16 Days

Your Voice Counts - Defending the Rights of All

In its third edition, the Campaign Your Voice Counts—End Violence against Women is proposing as its slogan “Defending the rights of all”, in order to spotlight the often risky endeavours made by those who defend the human rights of women around the world.

To the Rhythms of Batucada Music, the Women of Honduras Demand an End to Violence

In Honduras, on November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, women’s organizations with the support of UN Women carried out a number of activities to protest against violent deaths of women. 



Nothing Justifies Violence against Women! Colombian Campaign Takes to the Streets!

The commemorative activities for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women started on Friday November 18th in Bogotá.

Tell your story and participate in the Women’s Letters campaign

Women’s Letters, spearheaded by the Municipality of Quito, the German Development Cooperation (GTZ) and UN Women Andean region, is a national campaign that invites women and men in Ecuador of all ages to write, tell their stories and share their life testimonies through letters, in an effort to open public discourse and addres

Ceremony to deliver 1 million signatures to the UN from the Committed Teachers Campaign: “For a school free of violence against women"
The Undersecretariat for Basic Education, through the General Management of Continuing Education of Teachers In-Service, promotes the Teacher Training Program to Prevent Violence Against Women (PREVIOLEM in Spanish).
Voice of Man in Preventing Violence Against Women

The goal of the campaign is to include and promote young boys and man as partners in our efforts to

National Assembly of Zambia Observes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

The National Assembly of Zambia marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence with a number of activities in a show of solidarity with the international community.

Uruguay Issues Declaration on Compliance with the Provisions of the Belém Do Pará Convention

To mark the International Day, the Select Committee on Gender and Equality of the House of Representatives held a special session attended by representatives of the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of the Interior, the Bicameral Women’s Caucus, the Uruguayan Network against Domestic and Social Violence, Ca

Bill to Combat Violence Against Women and Girls Submitted to Parliament of Togo

The National Assembly commemorated the International Day with a series of activities.

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