16 Days of Action Against Gender Violence

Did you know that
~ Thursday 25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
~ Friday 10th December is International Human Rights Day
~ Between those two dates, 16 days of activism are taking place around the world?

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign which originated in 1991 from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute and which is sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CGWL) at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA. Participants chose the dates, November 25 (the International Day for the Elimination of 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.

In this its 20th year the theme for the campaign is Structures of Violence: Defining the Intersections of Militarism and Violence Against Women.

Media links
I first heard about the campaign through the Madrid-based women’s network Nosotras en el Mundo (Women in the World), who broadcast on Radio Vallekas and who were one of the partners in the imMEDIAte radio training project for women.

Around the world, community media organisations take part in the campaign. This year, UK radio groups and stations marking the 16 Days campaign include:
~ 96.2 The Revolution Radio in Oldham
~ South Leeds Community Radio
Let us know what you are doing and we will add it here.

On Thursday 25th November there is a webcast of the official UN Observance for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

You can also follow the campaign on Facebook.