SOCIAL IMPACT · IN DEVELOPMENT
Say Stop.
A global street art campaign against domestic violence. Large-scale coordinated public art across multiple cities worldwide. Developed with the NO MORE Foundation.
1 in 3 women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. Most never say a word.
THE WHY
Where It Comes From
This is my most personal project.
I grew up with domestic violence. For ten years — from age three to thirteen — I repeated the same two words to my father. Every time he raised his hand against my mother. Every time the walls shook and nobody came. Two words. Again and again.
Say Stop.
Those two words didn't stop him. But they built something inside me that nothing has broken since. A refusal. A conviction that silence is complicity and that art — if it's worth anything at all — must serve the people who need it most.
Say Stop is not a campaign. It's the reason I became an artist.
THE VISION
Art Where It's Needed
Public art reaches people where they are — commuters, students, tourists. You can't scroll past a wall. You can't swipe away a building. Say Stop brings the message into the streets, the metros, the universities, the city centres — spaces where silence about domestic violence is loudest.
The campaign targets two audiences. Victims trapped in silence, who encounter the work and find a path to help. And everyone around them — neighbours, colleagues, friends — who learn to recognise the signs and stop looking away.
Galleries have opening hours. Streets don't.
Two Tracks
Urgency: a digital platform connecting victims to emergency resources — hotlines, shelters, legal aid — designed to provide help in minutes, anywhere in the world. Currently live at say-stop.org.
Prevention: large-scale public art that breaks stigma. Bold visuals in high-visibility spaces that make domestic violence impossible to ignore.
One track saves. The other prevents. Both are needed.
THE PARTNER
NO MORE Foundation
Say Stop is developed in collaboration with the NO MORE Foundation (Pamela Zabella) — an international organisation affiliated with the United Nations, working across 70+ countries with governments, corporations, and civil society to end domestic violence and sexual assault.
This partnership brings institutional credibility, access to a global network of organisations, and international visibility. NO MORE was founded in 2009 and remains one of the most recognised names in the fight against domestic violence worldwide.
The say-stop.org emergency resource directory — listing hotlines, shelters, and emergency numbers across 200+ countries — was built in direct collaboration with NO MORE's global directory.
Art provides the visibility. NO MORE provides the infrastructure.
THE MODEL
Art Funds the Fight
Say Stop is not a grant-dependent charity. It follows the same self-sustaining model as every CAZEBA social impact project since 2007: art sales generate the revenue that funds the action. No institutional dependency. No bureaucratic delays.
10% of all Iconic Women profits are dedicated to Say Stop. Additional funding comes from fine art photography sales across CAZEBA projects. The model is simple: collectors who acquire the art simultaneously fund the campaign. Art serves people. Collectors serve the cause.
Art finances action. Not in theory. In practice.
The same architecture that funded HOPE Cambodia, Photo Art Asia, and S.C.A.D — now applied to the cause that started it all.
THE PLATFORM
say-stop.org
The Say Stop website is already live with one critical function: helping victims and witnesses find emergency resources in under 3 minutes, anywhere in the world.
Two directories are available. The Say Stop directory lists emergency numbers — police, ambulance, fire services, and dedicated domestic violence hotlines — across 100+ countries. The NO MORE Foundation global directory, built in partnership with the United Nations and the World Bank, covers all UN-recognised countries and territories with associations, 24/7 assistance lines, hospitals, and emergency shelters.
The App-Elles mobile application, created by activist artist Diariata N'Diaye and the Resonantes association, is also referenced — providing real-time alert systems and localised resources in 6 languages worldwide.
The art campaign is in development. The help is already live.
STATUS
Where It Stands
The emergency platform (say-stop.org) is being rebuilt, with the full resource directories back online in Q3 2026. The street art campaign is in active development, with deployment planned for 2027–2028. Scale, format, and city strategy are being finalised with institutional partners.
Informations
Project: Say Stop — Global Street Art Campaign Against Domestic Violence
Founder: Ludovic Cazeba
Partner: NO MORE Foundation (Pamela Zabella) affiliated with the United Nations
Platform: say-stop.org (live — emergency resources in 190+ countries)
Funding: Self-financed through fine art sales (CAZEBA projects) + 10% Iconic Women profits
Connected Projects: Iconic Women, CAZEBA limited editions
Status: Platform relaunching Q3 2026 · Street art campaign in development (2027–2028).
This project needs people who believe silence is not an option.
If you're a foundation, a city government, a media organisation, a brand, or a volunteer — and this resonates — write to me.
Some see street art as vandalism. I see it as the only gallery that never closes and never charges admission.