16 Days of Activism

16 Days Of Activism:
The Center for Women's Global Leadership
www.cwgl.rutgers.edu
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16 Jours d’Activisme Contre La Violence Faite Aux Femmes

Pour une fois de plus de souligner l’importance et le lien entre la violence faite aux femmes et la sante de la femme, surtout lan pandemie du VIH/SIDA, la theme du 2005 est une continuation de celle de 2004. Elle est Pour la Sante de la Femme, pour la Sante du Monde: Ne Plus de Violence.

Veuillez trouver affiche une fiche d’application pour notre project de petits dons, qui a comme but, la distribution de dons aux organisations des femmes a travers l’Afrique pour promouvoir le 16 jours d’activisme contre la violence faites aux femmes. La date de delais pour la reception des applications est Dimanche le 11 Septembre et nous n’accepterons que les applications remplis sur les fiches attachees. Nos details de contact peuvent etre trouve sur l’application, et le don maximum est $1000.

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Download an application pack in French (116KB)

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign
25 November – 10 December

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign that was started by the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) in 1991. The 16 Days runs from November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women to December 10, International Human Rights Day to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasise that such violence is a violation of human rights.

This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including December 1, which is World AIDS Day, and December 6, which marks the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre in 1989, when 14 women students were massacred by a lone gun-man opposed to the affirmative action policies promoted by feminists at the University of Montreal.

Since it began, the 16 Days of Activism has been used as an organising strategy by women’s groups to call for the elimination of violence against women by:

Raising awareness about gender based violence as a human rights issue at the local, national, regional and international levels
Strengthening local work around violence against women
Establishing a clear link between local and international work to end violence against women
Providing a forum in which organisers can develop and share effective strategies
Demonstrating the solidarity of women around the world organising against violence against women
Creating tools to pressure governments to implement promises made to eliminate violence against women

The campaign has been gaining momentum over the years and in 2004 over 1,000 organisations in approximately 130 countries participated in the campaign!

WOMANKIND’s involvement in the 16 Days of Activism

A central and ongoing priority for WOMANKIND Worldwide is working towards the elimination of violence against women, both nationally within the UK and internationally through partnerships with women’s groups across the world.

WOMANKIND became involved with the 16 Days campaign in 2000. Since then we have provided annual funding and support for a number of women’s groups across Africa to participate in the 16 Days of Activism.

In 2005, WOMANKIND is again providing small grants to African women’s organisations working to eliminate violence against women. This year’s theme - For the Health of Women, For the Health of the World: No More Violence - is a continuation of the 2004 theme, in order to once again emphasise the important intersection of violence against women and women’s health, and particularly that of violence against women and the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

The maximum grant size is $1000 and the deadline is Sunday 11th September.

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