Date: Wed Aug 30 2006 - 16:23:55 AST
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Press Release is Attached.
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
November 25 - December 10, 2006
Celebrate 16 Years of 16 Days:
Advance Human Rights пр End Violence Against Women
2006 marks the 16th anniversary of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender
Violence campaign! Since 1991, the 16 Days campaign has worked to increase
the visibility of violence against women as a human rights violation. The
campaign has been utilized by groups all over the world to demand support
services for survivors, enhance prevention efforts, press for legal and
judicial reform, and use international human rights instruments to address
violence against women as a human rights violation, a public health crisis
and a threat to human security and peace worldwide.
This year, the 16 Days campaign celebrates activists who have made the
campaign a success and honors women human rights defenders who have suffered
intimidation and violence for their activism and/or have given their lives
fighting for gender equality. (See information on the website about November
29th which was declared in 2005 as the day to recognize women’s human rights
defenders.) This year commemorates progress on addressing violence against
women in our communities, nations, regions and around the world and calls
for reflection on how to continue to advance this work.
While there has been progress in the struggle to end violence against women,
many challenges persist. This year’s campaign seeks to revisit and
strengthen the human rights focus of work on gender based violence against
women. It also hopes to look at the many obstacles women face in our
communities and nations that intersect with violence against women, such as
armed conflict, war, poverty, HIV/AIDS, globalization and other challenges
to human rights. As the United Nations undergoes internal reform, we seek to
ensure that women’s human rights concerns, including violence, are fully
integrated into all of the UN’s agendas. In October of 2006, the UN
Secretary General will release an in-depth study on all forms of violence
against women. The 16 Days campaign provides an opportunity to capitalize on
the report and pressure governments and the UN to make greater concrete
commitments to eradicating violence against women.
The 2006 theme reinforces an understanding that advancing human rights and
ending violence against women are mutually reinforcing: We encourage you to
use this year to share 16 Days successes and struggles with one another, and
to strategize collectively about ways to increase the effectiveness of the
campaign, especially its human rights focus.
Please see the 2006 Take Action kit for more details, including actions
tailored especially for 16 Years of 16 Days! The kit will be available
online and in print form in September – contact the Center for Women’s
Global Leadership at the address below to request a kit.
Center for Women’s Global Leadership
Rutgers University, 160 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8555 USA
Phone (1-732) 932-8782 Fax: (1-732) 932-1180
E-mail: cwgl@igc.org
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
November 25 - December 10, 2006
Join the 16 Days movement!
Create or join a community, campus, national or international activity for
the 16 Days. Request a Take Action kit, join the 16 Days listserv, and use
past 16 Days International Calendars of Activities (available online) to
spark ideas for your activities or to find information about groups in your
area. Submit your planned projects to CWGL for posting to the 2006
International Calendar of Activities and become part of the global 16 Days
movement.
Join the 16 Days electronic discussion!
Join the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence email listserv
discussion, which assists activists to share work against violence, to build
partnerships with others worldwide, and to develop strategies and themes for
the annual 16 Days campaign. To join the discussion, visit:
https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/16days_discussion.
Request a 2006 Take Action kit!
Contact CWGL to receive a free copy of the Take Action kit for the 16 Days
campaign. The Take Action kit will be available in September and includes:
a.. suggested actions and materials for the 2006 campaign: 16 Years of 16
Days
b.. a campaign profile and information about dates
c.. a list of participating organizations and countries
d.. a bibliography and resource list
The contents of the Take Action kit will also be posted online.
Submit your materials! Help us build a 16 Days Archive!
CWGL requests that participants in the 16 Days campaign – past as well as
present – send descriptions of your current or past 16 Days events to the
contact information below for posting in the electronic International
Calendar of Activities. CWGL would also be pleased to receive other
materials, including posters, fliers, photographs, t-shirts, video footage,
poems, songs, statements, and reports for the campaign archives. If you have
photographs, documents, or other examples of your work that you can send in
an electronic version, please do so and we will post it on the website.
Get Involved - Online!
CWGL will post information about the 16 Days campaign online at:
http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/home.html.
Center for Women’s Global Leadership
Rutgers University, 160 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8555 USA
Phone (1-732) 932-8782 Fax: (1-732) 932-1180
E-mail: cwgl@igc.org
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