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Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread human rights violations—from 15 to 76 percent of women have experienced gender-based violence in their lifetime. It happens everywhere, transcending all boundaries of race, class, culture and nationality. But the issue rarely gets adequate attention in the media.

Say NO – UNiTE is calling for a blogathon – 16 days to write blogs about violence against women and girls and post your blog links on this page to inspire others.

What do you think? Can Violence against Women End?

Are the women and girls in your country or community facing gender-based violence, and if so, what is being done about it? Have you heard of innovative approaches that have made a difference, or do you have ideas about what works to end violence against women and girls? Take action by blogging about violence against women and girls for the 16 Days of Activism and shape public opinion.

Join the Say NO Blogathon to End Violence against Women

  • If you have a blog, please donate a post! Write about the issue of violence against women and girls. It can be based on recent news, your own reflections about the issue, media representation of the issue, or something else.
  • If you guest blog for a website or blog, suggest a post related to violence against women.
  • If you follow a blog, let them know about this blogathon. Post about it on your Facebook and Twitter to spread the word!
  • Start your own blog and post about the issue. If you are new to blogging check out some resources here.
  • Post a comment with the link to your blog on this page to inspire others!

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Mariola
15 December 2011
Se puede ACABAR LA VIOLENCIA CONTRA LAS MUJERES Y DEL SER HUMANO EN GENERAL a traves de la educacion ( casa - escuela- universidades- gobiernos) junto con una buena justicia legal. Educacion: No- Violencia = no causar dano a nadie.
Se puede ACABAR LA VIOLENCIA CONTRA LAS MUJERES Y DEL SER HUMANO EN GENERAL a traves de la educacion ( casa - escuela- universidades- gobiernos) junto con una buena justicia legal. Educacion: No- Violencia = no causar dano a nadie. No es simplemente evitar causar dano con el cuerpo o con armas; se tiene que practicar con pureza de mente, habla y cuerpo y sobre todo con las ensenanza de los valores humanos que lamentablemente estan tan deteriorados en la actualidad. Ensenar la simpleza de que venimos al mundo a hacer felices y cada uno a vivir su propia vida, quines somos los unicos responsable de la misma. NO OLVIDAR que la vida " es una obra de teatro" que no permite ensayos y no espera. Por eso,se debe asegurar que cada uno pueda cantar, reir, bailar, llorar y vivir intensamente cada momento de su vida........ antes que el telon baje y la obra termine sin aplausos. ( fragmento de Charles Chaplin). Sobretodo para acabar con la violencia contra las mujeres, se debe erradicar las mal llamadas " armas no letales".Se sabe mucho o poco del tema no lo se, pero por lo que he leido es realmente una aberracion a todo derecho del ser humano y no es tan sencillo detectarlo. Que mas cruel y silencioso puede ser este tipo de violencia sobre el ser humano y sobre todo para la mujer!! Es un llamado de atencion para aquellos gobiernos que si pueden hacer algo al respecto !!! Esto parece que existe hace muchos anos atras, despues de una de las tantas guerras que tuvo la humanidad. Utilizan satelite para eso, no lo se, pero si se que no es posible hablar de algo semejante!!!! en el 2011. En que hemos evolucionado como seres humanos?????
Alberto Cuev
12 December 2011
Still in Mexico certain custom of that women have to serve men, or that woman be discriminated in offices, homes and every place. Those practices have to end with the actions of everyone of us, trying to make a Mexico with a best gender equality.
Ami Wazlawik
10 December 2011
I intended to write a blog post a day during the 16 Days campaign, but alas, grad school took over my life once again. I did get a chance to write a few posts about some timely and interesting topics. Check out http://minneapolitanmademoiselle.blogspot.com/.
Feminist Activist
10 December 2011
I wrote a blog to kick off 16 Days on Nov. 25th and have since posted 8 guest blogs featuring male perspectives on VAW from around the world. I encourage you to check out www.feministactivism.com and learn what you can do to advance equality!
Kate Ravenscroft
10 December 2011
