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Keganasan Rumah Tangga : Isyarat Tangan Tolong Saya!

Baru-baru ini seorang remaja perempuan di Amerika Syarikat telah dapat diselamatkan kerana menggunakan isyarat tangan yang viral di Tik Tok. Dia berada di dalam sebuah kenderaan dan seorang pemandu lain terlihatnya. 

Remaja itu melakukan isyarat pertolongan dengan pergerakan tangannya. Mujur pemandu itu  memahami isyarat tangan itu. Lalu pemandu itu menelefon 911.

Apakah maksud isyarat tangan itu? Ia adalah isyarat pertolongan bagi mangsa keganasan rumah tangga atau domestic violence. Kempen ini telah diperkenalkan oleh Canadian Women’s Foundation berikutan peningkatan keganasan domestik akibat lockdown yang berpanjangan ketika awal-awal pandemik Covid-19 berlaku.

Isyarat tangan itu sangat mudah bagi mangsa kerana tidak perlu menggunakan kata-kata tetapi hanya melakukan isyarat tangan ringkas. 

Caranya ialah menghalakan tapak tangan ke kamera, kemudian menggenggam ibu jari di dalam tapak tangan anda. 

                           
    Gambar : Canadian Women’s Foundation

Mangsa tidak perlu berkomunikasi atau menjerit meminta pertolongan. Kebanyakan mangsa berada dalam ketakutan dan mereka sukar mendapatkan pertolongan kerana risau pemangsa akan mendengar jika mereka bersuara. 

Jadi pengenalan kempen yang membantu mangsa keganasan rumah tangga dengan menggunakan isyarat tangan sebegini mampu menyelamatkan dan melindungi mangsa daripada terus teraniaya. 

Sebagai masyarakat, kita perlu peka dengan keadaan sekeliling. Mungkin ada yang memberi isyarat tetapi masyarakat tidak pula tahu tentang isyarat pertolongan ini.

Isyarat ni pada awal pengenalannya untuk mereka di rumah, tetapi boleh saja dilakukan di mana-mana asalkan orang lain melihat mangsa dan memahami maksud pergerakan itu. Di sinilah pentingnya sifat ambil tahu sebagai seorang yang bertanggungjawab. 

Jika kempen diperluaskan dengan kerjasama Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat (KPWKM) dan NGO, kesedaran dapat disebarkan kepada masyarakat umum dengan lebih meluas. 

Peranan media massa sangat signifikan terutama di era digital ini dengan capaian media sosial yang lebih pantas, interaktif dan relevan. 

Kesedaran orang awam dapat menyelamatkan mangsa keganasan rumah tangga. 

Ingat semula caranya? Halakan tapak tangan ke kamera, kemudian menggenggam ibu jari di dalam tapak tangan anda. 

Berkongsilah dengan ahli keluarga dan rakan-rakan agar kita lebih menyedari dan terdidik dengan pertolongan sosial ini. 

Jika suatu hari kita berdepan dengan situasi begini, kita tahu apa maksud isyarat tangan itu. Kemudian bersegeralah untuk melaporkan kepada pihak polis.

#kitajagakita #tanggungjawabsosial

 

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