts
- Erik Ravelo designed The Guardian's campaign against FGM.
- The image shows a razor blade sliced into parts.
- The slogan is 'End Female Genital Mutilation'.
- Ravelo was an art director at Fabrica, founded by Oliviero Toscani in 1993.
- Fabrica is located in Treviso, in a space designed by Tadao Ando.
- Ravelo previously created Unhate for Benetton and Gli Intoccabili.
- FGM affects 130 million girls worldwide.
- High FGM rates in Somalia, Egypt, Eritrea, Mauritania, Sierra Leone.
- In Italy, about 40,000 FGM cases annually (highest in Europe).
- The UN condemns FGM as a barbaric violation of civil rights.
Entities
Artists
- Erik Ravelo
- Oliviero Toscani
- Tadao Ando
Institutions
- The Guardian
- Fabrica
- Benetton
- United Nations
- World Health Organization
Locations
- Treviso
- Italy
- Somalia
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Mauritania
- Sierra Leone
- Africa
- Arabian Peninsula
- Southeast Asia