“Find your voice against gender violence” by Meera Vijayan, a Indian active, citizen journalist woman. Her main focus of her audience was women who have been sexually harassed/assault/raped. That way they could have the courage, feel empowerment, and let them know their voice matters, so they would be able to tell their stories to and even try to change the system. The occasion for her to speak out about women violence was not only for the experiences she experienced, but for a story on a night in December 2012, where a young woman was raped repeatedly, forcefully penetrated with a blunt rod, beaten, bitten and left to die. Her friend was gagged, beaten, and knocked unconscious. On December 29th the woman who was attacked died, and the people of India finally woke up and realized the sad truth that women in India live. Meera Vijayan presented her speech at TEDxHousesOfParliament in London, England. Vijayan gave a speech that incorporated both a persuasive and informative speech. Meera used pathos to get to the emotions and feelings of victims of sexual assault; she wants them to speak out and make …show more content…
In 13 minutes she gave personal experiences of living in India, cited two major reports that both happened in India, and managed to provide a sense of empowerment for victims of sexual assault to speak out about their stories throughout the entire speech. For Vijayan to gain and hold the attention of the audience was by stating a couple of facts, such as a recent surveys in India on the percentage of women who work in I.T, aviation, hospitality, and call centers who reported that they didn’t feel safe going home late at night. Meera used pathos to evoke victims an emotion of feeling empowerment so that way they were able to share their stories to bring more attention to an issue a lot of people ignore, mostly because they don’t want to be responsible for any of