Days 16 of Activism Against Gender Violence
November 25 - December 10 For the Health of Women, For the Health of the World: No More Violence
2004 International Calendar of Campaign Activities
This year marks the 14th annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign. Stemming from the Global Centers first Womens Global Leadership Institute, the Campaign links issues concerning violence against women and human rights and emphasizes that all forms of violence, whether perpetrated in the public or private sphere, are a violation of human rights. The dates chosen for the campaign symbolically indicate this link: November 25 marks International Day Against Violence Against Women and December 10 is International Human Rights Day. The sixteen-day period also highlights other significant dates, including December 1 (World Aids Day) and December 6 (the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre). For the past 13 years, activities have been organized around the world during the 16 Days of Activism, drawing participation from hundreds of thousands of individuals. The purpose of the International Calendar of Campaign Activities, developed annually, is multifold: to highlight these organizing efforts as part of a broader movement for womens human rights; to provide others with examples of activities and strategies used by individuals and organizations during the Campaign; and to provide an opportunity for individuals to join and support plans already in existence. Past calendars (1991-2003) can be accessed via the Global Centers 16 Days website, http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/home.html by selecting Global Organizing for the 16 Days. The Center for Womens Global Leadership asks that participants of the 16 Days Campaign past as well as present please send documentation from their events, i.e. posters, pictures, tshirts, video footage, poems, songs, statements, reports, etc., to the Center for the 16 Days archives.
Center for Womens Global Leadership
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 160 Ryders Lane; New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8555 USA Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]; Website: http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu
ARMENIA
Women's Rights Center Women's Rights Center is planning to hold the following events in the framework of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: o November 25, 2004 - presentation of the Web site: Stop Violence Against Women and National Monitor project took place at the United Nations House in Yerevan. The presentation marked the beginning of a series of events by the Womens Rights Center (WRC) in the framework of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. The National Coalition on VAW was created. The UN organisations in Armenia, jointly with the Government of Armenia and the Womens Rights Center, commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women at the United Nations House in Yerevan on November 25, 2004. Ms. Lise Grande, UN Resident Coordinator and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Armenia, Ms. Alice Adamyan, Advisor to the Prime Minsiter of Armenia, Ms. Susanna Vardanyan, Head of the WRC, and Mr. Eduard Grigoryan, representative of the WRC, participated in a press conference. o November 26, 2004 - Meeting of the Womens Support Group took place on November 26. Nine women-victims of Domestic Violence participated in the meeting. The group watched The music of the soul video film and discussed ways of solving the problem of violence. The duration of the meeting was 3.5 hours. o November 29, 2004 - Representatives of Womens Rights Center organized training for pupils of Yerevan high school # 128. The main aim of the training was to acquaint them with the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender based Violence annual action. It is noticeable that the pupils were aware of the campaign, as they were studying Human Rights at school. The pupils also got acquainted with the activities of the WRC. Booklets and brochures of the WRC were disseminated among the children. o December 3, 2004 - meeting with policemen; discussion of problem of legislation field on violence against women, particularly on domestic violence o December 8-9, 2004 - A meeting of representatives of regional NGOs dealing with womens issues took place in Tbilisi on December 8-9. The main goal of the meeting was to empower women NGOs through exchange of experience. o December 10, 2004 - The WRC participated in the meeting organized by the Ombudsmen of the Republic of Armenia on December 10, on the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights. Contact: [e-mail]
AUSTRALIA
Amnesty International Australia AI Australia has organized an extensive calendar of events for this years 16 Days Campaign. Please see http://www.amnesty.org.au/__data/page/2563/calendar.pdf for complete details. Contact: Kate Lappin, Project Coordinator, Amnesty International Australia, PO Box 1333, 14 Risley St, Richmond North 3121; Tel: [phone]; Mob: [phone]; Email [e-mail]
