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16 Days of Activism
 
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Each year the Sixteen Days of Activism campaign has provided a rallying point for the governments, NGOs, CBOs and other stakeholders in the region to mount events aimed at raising awareness, influencing behaviour change and securing high level political commitment to end gender violence. The campaign takes place annually in the period between 25 November and 10 December.

Key dates include:

  • 25 November: International Day of No Violence Against Women
  • 1 December: World Aids Day;
  • 3 December: International Day for the Disabled;
  • 10 December: Human Rights Day
 
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Daily Links, 9 December 2011

09 December 11
Regional relevance: Regional
Climate change, women's rights and economic empowerment [read more]

Daily Links, 8 December 2011

08 December 11 | (2) Comments
Regional relevance: Regional
Gender justice and religion, Gender and Climate Change [read more]

Women and climate change

07 December 11
Regional relevance: Regional
Download the presentation given by Linda Phalatse, Department of Environment & Infrastructure Services, City of Johannesburg on the 5 December 2011 as part of the 16 Days of activism activities. [read more]

Daily Links, 7 December 2011

07 December 11
Regional relevance: Regional
Xenophobia, human security and migration, Gender and Climate Change [read more]

16 Days of Activism Regional Calendar

05 December 11
Regional relevance: Regional
16 Days of Activism Regional Calendar 2011 [read more]
  
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Call for prevalence survey as police data again falls short

23 November 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
On the eve of the Sixteen Days of Activism Gender Links (GL) has issued a call for a national prevalence and attitude survey on gender violence that would establish the true extent, effect and response to this gross human rights violation. GL has also called on the South African Police Service (SAPS) to honour... [read more]

Photo Essay: Women and conflict

30 November 10 | (2) Comments
Regional relevance: Mozambique
During this year’s 16 Days of Activism, we reflect on the many ways that women continue to be affected by conflict and violence. In post-conflict situations, war-related violence against women often continues in subtle ways. Landmines are a continuing problem for many post-conflict African countries, and women are... [read more]

If journalists did their job

17 November 10 | (2) Comments
Regional relevance: Africa
As if the good people of Uganda have nothing better to worry about. By now many are familiar with the recent Rolling Stone article calling for Uganda's "top" homosexuals to be hanged. The story, like many others recently published in Uganda, claimed there was a gay campaign to recruit school children. This piece... [read more]

South Africa: Back prevention, NGOs say as Sixteen Day campaign kicks off

25 November 09
Regional relevance: South Africa
They noted with concern that the South African Police Services still does not have a distinct category on domestic violence, making it impossible to monitor this key area effectively. [read more]

Halve gender violence by 2015: Score a goal for gender equality

25 November 09 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: Regional
25 November:Gender Links has urged Southern African governments to put prevention at the centre of national action plans to end gender violence during the Sixteen Days of Activism on Gender Violence that gets underway today. [read more]
 
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