Sunday 18 October 2009

16 days of activism campaign


The 16 Days of Activism against gender violence is an
international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center 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 November 29, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, December 1, World AIDS Day, and December 6, which marks the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.

The 16 Days Campaign has been used as an organizing strategy by individuals and groups around the world 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
  • strengthening local work around violence against women
  • establishing a clear link between local and international work to end violence against women
  • providing a forum in which organizers can develop and share new and effective strategies
  • demonstrating the solidarity of women around the world organizing against violence against women
  • creating tools to pressure governments to implement promises made to eliminate violence against women

A coalition of social justice groups within Second Life will be marking the 16 days campaign here in SL by organising a series of discussions, presentations & exhibits highlighting violence against women internationally.

Topics will include: women fighting for peace in isreal & palestine; the white ribbon campaign and mens role in challenging male violence; anti slavery and trafficking in women;
commercial sexual exploitation & the links between different forms of violence against women; rape and sexual violence as a human rights issue; the situation for women in iran; femicides in mexico; amnesty international campaign on ending violence against women and taking back the tech - representations of vaw in SL.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

More info please. Is there a group? Will there be kiosks available to set out to dispense information? What is the deal?

Anonymous said...

Hi anne. The event is being organised by representatives from a number of groups including four bridges, sl left unity feminist network, amnesty e, the rings & Stop Violence Against Women. There will be kiosks distributed and if you know of places that will accept them it would be appreciated if you could let us know. It would also be great if you were interested in promoting the event in some way; perhaps on your blog or through inworld groups that you are a member of.
You can keep updated outside of SL by checking in with the ning group, here:
http://slactivists.ning.com/
If you'd like to be involved or want more info, feel free to contact me inworld. Ledoof Constantineau. Thanks for your interest in the event, hope to hear from you or see you there :)

Keely said...

Hi there. For more information about the 16 Days Campaign, you can also check out this year's campaign Take Action Kit. All of the materials can be downloaded here: http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/kit09/kit.html

Please be sure to send us the details about the events you plan once they are finalized so that they can be included in the online International Calendar of Campaign Activities!

Contact CWGL for more information at 16days@cwgl.rutgers.edu. Happy organizing!

Anonymous said...

Hi Keely, thanks for your interest and comments :)
We will definitely be in touch when more of the presentation and performer slots have been finalised for the event. If anyone at CWGL would like to/be able to participate we'd be delighted to slot you in!