16 Days of activism Against Gender Violence
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 (CWGL) at Rutgers University 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.
The 16 Days Campaign has been used as an organising strategy by individuals and groups around the world to call for the elimination of all forms of violence against women by:
- Raising awareness about gender-based violence as a human rights issue at the local, national, regional and international levels
- Strengthening local work around violence against women
- Establishing a clear link between local and international work to end violence against women -providing a forum in which organisers can develop and share new and effective strategies
- Demonstrating the solidarity of women around the world organising against violence against women
- Creating tools to pressure governments to implement promises made to eliminate violence against women
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Announcing the 2010 16 Days Campaign theme!
This year marks the twentieth year of the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign”. The campaign began in 1991 and originated from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute, sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) at Rutgers University. The idea of the campaign is to draw attention at a local, national and global level to the different forms of violence that women face. It also aims to show the link between violence against women and human rights highlighting that such violence is a human rights violation; thus the dates chosen for the campaign November 25 - International Day Against Violence Against Women - to December 10, - International Human Rights Day.
World YWCA Participates Actively in 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign 2011
Since its inception 21 years ago, the World YWCA has endorsed the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign - an international campaign originated from the Centre for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, in 1991.