16 Days Calendar and Action Plan
| Gender Links
Overarching themes:
Reduce by half gender violence by 2015; ending gender violence in our life time;
Peace begins at home
PROPOSED DATE/TIME | THEME | SLOGAN | ACTIVITIES | CYBER DIALOGUE | VENUE | LEAD AGENCY | PARTNERS |
Saturday 1st Nov | Act against abuse | Don't look away, act against abuse | Lighting of the torch of peace | - | Union Buildings | DPLG | All sectors |
Saturday 22nd Nov | Act against abuse | Don't look away, act against abuse | National launch of 16 days campaign | - | Western Cape | DPLG | All sectors |
Thursday 14 Nov, 14h00-15h00 SA time | Financing women in the media | Part of the problem or of the solution | Media seminar | Media part of the problem or of the solution | GL Board room | GEMSA | SAGEM/ GEMSA GL, MMPSA, GCIS, IAJ |
Thursday 20th November 12h00-13h00 SA time | Financing gender violence | Put your money where your mouth is | GEMSA workshops in all countries and cyber links | Financial implications of Protocol | SA: GL Board Room | GEMSA | FS/PM |
Monday 24 Nov, SA time 9h30-12h00 (round table) 12h00-13h00(cyber dialog) | Taking stock | 365 days; what action? | SA Accountability forum (reporting back and accountability | Regional progress in addressing GBV | Constitution Hill | GL | NPA, UN, |
Tuesday 25 Nov 12h00 - 13h00 SA time | Int'l day of no violence against women | Bua, Kuluma, Speak Out | Launch of the 'I' stories | Regional dialogue on speaking out À“ with survivors of gender violence | Parktonian Hotel | GL | CSVR, GEMSA |
Wednesday 26 À“ Friday 28th Nov | Domestic Violence & Sexual violence | Peace begins at home | Domestic Violence Conference & exhibition; launch of sexual violence research report | - | Parktonian Hotel | CSVR | GL, Womens Net, POWA, KZN gender based violence Network , Mosaic, etc |
Thursday 27 Nov 12h00-13h00 SA time | Gender violence and sexual orientation -LGBT | Free to choose Free from fear | To be confirmed | TBC | 070707 | TBC | |
Friday 28 Nov 12h00-13h00 SA time | Human trafficking | Stop modern day slavery, respect life, stop human trafficking | Screening of documentaries, SMS campaign, outreach programme | Dialogue on human trafficking; discuss cyber crime and how it exacerbates the problem | TBC À“ City of Johannesburg | IOM | GL, CSVR, Centre for Migration studies, UNDP, SAPS, Dept of Social Development, Sex workers, HSRC |
Saturday 29 Nov 12h | Gender violence and youth | Peace begins with me | Interactive dialogues targeted at youth | - | Africa museum | Margaret Singer International, | GL, Lets Grow, OVC orgns represented, |
Evening | Take Back the Night | The night belongs to everyone! | March, rally, cultural activities | - | Springs civic Centre | Ekurhuleni Metro, GL | City of Jo'burg, SALGA Gauteng, all metros, One in Nine, |
Monday 1 December 13.00-14.00 | World Aids Day | A world free of HIV, AIDS and gender violence is possible. It begins with me and you | Paint T-shirts, Personal testimonies, information on PEP, Newsrooms launching policies | Dialogue on HIV and AIDS, provision of PEP in the region | Newsrooms launching policies | GL | MAP partners |
Tuesday 2 December | Making IT work for gender justice | Switched on for Gender Justice, Take Back the tech | SMS campaign, digital stories, phone in programme | How IT can empower women | Women's Net | Women's Net, GEMSA, Sangonet | Gender Links, GCIS, Keypad mobile, Khaya FM |
Wednesday 3 December | International day of the Disabled | Nothing about us without us | Know your rights campaign | - | Ekurhuleni Metro | People with disability | Human rights, dept of Social Development, NGOs, |
Thursday 4 December | Taxi violence | Driving towards peace | Seminar on violence in public transport termini; CD Rom anti-taxi violence campaign | Cyber dialogue on gender based violence experiences when using public transport | Ekurhuleni | Ekurhuleni Metro | Dept of Safety Gauteng; City of Johannesburg, taxi associations, Dept of Labour |
Friday 5 December | Violence and elections | My vote, my peace, my right | Seminar | Cyber dialogue on gender dimensions of election violence | IEC training centre | IEC | IDASA, GAP, EISA, One in Nine |
Saturday 6 December | Men as partners | Men's marches Commentaries | - | TBC | Sonke Gender Justice, Engender Health | Dept of Social development Men's orgs, GEMSA | |
Sunday 7 December | Religion | Peace at home, peace in the world | Commentary | - | Kimberly | Evangelical church | Religious organisations |
Monday 8 December | GBV at the workplace | Face to face dialogue | How IT can empower women | National, Ekurhuleni | Women's Net, GEMSA | Gender Links, GCIS, Keypad mobile, Khaya FM | |
Tuesday 9 December | Gender Based Violence and xenophobia | Ubuntu, ngubuntu, ngabantu | Screening of film, Face to face discussion | Regional dialogue on xenophobia | Ekurhuleni Metro, | Ekurhuleni | Ekurhuleni Metro, GL, CSVR, |
Wednesday 10 December | International Human Rights Day, Wrap up: From 16 days to the next 365 | Women's rights are human rights | Media literacy graduation, Launch of 365 Day GBV calendar | Cyber dialogue on way forward À“ what priorities for 2009 should be | Constitution Hill | GL | GL, Womens Net, GCIS, Constitution Hill |
Contact Loveness Jambaya on justice@genderlinks.org.za or Adwoa Osei-Asibey on intern@genderlinks.org.za
