One Lapel Pin, Two Organizations Partnering for More Awareness for Child Sexual Abuse

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In order to reduce or completely put an end to the alarming increase in the spate of sexual child abuse, Breaking The Silence is partnering with The Pin People to transform their campaign symbol into a handcrafted lapel pin

Spring Valley, NY., January 8, 2013 - (PressReleasePoint) - Inspired by the red ribbon project of the Visual AIDS artist in 1991 against HIV AIDS and its immediate impact at reducing the scourge of the deadly disease, Breaking The Silence, an action research project at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago is partnering with The Pin People http://www.thepinpeople.com to help transform the symbol of their child sexual awareness campaign into a handcrafted lapel pin that can be worn by people. The ethnic and gender sensitive symbol, a blue teddy bear with a plaster on its chest was designed to create a sudden consciousness in the minds of people about child sexual abuse.

The Pin people is a leading lapel pin designing and manufacturing outfit and are glad to partner Breaking The Silence in the cause. With years of proven expertise at providing top quality lapel pins coupled with Breaking The Silence’s extensive and diligent research process, the team hopes that the "blue teddy bear with a plaster on its chest" symbol and lapel pins will become the generally accepted symbol and label pin for child sexual abuse and incest all around the world.

About The Pin People
The Pin People is a well-respected lapel pin manufacturing company, known for its unwavering commitment to superior quality and craftsmanship, and exceptional customer service. Through mass production and extreme efficiency, The Pin People guarantees top quality lapel pins at very reasonable prices. They are also open to partnerships and can easily create beautiful custom awareness ribbon pins to represent or bring attention to any cause.

For more information about The Pin People please call 888-309-PINS or visit their site at http://www.thepinpeople.com

About Breaking The silence
Breaking The Silence is a research project of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, in collaboration with the Trinidad and Tobago Coalition Against Domestic Violence and in partnership with UNICEF and the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women. It aims to create more awareness on issues relating to Child Sexual Abuse, incest and implications for HIV/AIDS.