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Amnesty International Austria AI Austria will have many group activities around the 16 Days period. Their secretary-director will be on a "tour" through the country. The regional AI groups organized events, media conferences, and street activities with him. For example, in Salzburg there will be a reading of texts of victims of Violence Against Women - read by well-known actors and actresses. Others will show an exhibition of photos (produced by AI-Germany) or have worked together with local theatre groups. On December 10 they will have a conference on Violence Against Women in Vienna. For complete details regarding the conference, please click here. All information about the SVAW and actions of AI-Austria or about the conference (all in German) are available on their website: www.amnesty.at (or directly on www.amnesty.at/VAW). Austrian Womens Shelter Network The following activities are being planned by the Austrian Womens Shelter Network: Official start: The official start of the 16 days campaign in Austria is Wednesday, 24th November: The manager of the Austrian Women's Shelter Network, Maria Rsslhumer, will hand out a resolution on the prevention of violence against women and children to the Austrian President Heinz Fischer. Banners: Since 2 years ago, the official symbol for the 16 days in Austria is a banner with the slogan "Living in freedom without violence. These banners will be present on public buildings such as town houses, universities or police-stations all over the country. Events: Women's shelters, counselling centres, women's rights organisations and many other organisations in Austria are organizing events on the occasion of the 16 days; among others, conferences, public discussions and lectures are taking place. Please visit www.aoef.at/tage/index.htm (please be advised that the website is in German) to obtain further information about Austrian Womens Shelter Networks planned events for the 16 Days Campaign. Contact: Daniela Almer, Informationsstelle gegen Gewalt, (Verein Autonome sterreichische Frauenhuser), Bacherplatz 10/4, A-1050 Wien, Tel. [phone], Fax [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Website: www.aoef.at
BOLIVIA
Andean International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (Andean ICW) Violeta Ross of the Andean ICW has produced a draft paper entitled AIDS, Gender and Violence in the Andean Region. Click here for the English version and click here for the Spanish version. Contact: Violeta Ross, Andean ICW, [e-mail]
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Individual Activists A group of individual activists is currently working on translating their calender for English speaking volunteers and supporters. In solidarity with all the women worldwide, and in efforts to end violence, they shall stand in front of the cathedral (center of town pedestrian square) distributing leaflets about their action, forms of violence and recommendations on what a woman can do in situations of violence, and offering warm tea and a drumming and poi session by young women feminsts/freelance artists. For other dates in action they are working in partnership with Queer organization (AIDS Day and workshop, distributing leaflets and condoms) and Conscientious Objection (on the 10th they will see off a new generation of young men doing the civil service as opposed to [obligatory] military training). Contact: Taida and Danijela, Aktivizam BiH; [e-mail]
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BRAZIL
Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Womens Rights (CLADEM) CLADEM spread information on the 16 Days Campaign through their channels of communication to their national offices, where there is much involvement with local campaigns. CLADEM also participated, under the leadership of AGENDE, in the development of the first national 16 Days Campaign in Brazil. They are already planning for 2005. Writes a member of CLADEM: The 16 Days Campaign has been developed at the national level in Brazil and it is getting bigger each time . . . For 2005, we have the participation of practically all the most important networks of womens NGOs and Agende got the partnership of very important governmental organisations as well as important institutions helping with funds and materials. For more information and numerous useful resources on Brazils 16 Days Campaign (in Portuguese), including radio spots, news articles, background info, sponsoring organizations, etc., please see AGENDEs website at: http://www.agende.org.br/16dias/default.asp. Contact: Valria Pandjiarjian, CLADEM - coordenadora rea regional de violncia, Email: [e-mail]; Web: www.cladem.org
BURUNDI
Multiple organizations There are many events planned in Burundi for this years 16 Days Campaign. Click here for an announcement of the Great Mobilization March. The following is the complete schedule in French:
CALENDRIER DES ACTIVITES DE LA CAMPAGNE DE LUTTE CONTRE LES VIOLENCES SEXUELLES FAITES AUX FEMMES du 25 novembre au 10 dcembre 2004. LOCALITE DATE ACTIVITES RESPONSABLE LIEU MASPF RTNB Discours sur la journe BUJUMBURA 25/11 internationale pour llimination MAIRIE des violences faites aux femmes et lancement. CICR RTNB 25/11 Passage dune cassette vido comprenant des tmoignages des femmes ayant subis diverses formes de violences ( Franais et Kirundi) Cercle Saint Sensibilisation sur les mfaits des Relais communautaires Michel violences sexuelles 26/11 VOT Au Cercle Saint Michel Rassemblement de 300 personnes.
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LOCALITE
DATE 27/11
ACTIVITES Sensibilisation sur les mfaits des violences sexuelles Mutanga Nord et Sud, Buyenzi, Jabe, Kamenge, Kinama et Ngagara
RESPONSABLE APFP Relais communautaires VOT
LIEU Mutanga Nord et Sud, Buyenzi, Jabe, Kamenge, Kinama et Ngagara INSP
29/11
Emission sur la Tlvision Nationale Du 30 /11 Atelier de formulation dun plan daction commun pour tous les au 1/12 partenaires 30/11 Emissions en direct les radios et la tlvision pendant et avant la campagne. Isanganiro, 30/11 et Sances de sensibilisations et 1,2,3,8/12 sketches 1/12 Concours questions/rponses pour 50 jeunes Activits culturelles Journes de rflexion lendroit des prisonniers (en collaboration avec la CICR) Sminaire atelier sur les mcanismes de juguler les violences faites aux femmes Confrence dbat lintention de 34 magistrats, 4 avocats et 4 cadres de ladministration Journe portes ouvertes au centre SERUKA. Caf de presse organise avec L. Iteka, - Sketches sur les violences sexuelles/Tmoignages crits des survivants du viol/Concours/Soire culturelle.
