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Every year, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign either introduces a new theme, or continues an old theme. The theme focuses on one particular area of gender inequality and works to bring attention to these issues and make changes that will have an impact.
The United Nations General Assembly has designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Resolution 54/134). [1] The premise of the day is to raise awareness around the world that women are subjected to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence; furthermore, one of the aims of the day is to highlight that the scale and true nature of the ...
Activism on local levels can significantly affect national, transnational and international levels as well. In a scholarly article on Combating Violence Against Women , the authors illustrated from their research analysis on how the norms of international society can shape and influence policy making on the domestic or national level and vice ...
The recent wave of action is only the latest in a long history of American activism. Here are 17 photos that chronicle some of that legacy. See Also:
The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (French: Journée Nationale de Commémoration et d'Action Contre la Violence à l'Égard des Femmes), also known informally as White Ribbon Day (Jour du Ruban Blanc), is a day commemorated in Canada each December 6, the anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, in which armed student Marc Lépine murdered ...
Linda Masarira and her 5 other allies including Lynette Tendai Mudehwe of Zimbabwe Activists Alliance launched the Occupy Africa Unity Square Campaign in June 2016, which was organised to run for 16 days. The campaign was crushed by Zimbabwe Republic Police who then arrested fellow activist Patson Dzamara and several other campaign members for ...
Jaha Dukureh (born 1989 or 1990) [1] [2] is a Gambian women's right activist and anti-female genital mutilation campaigner. [1] Dukureh was subjected to female genital mutilation in the Gambia when she was a little more than a week old. [2]
Over the five tumultuous days of the final convention in June 1969 women were given just three hours to caucus and their call on women to struggle against their oppression was rejected. [56] Inasmuch as women felt both empowered and thwarted in the movement, Todd Gitlin was later to claim some credit for SDS in engendering second-wave feminism .