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In November 2021, Iamhere international, a group focused on increasing counter-speech on social media, started a 16-day campaign all forms of gender-based violence, particularly cyber violence. [19] [20] Artists worldwide have addressed violence against women, highlighting the unique manifestations of violence across cultural and political ...
Every year, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign either introduces a new theme, or continues an old theme. The theme focuses on one particular area of gender inequality and works to bring attention to these issues and make changes that will have an impact.
Ellevate Network – Global professional network dedicated to closing the gender achievement gap (founded 1997) Equality Now – founded in 1992 to ensure gender equality and an end to violence against women; Every Woman Foundation – celebrating International Women's Day
A protest against gender-based violence is due to be held by campaigners in Sheffield later. The Reclaim the Night march is expected to take place on Saturday evening, with organisers calling for ...
The demonstration was inspired by South Korea’s “4B” movement against gender-based violence where some women in that country have vowed to follow the four “no’s” — no sex, no dating ...
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) is a global movement of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls.It was formed by a group of pro-feminist men in Toronto, Ontario, in November 1991 as a response to the École Polytechnique massacre of female students by Marc Lépine in 1989.
Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence [1] [2] and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), [3] is violent acts primarily committed by men or boys against women or girls. Such violence is often considered a form of hate crime, [4] committed against persons specifically because they are of the female gender, and can ...
President Joe Biden on Thursday will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act by announcing new efforts to curb gender-based violence, senior administration officials said.