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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.
The slogan was first chanted in Pakistan during the 2018 Aurat March. [1] Protestors and organizers carried signs with different slogans, including Mera Jism Meri Marzi.. The march came under harsh criticism from conservatives, who said that the march opposed typical religious and cultural values of Pakistani society, which is patriarchal and predominantly Muslim.
My body, my choice is a slogan describing freedom of choice on issues affecting the body and health, such as bodily autonomy, abortion and end-of-life care. The slogan emerged around 1969 [1] with feminists defending an individual's right of self determination over their bodies for sexual, marriage and reproductive choices as rights. The slogan ...
Participants delivered speeches and held placards and banners displaying slogans decrying gender-based violence, misogyny and patriarchy. A resolution was submitted to the Punjab Assembly by Kanwal Liaquat (MPA- PMLN ) demanding an end to all forms of gender discrimination and condemning underage marriage.
The slogan was chanted at Amini's funeral in Saqqez and then was spread online by an organization and it became a trending hashtag. Later it was heard in initial protests in Sanandaj after the funeral. [18] [19] [20] On 21 September, the slogan was chanted by students at University of Tehran, [21] and by protesters around the country in the ...
Since 2002, the Philippine government has been actively participating in the global activism against gender-based violence from November 25 to December 10 of each year. [9] In 2006, through a presidential proclamation, the Philippine campaign was extended to until December 12, which is known as the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Day. [10]
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.
In 2014, the United States-based men's rights activist organisation A Voice for Men launched whiteribbon.org (since discontinued) as a counter to the White Ribbon campaign, [20] [21] adopting graphics and language from White Ribbon. [22] It is owned by Erin Pizzey and has the slogan "Stop Violence Against Everyone". [23]