Join
the 16 Days Movement
How can I become involved?
There
are a number of ways to become involved in the 16 Days Campaign.
If you are interested in participating as an individual, you can
join an already existing student, community, national or international
organization and help them coordinate activities for the 16 Days
-- or take action on your own! If you are part of an organization
or institution, introduce the Campaign to your partners and encourage
their participation and support. You can participate by educating
your community about violence against women using circulars, posters,
banners, speak outs, interviews, editorials, or articles to get
information out! Organizing a tribunal, rally, panel, film festival,
workshop, etc. with a focus on violence against women. Exchanging
messages of support and solidarity with individuals and organizations
coordinating activities for the 16 Days! The Center makes a number
of resources available for those who would like to plan a 16 Days
Activity in their community. These include: an annual Campaign announcement;
a "Take Action Kit," which contains information on the
Campaign, including a list of suggested activities; an online posting
of Campaign Calendars which describe activities coordinated by organizations
in the past.
How do I link up with all
of the other activities being organized throughout the world?
Contact
the Center for Women's Global Leadership and we will send you the
names, fax numbers and e-mails of other individuals and organizations
coordinating 16 Days activities. This will enable you and other
participants in the campaign to exchange letters of solidarity and
support and where possible work together in the future. If you organize
an activity for the 16 Days, send a brief description with dates
of your planned activities, your name and your contact information
to the Center so that we can post the information to the International
Calendar of Campaign Activities. Once the calendar has been compiled,
we will send copies to participating organizations. The calendar
will highlight your efforts as part of a broader movement for women's
human rights and provide you with examples of activities and strategies
used by other individuals and organizations during the Campaign.
Join the Listserve
We
invite you to join the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence
electronic discussion taking place in the form of a listserve. The discussion allows activists to collaboratively develop
themes and strategies for the annual 16 Days of Activism against
Gender Violence Campaign.
In addition, we use it to discuss how groups are raising
awareness about gender-based violence as a human rights issue at
the local, national, regional and international levels, to uncover
and learn from the ways in which activists have strengthened local
work around violence against women, to continually resurface the
link between local and international work to end violence against
women, to share and develop new and effective strategies, to show
the solidarity of women around the world organizing against violence
against women, and to help develop further tools to pressure governments
to implement promises made to eliminate violence against women.
If
you are interested in joining the discussion or if you have any
questions, please contact Sara Nordstrom at the Center for Women's
Global Leadership at cwgl@igc.org.
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