The sixteen days of activism against gender violence runs from the 25th of November to the 10th of December each year. 25 November is the international day for prevention of violence against women.  Read more about the 2007 Sixteen Days campaign and view the calendar of events. View report on the 16 Days Local Government colloquium.

Take back the night A call to NGOs, Community Based Organisations, government departments at all levels including local government, businesses and individuals to join the Take back the night campaign. Read more... Fact sheet on Take back the night campaign I Stories The I Stories are a series of first hand accounts of gender violence from across Southern Africa produced by the GL Opinion and Commentary Service for Sixteen Days of Activism. Stories and audio recordings are available for media. Click here and select "I Stories" under   themes to read the stories. Click here to read more and listen to audio.		Cyber Dialogues Schedule of events Join the cyberdialogues chat Instructions on how to chat Ama Buruxa Gender Links will host the Ama-Buruxa cultural group from Namibia constituted by abandoned children which will be touring Johannesburg as part of 16 Days of Activism campaign. The Ama Buruxa (Nama for “Simply Amazing”) group, was established in 2001 to raise funds for the payment of school and examination fees for orphans and vulnerable children in Maltahöhe. Several activities have been lined up. Read more
Cell Phone Campaign Make the Stop Gender Violence & AIDS Helplines a Free Call from Cellphones! Women'sNet, Gender Links and Nisaa join LifeLine Southern Africa to call on Cell-C, Vodacom, Virgin Mobile and MTN to make essential national helplines a free call from a cellphone. Click here for more information. Make a difference by signing the petition.		Taking Stock GL, in partnership with GEMSA  coordinated a face to face discussion to review the 365 Day Natioanl Action Plan and reflect on what the draft SADC Gender Protocol would mean for gender violence. This was followed up by a video link up between  five countries (Mauritius, Namibia,  South Africa, Swaziland, and Zambia) that are among SADC countries that have developed national action plans to end gender violence on 27 November.
Regional Activities The Gender and Media Southern Africa (GEMSA) Network will be co-ordinating Sixteen Days activities in 13 Southern African countries. Visit the GEMSA website to view regional activities for the 16 days campaign.  For more information email justice@genderlinks.org.za.		Resources Visit our resource centre to view graphics such as our 16 days logo, fact sheets and the special 16 days editions of the Gender Justice Barometer .
Gender Links Commentaries Gender Links is producing a special series of GL Commentaries for the Sixteen Days campaign. For more information please contact: editor@genderlinks.org.za 16 Days Commentaries Little to be proud about this 16 Days Click here to read more commentaries		Gender Justice Barometer During the months of November and December GL will distribute five 16 day special editions of its monthly e-newsletter, Gender Justice Barometer. To receive a copy or contribute please write to: justice@genderlinks.org.za.
Past 16 Days Campaigns 2006 Campaign 2005 Campaign 2004 Campaign 2003 Campaign 2002 Campaign		Partners The Sixteen Days campaign and Cyber Dialogues is only possible as a result of partnerships between NGOs, government and business. Click here to view a list of partners in the campaign.
Slideshow View pictures from our 16 Days of Activism 2006 campaign. Final Report Click here to download the final report