Special Focus - 16 Days of Activism
From wikigender.org
16 Days of Activism is an international campaign calling for an end to violence against women. From the 25 November to the 10 of December thousands of organisations and individuals across the globe will took a stand against gender-based violence. The 16 day campaign focuses on 3 pillars of: prevention, protection and provision of services. Based on country data available , up to 70 per cent of women experience physical or sexual violence from men in their lifetime – the majority by husbands, intimate partners or someone they know. Wikigender has gathered a selection of news articles and blog posts covering the 16 days of violence.
- Eliminate violence against women (The Gleaner 05.12.2011)
- Violence Against Women Is a Global Pandemic (Huffington Post 01.12.2011)
- Universal Church marches against gender abuse (MMEGI 01.12.2011)
- Women must be able to make decisions: US CG (The Pakistan Observer 01.12.2011)
- Give divorced women more rights, take suggestions from the UAE, urge experts (The International Herald Tribune 01.12.2011)
- Ramming home the message on value of women (New Straits Times 30.11.2011)
- End gender-based violence (The Citizen 28.11.2011)
- Reject militarism as a facet of violence against women (The Zimbabwean 28.11.2011)
- Seminar to prevent violence against women (Pakistan Observer 27.11.2011)
- We must take the pledge to stop violence against women (Daily Monitor 27.11.2011)
- Counting the social cost of masculinity (Sydney Morning Herald 27.11.2011)
- Activists begin 16-day anti-violence campaign (New Vision 26.11.2011)