MSF Belgique MASPF
MSF Belgique
CICR Ministre de la Sant SWAA BURUNDI
Kamenge, Kinama, Buterere et Cibitoke
2-3/12 3/12 3/12
Ministre de la Mairie de Scurit Publique Bujumbura Ministre de la Justice MSF Belgique Ligue Iteka
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LOCALITE
DATE 4/12
ACTIVITES Sensibilisation sur les mfaits des violences sexuelles
RESPONSABLE LIEU Nyakabiga, Relais communautaires Rohero, Kinindo, VOT Kabondo et Kanyosha. Quartier de Sensibilisation dans les quartiers de APFP Projet VOT, avec Bujumbura la ville de Bujumbura en vue de Mairie tout partenaire constituer des noyaux de lutte intress. NTURENGAHO Bujumbura Mairie Bujumbura Mairie Bujumbura Mairie 23/11, 3 et 9/12 Giteza, 24/11, 2 et 7/12 Mageyo, 25/11 et 10/12 Kabezi, 26/11, et 6/12 Rushubi, 27/11 et 1/12 Mubimbi, 30/11 et 8/12 Ruyaga Mubimbi Buhonga Mpanda
9-10/12 9/12 11/12
Sances de sensibilisation lintention des enseignants Emission sur la sur Radio.Culture Marche manifestation
25/11 au 10/12 BUJUMBURA 23/11 au 10/12 RURAL
MSF Belgique Dpart : Place de lIndpendance Arrive : Stade PLR Section Droit de Plaidoyer auprs des autorits du ministre de la Scurit Publique et lHomme de lONUB auprs des autorits judiciaires GVC Sensibilisation dans les centres de sant
30/11 Sensibilisation Mubimbi
VOT + Nturambirwe
2/12 BUBANZA 25 au 30/11
Sensibilisation Paroisse Buhonga 7/12 : Sensibilisation Mpanda Campagne de sensibilisation pour enseignants et corps en uniformes
VOT+Tubumwe VOT + Fasha turemeshanye SYNERGIE
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LOCALITE BURURI
DATE 23/11
ACTIVITES Atelier de sensibilisation en faveur des victimes Sensibilisations des enseignants de Rumonge sur les violences sexuelles
RESPONSABLE LIEU Rumonge VOT
29-30/11
Burambi, Buyengero, rumonge Nturengaho
6-7 /12 Sensibilisation des militaires et ex combattants CIBITOKE Du 27 au Sensibilisation des enseignants et 28/11 corps en uniformes Synergie centre Bururi
GITEGA
KARUZI KAYANZA
Du 25/11 Sances de sensibilisation de la CDF au 10/12 communaut 25/11 Activits de sensibilisation avec le Projet VOT, et comit provincial de lutte contre les tous partenaires intresss violences sexuelles 30/11 Sensibilisation des leaders des communauts 3/12 Sminaire atelier Buhiga MSF B Sensibilisation sur les mfaits des violences sexuelles Relais communautaires VOT VOT en Renforcement des capacits des comits des diffrents groupements collaboration avec 7 groupements dj initis pour renforcer leur leadership visant la lutte contre les dj initis. violences sexuelles Ministre de la Sminaire atelier sur les Scurit Publique mcanismes de juguler les violences faites aux femmes Echange dexpriences entre les Tous les relais et les victimes ayant dj partenaires du compris limportance de briser le projet VOT silence Relais Sensibilisation par communes communautaires Sensibilisation Nyanza Lac VOT Sensibilisation Vugizo Idem Sensibilisation dans les coles Idem
Mubuga, Giheta et Kibungere Buhiga
8/12
Chef lieu de province Chef lieu de province Makamba
KIRUNDO MAKAMBA 29/11 2/12
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LOCALITE
DATE 6/12
ACTIVITES Sensibilisation Makamba Centre Activits avec lalliance des groupements de victimes
8/12
Sensibilisation Mugeni, Commune Kayogoro Marche manifestation
11/12
MURAMVYA Du 25 au Campagne de sensibilisation pour 30/11 enseignants et corps en uniformes 26/11 8/12 Sensibilisation des leaders des communauts Sensibilisation des leaders des communauts
RESPONSABLE Animation avec les membres du Comit des associations victimes +Comit provincial Tous les partenaires au projet VOT Projet VOT et Partenaire SYNERGIE VOT VOT
LIEU
Rutegama Centre de Muramvya
Du 25/11 Sances de sensibilisation de la au 10/12 communaut MUYINGA 25/11 17/12 NGOZI 10/12 11/12 Ouverture officielle du centre pilote multisectoriel de lutte contre les violences sexuelles Tournoi de sketch chez les jeunes scolariss et non scolariss Sensibilisation sur les mfaits des violences sexuelles Marche manifestation Ruhororo
CDF UNICEF
Relais communautaires VOT VOT en collaboration avec 7 groupements dj initis. CDF Tous les
Kiremba, Marangara, Ruziba et Tangara
RUTANA
Marche manifestation Ngozi Renforcement des capacits des comits des diffrents groupements dj initis pour renforcer leur leadership visant la lutte contre les violences sexuelles Du 25/11 Sances de sensibilisation de la au 10/12 communaut Echange dexpriences entre les
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LOCALITE
DATE
ACTIVITES relais et les victimes ayant dj compris limportance de briser le silence Descente de prparation de la journe de sensibilisation Sances de sensibilisation de la communaut Tournoi de sketch chez les jeunes scolariss et non scolariss Confrence par le comit provincial
RESPONSABLE partenaires du projet VOT Relais communautaires VOT CDF UNICEF
LIEU
RUYIGI
26/11 Du 25/11 au 10/12 25/11 17/12 25 /11
Kinyinya
Du 25 au Confrence dbat dans les coles 28/11 secondaires 29/11 30/11 1/12 3/12 6/12 7/12 10/12 Descente de prparation de la journe de sensibilisation Journe de sensibilisation Descente de prparation de la journe de sensibilisation Journe de sensibilisation Prparation de la journe de sensibilisation Journe de sensibilisation Journe de sensibilisation+ match de football fminin ButaganzwaMoso
Comit provincial Chef lieu de de lutte contre les la province violences Comit provincial de lutte contre les violences Projet VOT Muhwazi Projet VOT Projet VOT Projet VOT Projet VOT Projet VOT Projet VOT Kinyinya Bwagiriza Muhwazi Butaganzwa Bwagiriza Stade de Ruyigi
CAMBODIA
Gender and Development for Cambodia Gender and Development for Cambodia and its two networks (Cambodian Mens Network and GAD Network) have collaborated with many local organizations to coordinate 16 Days events in 10 provinces and one city. Their schedule of activities is as follows: Date 25 /11/2004 30/11/2004 1/12/2004 Activities Public March Public Meeting 1) Radio Talk show 2) Drama in coordination with CAMBO Location Phnom Penh Bantay Mean Chey Province, Poy Pot commune Two Radio channel Phnom Penh
