According the event website, “The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership in 1991. Participants chose the dates, November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women, and December 10, International Human Rights Day, in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a human rights violation. This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates, including November 29, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, December 1, World AIDS Day, and December 6, the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.”
Furthermore, the website states that The 16 Days of Activism “focuses on raising awareness at the local, national, regional and international levels about gender-based violence; strengthening local work; linking local and global work; providing a forum for dialogue and strategy-sharing; pressuring governments to implement commitments made in national and international legal instruments; [as well as] demonstrating the solidarity of activists around the world.”
The 16 Days Campaign website continues “Each year[,] the Center for Women’s Global Leadership develops a theme for the international campaign in consultation with women’s organizations around the world. CWGL also produces a Take Action Kit with more information on how to get involved in the campaign. This year the theme is ‘Structures of Violence: Defining the Intersections of Militarism and Violence Against Women.’ To learn more, please visit the 16 Days Campaign website…”
Source Information: The 16 Days Campaign website. Photo Credit: Microsoft Clip Art
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