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Music Credits
“A Step Forward” “A Loony Tune” “A Change for the Better” “A Step Forward,” “A Deep Emotion” “A Rush of Emotion” and “A Timeless Journey” Eric Schwartz (SchwartzSound), “Dark Piano Drama” “Dark Baroque Pizzicato Violin” and “Emotional Ambient Strings” by Orchestralis, “Walking Bass Jazz Club” by Catch 22 Music, “I just want you” and “Broad Street Bebop” by Steve Rice, “Dark Piano” by Bright Light, “Blues” by Dany Vindiuk, “Skating Squirrels,” “What’s the Angle” and “Dirty Gertie” by Shane Ivers, “Swinging Jazz Bass And Drums” by Rich Emery “Fast Jazz Drums and Bass” by Evolving Vibes, “Secret Agent Mission” by Praded, “Detective” by Archimusic, “Documentary Science” by Marblespace, “Documentary” by Roman Korolkov, “Waking Up” by Adi Goldstein, “New Direction” “Thinking Music” “Unanswered Questions,” “Fast Does It” and “Long Note Two” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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“Putting the prevention of violence against women into practice: How to Change the story “ by Monique Keel (Our Watch), Jane Torney (Our Watch), Emma Fulu (The Equality Institute), Sarah McCook (The Equality Institute), Scott Holmes (Our Watch), Michelle Hunt (Our Watch), Yvonne Lay (Our Watch) and Cathy Warczak (Our Watch) 2017 Our Watch

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