Today the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence begin!

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence symbolically link the International Day Against Violence Against Women (on 25 November) to International Human Rights Day (on 10 December). During this time over 2,000 organisations around the world work together to raise awareness about gender violence and to call in unison for the elimination of all violence against women and girls.

What can you do?

We need your help in our campaign to end sexual violence as a weapon of war.  The atrocities suffered right now by women in the Congo are “almost unimaginable,” in the words of the United Nations Emergency Coordinator.  And even when fighting stops, as in Liberia or Sierra Leone, violence against women often continues unchecked while the world looks away.

If you have not yet signed our petition...
Please sign it now! We are calling all our supporters to send a message to the presidency of the European Union urging it to put combating violence against women at the top of its policy and funding priorities. Click here to go to the petition site.

If you have already signed the petition…
Thank you! But we still need more signatories. For the 16 Days Campaign, please urge 16 friends to sign it too.

Thank you for helping make a difference!
 

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