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Banty Mean Chey Province 1) Public March towards provincial hall Kampong Speu province (focus at village level), 2) Door to door Greeting 4/12/2004 Door to door Prey Veng province (focus at village level) Greeting Battambong Province ,Kampong Cham 5/12/2004 1) Public Meeting and province Marching toward the market Takeo province (focus at village level) 2) Door to door Greeting 7/12/2004 Door to door Kampong Chhnang province (focus at village Greeting level) Kratie province, Palin City 9/12/2004 1) Public Meeting and Marching Pursat province (focus at village level) 2) Door to door Greeting 10/12/2004 TV Programme Note: Activities include the distribution of White ribbons, leaflets, posters and pledge cards. For the narrative description of the GAD/C programe for this year, click here. Also click on these links to view GAD/Cs Poster on violence and AIDS, White Ribbon Poster, White Ribbon pledgecard, Campaign t-shirt. Contact: Ros Sopheap, Executive Director, GAD/C, [e-mail]. 2/12/2004 Cambodian Committee of Women (CAMBOW) CAMBOW held a number of events to commemorate the 16 Days Campaign in 2004, including an opening ceremony featuring Queen Monineath Sihanouk and attended by the Minister of Womens Affairs, H.E. Eeung Kuntha Phavy, senior government officials, ambassadors, United Nations and national and international NGO representatives. There was also a series of road shows around the country. For more information, see CAMBOWs final report. Contact: Marie-Louise Tougas, [e-mail]; www.licadho.org
CANADA
Transition House Association of Nova Scotia The year 2004 is the 15th anniversary of the Transition House Association of Nova Scotia's service to communities across their province. In recognition of this milestone, and to officially launch the 2004 Purple Ribbon Campaign, Premier John Hamm will be reading a Proclamation at Province House at 11:00 am on November 25, 2004. Carolyn Bolivar Getson, Minister for the Status of Women, will present the first ribbon of the 2004 campaign to Premier Hamm. Other events include the following: o 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., Sunday, December 5th, 2004: Canadian Crossroads International & The Transition House Association of Nova Scotia welcome you to an International Dialogue on Women and Violence at the YWCA of Halifax, 1239 Barrington Street, Halifax. o 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, December 6th, 2004: There will be a moonlight vigil at King's College in the King's Quad (accessed from Coburg Road), hosted by the King's Women's Action Committee. Everyone in the community is welcome to come and contribute respectful reflections, poems or music.
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11:00 a.m., Monday, December 6th, 2004: The Transition House Association of Nova Scotia, in partnership with the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women (NSACSW), will acknowledge the 15th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, and THANS 15 years of service, in the North Foyer of the Provincial Legislature Building. The event will include remarks from Carolyn Bolivar Getson, Minister for the Status of Women, a Retrospective of Action to stop violence against women in Nova Scotia over the last 15 years, a short presentation from Xolile Mazibuko of the Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA,) and thank you's from Doreen Paris, Chair of the NSACSW. Light refreshments will be provided. 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 7th, 2004: There will be a Candlelight Memorial Service with Rev. Sandra Carruthers at the Stairs Memorial Church, 44 Hester Street in Dartmouth. The event will bring people together in commemoration of the 14 women killed in Montreal on December 6, 1989, and to remember all women who have been victimized by acts of violence. Voluntary contributions to the Purple Ribbon Campaign will go to Bryony House. Contact: Pamela Harrison, Coordinator, Transition House Association of Nova Scotia, 319-1657 Barrington St, Halifax, NS B3J 2A1; 1-902-429-7287 (phone); 1-902-429-0561 (fax); [e-mail]; http://www.thans.ca
A group from the University of Toronto that has grown out of the Transformative Learning Centre there is planning events for the week of Dec 6th through Dec 10th, bridging the gap between the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre (6th December) and International Human Rights Day (10th December). The group plans to engage in several productions of invisible theatre. Based on the work of Brasilian Augusto Boal, invisible theatre attempts to bring an issue into the public eye and provoke discussion. A plausible event is 'staged' in a public place, but the spectators (who, ideally engage in the scene as 'spect-actors') don't realize they are seeing actors in a rehearsed scene. The aim is to provoke public discussion of the issues at hand. There will also be a de-briefing session on December 10 for any participants should they want to attend, discuss and learn more. Some of the issues that will be pinpointed include violence against women, violence against women and health, health and environment and consumerism. Several groups are in the planning stages now. Contact: Angela Lytle, [e-mail] The Canadian Womens Health Network offered a poster on domestic violence in Canada for use by anyone working on 16 Days activities. The poster can be accessed here in English and here in French. Contact: Kathleen O'Grady, Director of Communications, Canadian Women's Health Network, Suite 203, 419 Graham Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0M3; Cell: 514-8862526; Fax: [phone]; [e-mail]; www.cwhn.ca ORGAND (an observatory on regional development and gender analysis) With the participation of Cybersolidaires (www.cybersolidaires.org), www.oregand.ca has been publishing news about violence and women and girls every day since the beginning of the 16 days. Theyre both based in Canada, in the francophone Quebec. Contact: Nicole Nepton, [e-mail], http://www.cybersolidaires.org An individual held a candlelight vigil on December 6th as part of the Volunteer Meeting with the Halifax Regional Police Victim Services Unit. She also put up posters in the East Division of the Halifax Regional Police to mark the 16 Days. Contact: Danielle LeBlanc, [e-mail]
