16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Day Fifteen

IWDA partner, The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. ADHOC work in partnership with IWDA on the Community Action Against Violence Against Women (CAAVAW) project which is jointly implemented in two provinces of Cambodia with another non-government organisation, Banteay Srei (see Day 10).

ADHOC’s work focuses on addressing the absence of basic rights, freedoms and liberties in Cambodia by providing people with training to increase understanding and knowledge of human rights, law and democracy and of how to defend these rights and freedoms, themselves.

A large part of ADHOC’s work within the CAAVAW project is focused on providing legal support and advice to women who have experienced violence.

To find out more about ADHOC’s work please visit their 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.

Tags: 16 Days of Activism, Cambodia

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 under 16_Days.