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16 Days of Activism: Take Back the Tech!
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
16 Days of Activism: Take Back the Tech!
Take Back The Tech! is a collaborative campaign that takes place during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence between 25th November
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Day Eight
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
During the 16 Days campaign, the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) are coordinating community awareness raising events, bringing women and men together to acknowledge and address issues of Violence Against Women in their communities.
Events, comprising games, speeches, community theatre performances and information dissemination, will be held at three locations on the Thai Burma border on the 25th of November to highlight the need for all community members to take responsibility to end violence against women.
SWAN are an independent, community-based, feminist network of women from the Shan ethnic group in Burma, now living in Thailand and working towards gender equality and justice for Shan women in the struggle for social and political change in Burma.
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Day Seven
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Koila Costello-Olsson, Director of Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding (PCP) talks about the organisation’s work and the 16 Days campaign:
Can you tell us a little about your organisation’s work?
Our work is in the area of peacebuilding and conflict transformation. We work with different sections of the communities in Fiji and the Pacific providing training, facilitation or counselling for individuals or groups. Our approach is gender sensitive, respectful of human rights, and we embrace the principles of non violence and restorative justice. The approaches we use also work at finding a balance between evolving and traditional processes of handling conflict and building a positive peace.
How does your organisation’s work impact women’s lives?
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Day Six
Monday, November 30th, 2009
On 18th November, Fiji based organisation Women’s Action for Change (WAC) held a learning circle on gender and sexuality baiting as part of their 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence campaign.
The learning circle addressed the issue of negative ideas about diverse gender identity and sexuality being used around the world, often systematically, to discredit individuals, organisations, and political agendas, and acknowledged that this can prevent or slow us from acting together against gender based violence, and toward gender equality.
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Day Five
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
As part of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign, International Women’s Development Agency is pleased to share the Men’s Talk report, a detailed document presenting the findings of research undertaken into men’s attitudes towards men, women, and Violence Against Women in Cambodia.
The research was undertaken by Helen Brereton and Vannak Lim within the Community Action Against Violence Against Women (CAAVAW) project, which is implemented in Cambodia by IWDA partners Banteay Srei and The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC). The report is available in both English and Khmer, on the IWDA website and we invite you to share the findings with your networks.
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Day Four
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
On 27th November, the IWDA Youth Advisory Group met for the first time. The Youth Advisory Group engages young women to explore social justice, gender and human rights issues.
Through devising and implementing awareness-raising activities, networking with not for profit organisations and creating their own group objectives, roles and agenda, participants will develop increased decision making and management capacity; experience leadership opportunities; and dialogue on community issues with a group of diverse young women, including discrimination and Violence Against Women.
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Day Three
Friday, November 27th, 2009
We spoke with Virisila Buadromo, Executive Director of Fiji Women’s Rights Movement, about what they are doing for the 16 Days campaign:
Can you tell us a little about your organisation’s work?
The Fiji Women’s Rights Movement (FWRM) is a non-governmental organisation. FWRM is a multiethnic and multicultural organisation dedicated to promoting democracy, good governance and human rights on the basis of feminist principles. FWRM was established in 1986.
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Day Two
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
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.
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