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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.
Each year, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women marks the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence. [19] Human Rights organisations such as Center for Women's Global Leadership , [ 20 ] Unifem , Women Won't Wait, Women for a Change, Women's Aid , and other groups join together to speak out ...
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]
Victoria Cruz is an American LGBT rights and Anti-Violence activist and retired domestic violence counselor. A contemporary of activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera , she is featured in the 2017 documentary The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson .
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Campaign was launched by CWGL in 1991 as an annual campaign that demands the elimination of all forms of violence against women. [ 15 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] This rallying cry erupts annually between November 25 and December 10, and more than 3,700 organizations participate in the event from ...
On 17 December 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in honor of the sisters. It marks the beginning of a 16-day period of Activism against Gender Violence. [1] The last day of that period, 10 December, is International Human Rights Day.
Victoria Garvin (December 18, 1915 – June 11, 2007) was an American political activist, Pan-Africanist, and self-described working class internationalist. While growing up in a working-class family during the height of the Great Depression , Garvin was exposed early on to the realities of both proletariat and racial exploitation.
In August 2012, the "U.S. Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally" was introduced by the U.S. D.O.S. (Department of State) alongside the U.S. Agency for International Development, which explicitly defines FGM as a form of violence against women and girls.