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A student at Concordia University in Montreal wrote a piece on 16 Days for her local newspaper. It can be accessed here: http://thelink.concordia.ca/article.pl?sid=04/12/06/2152222. Contact: Marcela Isuster: [e-mail]. Persons Against Ritual Abuse-Torture The activities of Persons Against Ritual Abuse-Torture were as follows: 1. Participation and presentation ritual abuse-torture in a side panel presentation entitled, "The Many Faces of Torture" at the 48th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, United Nations Headquarters, NY City, in March 2004; 2. Collection of over 400 artifactual testimonials--drawings, poems, short stories, art, and letters from 61 persons who reported surviving ritual abuse-torture who came from 6 countries, and presentation this massive work to various groups; 3. Distribution of several hundred posters designed by Madeleine Gomez, based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child throughout various provinces in Canada as a way of promoting the rights of children, especially as a way to bring into focus that the equal rights of the girl child; 4. Design of a pamphlet entitled "Human Trafficking and Ritual Abuse-Torture; 5. Educational presentations about ritual abuse-torture to various Canadian and US community, professional, police, and conference groups as well have written several articles which appear on several websites. One such article on human trafficking can be seen on a website addressing human trafficking: www.endhumantraffickingnow.org, as it relates to ritual abuse-torture victimization; 6. Launching of letters accompanied by signed statements of survivors of ritual abuse-torture to our Canadian government with specific requests that action be taken to uphold the human rights of persons who have survived ritual abuse-torture and for our government to take action to prevent this on-going crime that continues to be inflicted against children. This campaign also includes letters to the Human rights committees in Geneva. Contact: Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald, Persons Against Ritual Abuse-Torture, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2N 1E4; Mail: 361 Prince Street; Email: [e-mail] or [e-mail]; Fax: [phone]; www.ritualabusetorture.org.
COLOMBIA
Profamilia Colombia Click here for a report (in Spanish) of 16 Days in Colombia by Profamilia Colombia. Contact: MARCELA RUEDA GMEZ, COORDINADORA PROGRAMA SALUD SEXUAL Y GNERO, PROFAMILIA COLOMBIA: Tel [phone] extensin 236; [e-mail]
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Programme d'Appui pour le Dveloppement de la Femme et de l'enfant du Congo (PADEFECO) Le Programme d'Appui pour le dveloppement de la femme et de l'enfant du Congo en sigle PADEFECO a celebr avec faste les 16 jours d'activisme contre la violence faite aux femmes du 25 novembre au 10 dcembre 2001. La salle paroissiale saint Paul de Barumbu a servi 120 personnes donc 90 femmes et 30 hommes le 25 novembre 2004 9h 30' au lancement officielde la campagne pour exiger l'elimination de toutes les formes de violence contre les
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femmes en rpublique Dmocratique du Congo. Dans son discours, le coordonnateur adjoint de PADEFECOa attir l'attetion des partenaires sur la question de la violence sexospcifique en s'attaquant la crise actuelle du VIH/Sida. ll convient marquer qu'ily a eu l'organisation de plusieurs activits entre autreune pice thatrale sur la violence faite la femme qui a clotur la journe. Du 26 au 31 novembre s'est tenue un sminaire atlier Mbudi dont e thme tait sur les violences faites aux emes en Rpublique Dmocratique du Congo. Et e 1r dembre 2004 la journe internationale du Sida dont le thme repris " Femmes, filles et VIH/Sida". les filles et les femmes sont particulirement vulnrables 'infection de VIH et l'impact du Sida. Environ la moitides personnes vivants avec le VIH dans le monde sont de sexe fminin. En Rpublique Dmocratique du Congo particulirement, la violence sexuelle faite aux femmes et filles durant cette priode difficile que vient de traverser notre pays, violence caractrise par les viols, les tortures physiques, psychologiques et morales constituent des voies sures des transmission es IST et du VIH/Sida. A cette catgorie de notre population et un motif d'augmentation de la sroprevalence asoulign le coordonnateur adjoint de PADEFECO, d'o les trois bateaux d'espoir reste de mise pour se proteger contre le VIH/Sida: abstinence, fidelitet prservatif. Et ailleurs la journe a t marque par e lancement du programme national ultisectoriel de luttecontre le Sida (PNLS) qui est le seul cadre officiel de coordination de la lutte contre le Sidaen RDC lanc par le ministre de la sant. Du 2 au 9 dcembre 2004 dans le Bandundu (Province de a Rpublique Dmocratique du Congo), des chants, veilles, dclaration, dfils... de nombreuses manifestations organises par le PADEFECO pour exiger l'limination de toute forme de violence contre les femmes. Et la campagne s'est vue cloture e 10 dcembre 2004 qui marque aussi la journe internationale des droits de l'homme : la violence contre les femmes est une violence des droits humains. En collaboration avec le HCDH bureau de laRpublique Dmocratique du Congo, lePADEFECO fet cette journe au Cinepolis (ex Cinemax), sur leboulevard du 30 juin en prsence des officiels et des activistes des droits de l'homme. la situation en rpublique Dmocratique du Congo malgr l'installation du gouvernement de transition indique laministre des droits humains Madame Kalala, des graves violations des droits humains continuent de se perpetrer au pays, plus particulirement l'est du pays, des massacresdes populations ont tenregistres dans l'Ituri, des violences sexuelles sont pratiques par les diffrentes groupes armes. Les femmes et les filles continuent de payer un lourd tribu. Le directeur du bureau du haut commissariatdes droits de l'homme HCDH/Kinshasa) Mr Daniel Premota lu le messagedu Haut commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme. MmeLouise Arbour qui a soulign que cettejourne est un appel l'action face aux normes efforts qui devont tre consentis pour faire des droits de l'homme une ralit pour tout et chacun. Contact: Ruffin Ibabinga, Coordonnateur de PADEFECO, 3451 av du Pont Kinshasa/Barumbu, BP:13393 Kinshasa 1 Rpublique Dmocratique du Congo; Tel [phone] ou 8952275; [e-mail].
