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What is signal for help?
Hand gesture for domestic violence (or any kind if violence) SOS (or S.O.S) signal
Also known as 540 gesture and Violence at Home Signal for Help
This hand gesture intially used in Canada as an alert to notify any violence during CoVID-19 lockdown, but this hand gesture has been widely spread around the world
How to use Signal for Help/540 Gesture:
1. Make sure you or people around you are the violence victim (either physically, mentally/verbally, or sexually)
2. Record yourself doing this continuous hand gestures in order:
A. First, put your hands up with palms facing to camera (Hi-5)
B. And then, tuck your thumb while your palms facing to camera (Hi-4)
C. Next, fold your fingers down, symbolically trapping your thumb while your palms facing to the camera (fist up)
3. Share the detail of violence, including the name of perpetrator(s), but don't share the name of victim(s) unless it happens to you or you want to report it to the law enforcement through private message