The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, Nov 25 – Dec 10 2009

This international campaign originates from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) in 1991.

Participants chose the dates: November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women, and December 10, International Human Rights Day, in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasise that such violence is a violation of human rights.

The 16 Days Campaign has been used as an organising strategy by individuals and groups around the world to call for the elimination of all forms of violence against women

If you would like to be involved in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, or simply learn more, please visit CWGL.

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