I have writen a blog post each day of the 16 Days on my blog: 16 Impacts of Sexual Assault http://16impacts.wordpress.com/ The theme I have focussed on is choices and actions we can all take to ensure no more sexual violence is committed against women, or anyone.
I have writen a blog post each day of the 16 Days on my blog: 16 Impacts of Sexual Assault http://16impacts.wordpress.com/ The theme I have focussed on is choices and actions we can all take to ensure no more sexual violence is committed against women, or anyone. Ways we can all help end violence against women, support the safety and freedom of all people and end gender inequality. I would love to hear feedback! Thanks for taking the time to look at and support my blog!
Emerson Feminists
9 December 2011
Check out our blog post on what needs to happen in order for violence against women to end. http://emersonfeminists.tumblr.com/post/13988952807/can-violence-against...
Heather Holt
9 December 2011
I wrote a post today for our blog on prayer, women's rights and International Human Rights Day - http://www.wciujournal.org/blog/post/prayer-and-international-human-righ....
I wrote a post today for our blog on prayer, women's rights and International Human Rights Day - http://www.wciujournal.org/blog/post/prayer-and-international-human-righ.... Mobilizing the faith community is key in this fight for justice. I appreciate your comments!
Feminist Action Cambridge
9 December 2011
Our blog post today about domestic violence in the UK - we can end this if we work together! http://feministactioncambridge.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/domesticviolence/
khaled hishma
9 December 2011
Khaled Hishma Quotes: Honoring the Woman تكريم المرأة *How we treat the woman reflects how much human we are. *كيف نتعامل مع المرأة يعكس كم نحن بشر. *Honoring the woman means understanding our humanity and realizing our entity as human beings. * تكريم المرأة يعني فهم إنسانيتنا وتحقيق كياننا كبشر.
Khaled Hishma Quotes: Honoring the Woman تكريم المرأة *How we treat the woman reflects how much human we are. *كيف نتعامل مع المرأة يعكس كم نحن بشر. *Honoring the woman means understanding our humanity and realizing our entity as human beings. * تكريم المرأة يعني فهم إنسانيتنا وتحقيق كياننا كبشر. *By honoring the woman we honor ourselves, we appreciate our existence, and we discover our values. * عبر تكريم المرأة فإننا نكرم أنفسنا، و نقدّر وجودنا ، ونكتشف قيمنا. *For many centuries we have lost our identity because we have not been honoring the woman. Rather we maliciously dishonored her. * لعدة قرون فقدنا هويتنا، لأننا لم نقم بتكريم المرأة. بالأحرى وسمناها بمكر بالخزي والعار. *We forged a human society which is not human or humane by way of not honoring the woman, and inverted a fallacy of our being. * زوّرنا مجتمعاً بشرياً ليس ببشري أو إنساني عن طريق عدم تكريم المرأة، وقلبنا رأسا على عقب مغالطة وجودنا. *Instead of honoring the woman, we committed the crimes of dehumanizing, chaining, marginalizing, and degrading her. * بدلا من تكريم المرأة، اقترفنا جرائم تجريدها من صفتها الإنسانية وغلها بالقيود وتهميشها، واهانتها. *Honoring the woman is giving birth to us, renewing our civilization, and recreating our human identity. * تكريم المرأة هو ولادتنا، وتجديد حضارتنا وإعادة تكوين هويتنا الإنسانية . *To honor the woman is to honor who we are, to respect our humanity, and to value our being. * أن نكّرم المرأة هو أن نجّل من نحن ، ونحترام إنسانيتنا، ونقيّم وجودنا. *Honoring the woman is the assertion to oneself that the woman is equal, and has the right to be free of fear, and free of want. * تكريم المرأة هو تأكيد الفرد لنفسه أن المرأة على قدم المساواة ولها الحق في التحرر من الخوف ، والتحرر من العوز. *Admitting our failure as a human society is the necessary step to honoring the woman, in order to correct our wrongs against the woman. * اقرارنا بفشلنا كمجتمع انساني هو خطوة ضرورية لتكريم المرأة من أجل تصحيح أخطائنا ضد المرأة. *By honoring the woman, you re-examine yourself, your mind, your culture, and your inner being, and affirm your compassion and mercy. * عبر تكريم المرأة ، فأنت تعيد النظر في ذاتك وعقلك وثقافتك وكيانك الداخلي ، وتؤكد شفقتك ورحمتك . *To honor the woman is to end injustices committed against her throughout our human existence. * أن تكرّم المرأة هو إنهاء المظالم التي ارتكبت ضدها طوال وجودنا البشري. *Women abuse in all societies shows that all present world religions with no exception, are distorted and twisted. * تظهر إساءة معاملة المرأة في جميع المجتمعات على ان جميع أديان العالم في الوقت الحاضر بدون استثناء محّرفة وملتوية. *Women mistreatment is nothing but a clear representation to how low male dominated mentality has become in human society. * ان سوء معاملة المرأة ليس سوى تمثيل واضح لأي مدى وضيع أصبحت عليه المجتمعات الانسانية ذات العقلية الذكورية الهيمنة. *One mind can influence history and impact humanity. Think how many women were deprived of such honor? *يمكن لعقل واحد أن يكون نافذا في التاريخ ومؤثرا في الانسانية. لذا فكر كم من النساء حرموا من مثل هذا الشرف؟ *Great minds have contributed to the advancement of human knowledge. So, imagine how much knowledge had been lost by marginalizing women throughout history? * ساهمت العقول العظيمة لتطوير المعرفة البشرية. تخيل إذا كم المعرفة قد فقدت بتهميش المرأة عبر التاريخ؟
khaled hishma
9 December 2011
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE By: Khaled Hishma DOMESTIC VIOLENCE against the Woman is one of the patterns of aggressive behavior which includes various types of harm, abuse, suffering, insult, hurt, injury, mistreatment, and injustice. It happens to females (mother, wife, sister, daughter, girlfriend) inside the home by male family members or boyfriends as a result of unequal relations.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE By: Khaled Hishma DOMESTIC VIOLENCE against the Woman is one of the patterns of aggressive behavior which includes various types of harm, abuse, suffering, insult, hurt, injury, mistreatment, and injustice. It happens to females (mother, wife, sister, daughter, girlfriend) inside the home by male family members or boyfriends as a result of unequal relations. It is a social problem based on the negative image of the woman, her roles, and her status. It is an outcome of behaviors which do not respect the woman’s status, and do not care for her feelings and wishes. It has many forms which cause deep and long lasting effects on women: 1)Physical : Such as beating, pulling hair, slapping, pushing, holding violently, twisting arms, throwing down, punching, biting, burning, strangling, torturing, whipping, and using sharp tools in hurting. All these which cause injuries, fractures, chronic pains or symptoms of intestinal disorders or chronic disability and or death. 2)Psychological : It is everything which affects the soul, spirit, psyche, and mind of the woman.Such as: humiliation, insult, scolding, marginalizing, deprivation of children, disdaining, ridiculing, belittling, suppressing her personality, disparaging her physical or mental ability, causing her to loose self confidence, enforcing her feeling of guilt, causing her loneliness or anxiety or worry restlessness or tension or strain, reinforcing her feeling of frustration or sense of weakness or impotence or inefficiency. 3)Sexual : Any and all sexual harm, hurt, abuse, and injury by relatives and non-relatives. Or to be forced into sexual activities without her understanding for it or without her consent or her free well. It advances gradually from touching to rape. It can be also exposing the body or parts of the body or touching genitals. 4)Verbal : Cursing, insulting, name calling, blaspheming, scolding, degrading, demeaning, humiliating, scorning, offending, obscenity, foulness, vulgarity, indecency, nastiness, or comparing her with degrading or humiliating or despicable or menial things. 5)Economic : Such as harming her economic interest, welfare, and well-being. Preventing her from getting a job or forcing her to work, or to confiscate her salary, or depriving her of her inheritance, or registering possessions which are a result of both husband and wife employment in the name of the husband only, or to cause her financial harm that leads to her suffering from poverty or unemployment or dependency on others. 6)Social : It manifests itself in restraining, limiting, restricting, holding in check, hampering, and confining her interconnection opportunities, her societal participation, and her roles, or not allowing her to state her opinion and make decisions, or forcing her to serve her family and their guests, or depriving her of education, or forcing her to leave school and college or to study a certain major. 7)Health : It manifests itself in neglecting her health needs such as: lack of nutrition, forcing her for abortion if she is pregnant with female fetus, or forcing her to repeat pregnancy in order to give birth to male child, or not allowing her to see a doctor, or preventing her from setting apart between pregnancies. Khaled Hishma