16 Days of Activism Newsletter 25 November 2014

News and Opinion

Informations et opinions
Afrique australe: Mesurer le niveau de la violence basée sur le genre est essentiel pour la résoudre

NotÁ­cias e Opinião
África Austral: medição é fundamental para enfrentar GBV

I Stories – First hand accounts
Zambia: I struggled to find happiness in my life
Lesotho: Life was not easy
South Africa: A tale of cyclical abuse

From the Alliance

Alliance News
Roadmap to equality

Questions of the day

Cyber dialogues / Google hangouts

Key Facts

GBV Indicators

16 Days of Activism

Click on the country name to view the country schedule for the 16 Days of Activism

Botswana

Lesotho

Madagascar

Mauritius

Mozambique

Namibia

South Africa

Swaziland

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Johannesburg, 25 November: Today marks the beginning of the Sixteen Days of No Violence Against Women Campaign. Since 1991 Sixteen Days of Activism has been used as a global organising strategy by individuals, civil society and governments to call for the elimination of all forms of violence against women…. Read more

South Africa: Everyday activism against GBV

Johannesburg, 25 November: When my poem Something Other was published, my family and I went out for dinner to celebrate. At the dinner table, someone turned to me and asked how I was able to write a poem about rape…. Read more

Johannesburg, 25 novembre: C’est aujourd’hui que démarre la campagne des 16 jours d’actions contre la violence envers les femmes. Depuis 1991, ces 16 jours d’activisme ont été utilisés comme stratégie mondiale d’organisation par les individus, la société civile et les gouvernements pour réclamer l’élimination de toutes les formes de violence envers les femmes…. Read more

Joanesburgo, 25 de novembro: Nesta terça, o mundo assinala o inÁ­cio dos Dezasseis Dias da Campanha de Não-Violência Contra a Mulher. Com efeito, desde 1991, que este marco no activismo em prol da igualdade de género é a padrão da estratégia global da sociedade civil e dos governos para apelarem pela eliminação de todas as formas de violência contra as mulheres. Vinte e três anos depois, estamos condenados ao desespero e com a quase certeza de uma batalha perdida. As estatÁ­sticas são assustadoras e qualificam a Violência Baseada no Género (VBG) como uma pandemia que necessita de atenção urgente…. Read more

My name is Moira Namumba I was born in 1977 and raised in a loving family. I did my primary education in the late 80s, wrote grade seven examinations and qualified to grade 8 at a girls’ school in Luangwa District. When I was in grade 9… Read more

Lesotho: Life was not easy

I am writing the story of my life whereby when I was young I was raped by a man much older than me. It was at night and we had already gone to bed, he entered and took me, he undressed me, I cried but he told me to stop and I stopped crying. … Read more

South Africa: A tale of cyclical abuse

My name is Marian. I have a 28 year old son. I stay alone in a two-roomed shack and it has been a month since Thabo my boyfriend moved out. I started staying with Thabo in 1995 and that time he was treating me well. Back then, I was working as a domestic worker and he was working for a construction company. After sometime, he started to change. One afternoon when I came back from work I found him in bed with his first wife’s sister…. Read more

November’s Alliance News is integrated into the Sixteen Days of Activism Newsletter, going out daily during the Sixteen Days campaign period. The newsletter is packed with plans, reflections and reviews of the road we have travelled to tackle gender based violence (GBV). The information also demonstrates how far much farther we must travel to eradicate gender violence and end the war on women’s bodies…. Read more

25 November

Whose concern is GBV?

Tell us what you think on our Facebook page

Wednesday 26 November
Cyber dialogue on economic empowerment and GBV: 13:00 to 14:00 (GMT+2)
Join the cyber dialogues

Tuesday 2 December
Google hangout on femicide, police data and the justice system: 13:00 to 14:00 (GMT+2)
Join the hangout

Friday 5 December
Cyber dialogue: Diverse sexuality and gender identities. Embrace diversity: 13:00 to 14:00 (GMT+2)|
Join the cyber dialogues

Wednesday 10 December
Google hangout on human rights framework for post 2015 development agenda. What do we want? 13:00 to 14:00 (GMT+2)
Join the hangout

Full schedule for the 16 Days

The Violence Against Women (VAW) Baseline Study is a Southern African research project aimed at measuring the extent, drivers, effect, cost, prevention, protection, programmes and participation in the fight to rid our region of gender-based violence.

Click here to visit the website and view results of studies done in 6 countries.

Every year the United Nations declares the period from the 25 November, International Day for the Eradication of Violence Against Women, to the 10 December, International Human Rights Day, as the 16 Days of No Violence Against Women across the globe. … Read more