CROATIA
Women Network Croatia The 16 Days Campaign in Croatia has been conducted by Women Network Croatia, an alliance of 45 women organisation, groups and initiatives which had recognised that women are discriminated, as well as, economically and by status pushed to the margins. Led by feministic principles, The Croatian Women Network is not binding with patriarchal system and opposes to any form of gender discrimination. The Croatian Women Network conducted 16 days of activism mostly on plazas and streets. Activists of 45 women associations were distributing the leaflet how a life would look like without violence in which women had briefly shown that violence is a principle of womens life, though it hasnt taken her the ability to laugh, joy and distance from their adversities. The flyer
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was conceived, arranged, printed and distributed by members of The Womens Room of Zagreb. There were 14000 leaflets dispensed in Pore, Pula, Buje, Umag, Rijeka, Mali Loinj, Split, Dubrovnik, Zagreb, Karlovc, Donji Lapac, Pakrac, Daruvar, Osijek, Vukovar, Vinkovci, and Bilje. Pula hosted Cynthia Cockburns book promotion and a photo exhibition. Cesi had initiatives in schools against violence within underage affairs, held Pula, Pore and Rijeka. A lesbian association LORI of Rijeka had shown a cartoon VIOLENCE IS A CRIME LETS REACT. Celebrating the Day of Human Rights, HOMO-Pula had opened exhibition of political caricature, and Centre for citizens initiative in Pore had prepared a celebration of Human Rights Day in Atelier I in Pore. Women group Brod had noted street performance and a radio-show where statement about the violence was given by Women Room and a Vice-premier. Women group Karlovac Korak laid out The International Day against Violence on Women, screening the film Ljlja 4-ever and throwing a discussion whose topic was prostitution and trading with women and children. The event participated representatives of centre for social welfare, police, jurisdiction, doctors, and pedagogues. Women group Korak of Karlovac was visited by President of the Republic. Members of association said that the President is well-informed about the whole situation, had confronted legalization of prostitution and highlighted importance of having women association active. A roundtable had been held in Zagreb, where a TV-clip Every fourth women falls down the stairs had been shown, created by Autonomous women centre of Belgrade, and Autonomous women house of Zagreb had adapted the text and a voice-message. Speakers were state attorney for equality of genders, Office for gender equality chairman, the Vice-premier, and other activists. TV-clip Every fourth women falls down the stairs had been broadcasted on public and commercial broadcasting networks several times a day, free of charge, in unoccupied time-blocks, as well as a part of different informative programs and shows. One commercial broadcasting company had broadcasted two TVclips conceived within STOP violence on women campaign 1997 and 1998. Centre for women and Autonomous women house Zagreb had organized a tribune about violence upon women together with the Office for sex equality. Autonomous women house Zagreb translated and published The way out of violence: Manual for founding and maintenance of shelter for women WAVEs (Women against Violence Europe) edition. The manual has its extreme importance on promoting and raising the awareness of working principles and standards for feminist shelters for women violence victims, within existing circumstances when different kind of homes, asylums, shelters, etc., founded by the State, political parties, the church, are working and operating on completely different principles which are often against interests of women. Second extended edition of Prostitution and women trading brochure has been presented by Centre for women victims of war ROSA. A round-table had been organized for the occasion of spotting the 25th of November at Zagrebs city assembly, where the City Coordination for gender equality in cooperation with Zagreb Police Directorate had presented Stop the violence behind the closed door campaign results. Organisations working on suppressing the violence against women were presented while the Autonomous women house Zagreb had presented the research results about how much domestic violence is spread. PETRA network presented fighting the women-trading. Most visited internet portal had gone in public with Autonomous women house Zagreb answers on 20 questions about domestic violence, reasoning the International Day against Domestic Violence (giving statistics about domestic violence, wideness, prejudices, why women stay in violent relationships, etc.). The wholeday activity, outlaying day of human rights in Zagreb has been made, collecting petition signatures for legislative procedure towards prosecuting users of sexual services, as well as, public presentation of PETRA network. Prepared by Office for Human Rights of The Republic of Croatia. At Pakracs city hall tribune named RIGHTFULLESS POSITION OF WOMEN ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL MARGINALISATION which was participated by members and representatives of various institutions and education facilities. Pakrac student home hosted a workshop with topic: HUMANS-TRADING OUR REALITY. Within the workshop an educative film Ljilja forever had been screened. Women association Izvor, together with State Trust for sex equality of Osijek-Baranja county, had
