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What is the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence campaign all about
Youth Forum
December 02, 2013

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The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Centre for Women's Global Leadership 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 emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including December 1, which is World AIDS Day, and December 6, which marks the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.

As Youth Forum we have been using the 16 Days Campaign to call for the elimination of all forms of violence against women by raising awareness about gender-based violence as a human rights issue at the local, national, regional and international levels.

With its slogan, “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let’s Challenge Militarism and End Violence against Women!” as an organisation we believe that if the war against GBV can be won community by community, the dream of a region free of GBV will become a reality.

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