16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Day Two

During the 16 Days of Activism, Asia Pacific Breakthrough: The Women, Faith and Development Summit to End Global Poverty will take place in Melbourne on 2nd – 3rd December 2009. For the first time, women’s organisations, faith communities and development agencies will come together in the common call to eliminate poverty, and the feminisation of poverty, by empowering women and girls.

At the Breakthrough Summit, a new Alliance will be launched to catalyse an Asia Pacific-wide movement to increase investment in women and girls.

Our vision for Asia Pacific Breakthrough is that it will catalyse a new movement of collective action and investment for women and girls in the Asia Pacific Region. We are focusing our efforts on the support of women in the Pacific, South East Asia, Indigenous women and refugee women of Australia and New Zealand.

Highlights of the Summit will include the announcements of new Commitments to programs for women and girls, an interfaith ceremonial celebration, the launch of the Asia Pacific Women, Faith and Development Alliance, and a Leadership Council meeting for the Alliance. In addition to the delegates program, there will be a free public event in Federation Square on Wednesday 2 December  For more information please visit the Breakthrough website.

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16 Days of Activism is a global campaign encouraging organisations and individuals across the world to take a stand against gender-based violence. The campaign starts on 25th November: The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and ends on 10th December: World Human Rights Day.

16 Days of Activism was started by the Centre for Women’s Global Leadership 18 years ago. The campaign’s beginning and end dates highlight that violence against women is a human rights violation.

Thousands of diverse groups and individuals now take part in 16 Days, together calling for an end to all types of violence against women. Each year people organise events in their communities, including meetings, conferences, demonstrations, exhibitions and performances.

This year at IWDA, we have decided to use the 16 Days to highlight the work our partners in Asia and the Pacific are doing to improve the situation for women and girls in their communities, as well as the work IWDA is undertaking in Australia.  Each day between 25th November and 10th December, we will post a short article about 16 Days our website, Facebook page, and Twitter page.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, November 26th, 2009 under 16_Days.