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organised a debate on theme National policy for promoting equalities of genders in praxis for both genders, representatives in jurisdiction, attorneys, police, social welfare centres, health care, medias, women shelters, trusts, NGOs and individuals who are intercepting problems of domestic violence trough their profession. Media were flooded with banners about women association activities and their statements against violence upon women, and radio-stations were broadcasting shows and interviews with activists. Ministry of Family, Veterans and intergeneration solidarity on tribune at European Home had presented Strategy for fighting domestic violence in whose creation were participating members of the Network, Neva Toelle and Sadika Zvirki , rated with a good document by members of the Network. There was an objection posted by the Network to the title of the document, which contained a request that strategy title should name violence on women (instead domestic violence). This remark has been rejected; 16 days of activism against violence on women in 2004 had been marked by women activism from all the NGOs. Already there is an extraordinary education and interest of Medias and constantly increasing number of institutions representatives present in public. However hard would it be to produce moves on some other fields of breaching womens human rights that looks, on the first sight just, easy with violence towards women. Croatian society had never completely accepted possibility to confess and reveal existing causes of violence on women in the very essence of patriarchate. However, steps and measures against the violence on woman had been brought easier then other. Since this topic contains humanitarian dimension which could be exploited very well by Medias and the politics. The story of protection and salvage of women-victims had encountered consensus supported even by the Church, though she still refuses to take an active role in doing anything against domestic violence. Therefore all the actions, institutional and those from nongovernmental women organisations, can be regularly found in central news together with numerous officials, men and women, who are approving financial and other means of support and expressing women with expressions of compassion and understanding. In that manner, 16 days of activism against women violence had become a mainstream event, excellently covered in Medias and supported by politicians. Click here to view the report. Click here to view their fliers: flier 1, flier 2. Contact: Bojana Genov, [e-mail]
CZECH REPUBLIC
ROSA - Informan a poradensk centrum pro eny-obti domcho nsil ROSA will be holding a Silent Witness Project, supported by Bawag Bank. They will place the Silent Witness exhibit, which features red silhouettes of women who were killed as a result of domestic violence, into the show windows of the Vclavsk nmst (Wenceslaw sqare) the main square in Prague. The opening of the exhibition will be on 23rd November and it will last during the entire 16 Days. The opening ceremony will be attended by representatives of the USA Embassy in Czech Republic. Click here for background information on ROSA. The web page of the campaign with english resume is located here: www.stopnasili.cz Contact: Branislava Vargov, ROSA, Podolsk 25, 147 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; 00420 241 432 466, 00420 736 739 467, [e-mail]; http://www.rosa-os.cz
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Sans Frontieres Droits Humains 26 November 2004: A walk will be held with all members and women who have been victimized by the armed conflict of the Great Lakes Region. The walk will be held in Kinshasa. 1 December 2004: A seminar with the topic: The Great Lakes Armed Conflict and its Consequences on HIV/AIDS will be held. Analysis and perspectives for long-lasting
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solutions will be discussed. In addition, there will be a book distribution (courtesy of SAFAIDS/ZIMBABWE). The topic of the books will range from HIV/AIDS prevention to sensitization for local communities. Contact: [e-mail]
FIJI
Fiji Womens Crisis Centre The Fiji Womens Crisis Centre launched its 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women campaign for 2004 focusing on issues of domestic violence and sexual assault. In major developments on womens rights in Fiji, the Fiji Government has decided to begin work on separate domestic violence legislation following intensive lobbying by FWCC and other groups for the past 20 years. The Fiji Law Reform Commission has carried out consultations around the country with submissions open until November 30. For the Fiji Womens Crisis Centre, the recognition of domestic violence as a gender-based crime and an act of power and control is a crucial element for the legislation. It is also important that the recognition of domestic violence as a human rights violation is also considered. FWCC has looked at various legislations including those recently enacted in the Philippines which are the result of the efforts of the womens movement. To ensure the human rights elements are present within the discussions and submissions for the DV legislation, FWCC invited the Chairperson of the Fiji Human Rights Commission to deliver a presentation on Domestic Violence from a human rights perspective. Full copies of the speech can be obtained from FWCCs website, www.fijiwomen.com. The Fiji Law Reform Commission then gave an update on the progress of its work on the DV legislation. In a milestone Court of Appeal Judgement two weeks ago, a ruling was made that the Rule of Corroboration need not be considered in rape cases. This judgement was reached after considerable research and submissions by the Department of Public Prosecution on the discrimination against women reflected in the Law of Corroboration. The DPP pursued that issue that women are recognized as equal under the Fiji constitution, yet the Corroboration Rule is in contradiction of these rights. The Prosecutor responsible for the case made a presentation on the background and legal arguments used in this particular case. Another milestone within the Fiji Legal system is the sentencing of a man for raping his wife for 10 years. This is evidence that changes are slowly taking place within the Courts. Also making presentations at this seminar were the Fiji Womens Crisis Centre (on the situation of domestic violence in Fiji) and the Fiji Womens Rights Movement (on issues of concern within its submission on Sexual Offences Legislation). The half-day seminar provided a good overview of many of the difficulties women continue