25 Nov-10 Dec: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence - Join the Campaign
10:15, 22 November 2008
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence - this international campaign originated from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership in 1991. Participants chose the dates, 25 November, International Day Against Violence Against Women, and 10 December, International Human Rights Day, in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including 29 November, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, 1 December, World AIDS Day, and 6 December, the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.
UNFPA is a part of the campaign, as is UNIFEM, WHO, Amnesty International Canada, Amnesty International USA, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD),
As someone who has experienced domestic violence first hand, this is a very personally important issue to me. Please be a part of the campaign: add information about it to your blog, participate in local events, support your local domestic violence shelter, and read more from any of the aforementioned web sites to learn more about this important, under-reported issue.
