[Wil-mailing] End Violence Against Women - 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women

[wil-mailing at freecharity.org.uk]

25th November is recognised by the UN as
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

" By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the General Assembly
designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women, and invited governments, international
organizations and NGOs to organize activities designated to raise
public awareness of the problem on that day.

Women's activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence
since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960, of
the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican
Republic, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961). "
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/violence/


You can read an extract from the Executive Summary of the report from
the End Violence Against Women Coalition - Making the Grade? - the
second annual independent analysis of Government initiatives on
violence against women at
http://www.quicktopic.com/19/H/nV4WDtdd6iMqf/m1759


25th November is also known as White Ribbon Day

" ... In 1991, a handful of men in Canada decided we had a
responsibility to urge men to speak out against violence against
women. We decided that wearing a white ribbon would be a symbol of
men's opposition to men's violence against women. ... "
http://www.whiteribbon.ca/about_us/

White ribbon Campaign UK -
http://www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk/about/index.htm


25th November is also the start of
16 Days Of Activism Against Gender Violence
November 25 - December 10 2006

Celebrate 16 Years of 16 Days: Advance Human Rights - End Violence
Against Women http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/about.html


16 days includes:
* International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women -
25th November
* World Aids Day - 1st December
* Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre - 6th December
* International Human Rights Day - 10th December
Read about their significance at
http://www.gvawp.org.uk/News/Dates16Days.htm


Women in London http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk
has listed a number of events that are part of this activism around
the UK organised both by autonomous women's groups and by local
authorities on our new events calendar at
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/cal-events06.htm from Reclaim
the Night in various cities and towns on 25th (and other dates) to a
rally on 10th December as part of the Day for Dafur campaign with a
focus on women, who are at constant risk of rape and violence.


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Calendar of Events:
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/cal-events06.htm
Calendar of Training:
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/cal-training06.htm
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http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/cal-funding06.htm

Information in these calendars is combined from our main web site as
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information or news about events or issues of interest to or about
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sector projects or volunteer groups and campaigns.

We also send out mailings like this one in the run up to the 16 Days
of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign but also for
International Women's Day - 8th March.

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