A close friend of mine is working on a campaign to highlight the taboos surrounding rape. She is working with High schools in the North West to try and break boundaries, hopefully enabling people to talk about it more freely, to discuss the issues it raises and to empower women. The facts surrounding rape are shocking and stark.

About a quarter of women questioned this year said they were "very worried" about being raped or attacked. There were 11,441 recorded rapes last year, according to latest police figures. It is such and under reported and undiscussed area and this is what the Stop Rape campaign aims to highlight. I was asked to do some drawings for the paperwork, booklets, posters and badges which are being distributed as part of the campaign. It was difficult as I didn't want to do anything too dark or off putting it also had to be imagery which would not put off young people or men. These are some of the images I came up with...