16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Day One

fem’LINKPACIFIC is a Fiji based women’s non-profit community media organisation. The organisation empowers women and communities by giving them a voice to fully participate in decision making for equality, development and peace.

This year, as part of the Women’s International Network of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC-WIN), fem’LINKPACIFIC will be joining in the global community radio broadcast campaign to highlight the 16 days of activism against gender violence, with 16 days of community radio broadcasts to honor groups and individuals who have committed to bringing Violence Against Women (VAW) to the forefront of global attention and to encourage everyone in their various capacities to take action to end VAW, and to demand accountability for all of the promises made to eliminate VAW.

In line with this years’ international campaign theme: “Commit – Act – Demand: We CAN End Violence against Women!” fem’LINKPACIFIC will be staging local broadcasts, using their suitcase radio station, with women from communities in Nausori Town (approximately 30 minutes away from the capital city) to enable rural women to amplify the call for an end to all forms of violence against women.

In addition, as a member of the Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights, fem’LINKPACIFIC’s team of young women Producers and Broadcasters, “Generation Next”, will be producing a series of programmes with members and other civil society partners to add to the message for the 16 Days Campaign.

Finally, during the 16 Days Campaign, members of Generation Next will also be producing a “radio conversation” with the visiting World YWCA General Secretary Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda.

To read more, please visit fem’LINKPACIFIC’s Facebook page or 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, femLink, Fiji

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