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.

Click here to view the final report from the 2008 campaign. Click here to view the calendar and action plan for the 16 Days.

I Stories You are invited to the launch this year's 'I' Stories on 26th November 2008. 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. Taxi Campaign and Radio Resources A CD mix of fun and interesting audio pieces, including spots (PSAs), personal testimonies, music, reports, etc, to raise awaraness about gender violence, human trafficking, xenophobia, men as partners, etc. Contact Deborah Walter editor@genderlinks.org.za Take Back the Night Communities, activists and local and national government authorities will be reclaiming unsafe spaces in localities through “Take Back the Night” a global campaign started in Latin America on 29 November 2009. Read more or please contact justice@genderlinks.org.za for more information. 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. 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 or click here to view current commentaries. 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.

Cyberdialogues Click here to view the schedule of events Join the cyberdialogues chat Instructions on how to chat 16 Days of Peace Events Past Fri 14 Nov Media: Part of the problem or part of the solution Thu 20 Nov Financing for Gender Violence Mon 24 Nov Taking Stock Tue 25 Nov International Day of no violence against women Wed 26 Nov Launch of I stories Fri 28 Nov Human Trafficking Sat 29 Nov Take Back the Night March Mon 1 Dec World AIDS Day Tue 2 Dec Making IT work for Gender Justice Wed 3 Dec International Day of people living with disabilities Thu 4 Dec Taxi Violence Fri 5 Dec Violence and Elections Tue 9 Dec Gender Based Violence and xenophobia Wed 10 Dec International Human Rights Day: Stretching 16 days to 365 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.