Schedule for 16 Days of Activism 2014

Date: November 30, 2014

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DATE	THEME	SLOGAN	DIALOGUES and HANGOUTS in different languages	Key Questions
November
Mon 24 Nov	Empower Women	Take back the Money
Tue 25 Nov	International day of no violence against women	Peace begins at home		Whose concern is GBV?
Wed 26 Nov	Cyber Dialogue: End violence, empower women. Take back the money!	Take back the money	Cyber dialogue on economic empowerment and GBV: 13:00 to 14:00 (GMT+2) View the Economic Justice policy brief Does economic independence matter? – Why are women who are not economically independent vulnerable to abuse? – Let’s talk about economic violence as a form of gender based violence? – Why is education so important? – How do we empower women? – Why is 5050 women in economic decision making so crucial for gender equality?
Thur 27 Nov	Education and employment to curb GBV	Stop the cycle of violence		Is enough being done to stop harassment in schools and workplaces?
Fri 28 Nov	The cost of GBV	End violence, save finance		Is GBV costly for individuals or entire nations?
December
Mon 1 Dec	World Aids Day			Can we curb HIV with gender equality?
Tue 2 Dec	Femicide	Getting away with murder	Google hangout on femicide, police data and the justice system 13:00 to 14:00 (GMT+2) View the Femicide policy. Are govts doing enough about femicide cases and justice? – Presentation of GL policy brief on femicide – Open discussion about femicide – The scales of injustice- from Jub Jub and Pistorius to Dewani. – Femicide as an escalation of GBV. – Drivers, the justice system and prevention?
Wed 3 Dec	International Day of Disability	For an enabling society		Should society better support differently abled people?
Thur 4 Dec	Harmful practices, GBV and economic disempowerment	Voice, choice and control		Should forced/ early marriage be criminalised?
Fri 5 Dec	Diverse sexuality and gender identities	Embrace diversity	Cyber dialogue: Diverse sexuality and gender identities. Embrace diversity 13:00 to 14:00 (GMT+2) Does prejudice fuel gender violence? – Are people of different sexualities and gender identities less worthy of human rights? – What is homophobia and transphobia? – How does prejudice fuel gender based violence? – How do we combat prejudice and violence?
Mon 8 Dec	Commercial and transactional sex	Economic agency for gender equality		Should sex work be legalised?
Tues 9 Dec	Human trafficking and slavery	Abolish slavery!		Human trafficking. Who bears the greatest burden?
Wed 10 Dec	International Human Rights Day	Yes we must!	Google hangout on human rights framework for post 2015 development agenda. What do we want? 13:00 to 14:00 (GMT+2) Can we halve GBV by 2030? – Basic presentation of GL’s post 2015 agenda priorities – Open discussion about sustainable development goals, gender equality and human rights framework. – Can we halve GBV by 2030? – What do we want to see?

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