to face when gender-based violence is perpetrated against them and also some of the slight gains made in terms of recognition of our rights. The Fiji Womens Crisis Centre is continuing the rest of the 2004 campaign with most of its activities focused in the rural areas and outer islands in Fiji. Other members of the Pacific Womens Network Against Violence Against Women are conducting various activities in their own countries. Contact: [e-mail] femLINKpacific: Media Initiatives for Women FemLINKpacifics second community radio stakeholders workshop (November 23-25) brought together participants non-government organizations and rural womens groups from around the country including Lautoka, Sigatoka and Labasa. This consultation was made possible with an IPDC grant from UNESCO who has been assisting femLINKpacific develop our womens community radio project, Women Speaking to Women for Peace. The 18 participants developed, wrote and recorded their messages for peace, addressing the theme for the annual 16 days of activism campaign For the Health of women, for the Health of the World: No More Violence. They then went on to incorporate their messages in the final Sunday broadcast for 2004 on femTALK
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89.2FM. Click here for sound bytes from the consultation and pictures of the womens suitcase radio broadcast on Saturday 28 November. Contact: Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, femLINKpacific: Media Initiatives for Women, [e-mail]
FINLAND
NCRB: A Network for Crisis Centres in Barents; Violence in Schools and Teacher Education in the Barents Region Network; Oulu Womens Centre Association; Womens Studies University of Oulu; Womens Hotline, Oulu; Amnesty Int., Oulu; Oulu Mother and Child Home and Shelter; For Socially Sustainable Work-place Project The schedule for 16 Days in Finland is as follows: o Thursday 25: 4 pm Kaijonharju Market Centre: Lighting the Candles, 16 Days Committee. Click here for a picture of the lit candles. o Thursday 25: 10 am-5pm U-Campus/Humanities Aula: Some Limits Campaign Information Desk, Amnesty International, Oulu o Friday 26: 5-7 pm Youth Centre, Hallitusk 7: Changing Europe and Economic Violence from Womens Point of View Study Meeting, Atttac at Oulu, by Kaarina Kailo o Wednesday 1: 11am-0.30 pm: U-Campus/Snellmania Cabininet: Sexism and Sexual Harassment in Schools Meeting of Womens Studies: Newest Research Results, by Vappu Sunnari; NCRB publication Crisis Centres and Violence against Women, by Aino Saarinen o Wednesday 1: 4.30-6 pm U-Campus/KTK 307: Sexual Harassment in Schools Seminar in Womens Studies, by Mervi Heikkinen o Wednesday 1: 7-8.30 pm Kuusiluoto School, Maunonk1: Thousand and One Blows Stories of Violence against Women, Story Theatre at Oulu, Oulu Home and Shelter for Women o Thursday 2: 10.30-11.30 am Oulu Provincial Administration: Visit by the 16 Days Committee to Oulu Provincial Administration Meeting of the Family Violence Project o Thursday 2: 6-8 pm Intl Centre Toppelius, Torik 16: Russian Immigrant Women: Where to Get Information, Support and Help? (in Russian) Oulu Mother and Child Home and Shelter, Womens Hot Line, NCRB, Oulu Womens Centre Association, Finland-Russia Society in Northern Finland o Friday 3: 10 am-5 pm U-Campus/ KTK 303: Movies in Constructing/Deconstructing Violence? Theme Day in Womens Studies Analysis of Monster -Aileen Wuornos, Lilja Forever and Smile Boy o Thursday 8: 1-2 pm SAK Centre, Mkelinik 31: Sexual Harassment in Work Places Information on International Project For Socially Sustainable Work-place o Friday 9: 12 am - 1 pm Voc-University/ Professorint. 5: Activities for Supporting Women that Suffer from Violence Womens Hot Line at Oulu, Voc. University, Unit for Social & Health Affairs o Friday 9: 5-6 pm
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Intl Centre Toppelius, Torik 16: Stories of Violence: Texts from Call to Write Readers at Oulu. Coffee and Tea from 4.30 pm on o Friday 9: 4-5 pm Otto Karhi Park: Candle Demonstration For Human Rights, Against Gendered Violence For more information: Some Limits Campaign - www.amnesty.fi/jokuraja/index.htm (Some Limits Campaign Information during the 16 Days in Several Restaurants (Tervasoihtu, Bar & Cafe Milou, Never Grow Old) and in Body Shop. The 16 Days Committee, Oulu: Anna-Maija Heikkil, Mervi Heikkinen, Laura Kemppainen, Mari Lahtinen, Hanna-Leena Nissil, Riitta Pohjoisvirta, Aino Saarinen, Leila Seitamo, Vappu Sunnari, Kaisa Toiviainen. Co-organisers of the Events: NCRB A Network for Crisis Centres in Barents; Violence in Schools and Teacher Education in the Barents Region Network; Oulu Womens Centre Association; Womens Studies University of Oulu; Womens Hotline, Oulu; Amnesty Int., Oulu; Oulu Mother and Child Home and Shelter; For Socially Sustainable Work-place - Project Contact: Dr. Aino Saarinen, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Kurjenpolvi 2 D 6, FIN-90580 Oulu; Tel. +358 - 8 - 5566 092; Fax. +358 - 8 - 5472 253; [e-mail]
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Friends of Suffering Humanity (SUHUF) SUHUF is a local non-governmental organization working in the field relevant to community development in Ghana. The organization is concerned with the following issues: anti-human trafficking through advocacy, gender and development, anti-HIV/AIDS, and children and youth development. This years calendar of events include: 25 November 2004: Launching of the 16 Days Campaign: Violence Against Women will be held at the Womens Training Institute in Bolgatanga, Ghana at 9:30AM-12:30PM. Two hundred (200) women are expected to be in attendance. 26 November 2004: Modern Day Slavery (Trafficking) in Women, crime against humanity sensitization workshop will be held at the Womens Training Institute in Bolgatanga, Ghana from 1:00PM-3:30PM. Forty (40) women are expected. 27 November 2004: Youth Forum Against Women Trafficking at the Friends of Suffering Humanity Secretariat beginning at 9:00AM-11:30AM. Forty Youth Leaders will attend. 28 November 2004: A video will be shown with a lecture to follow on the topic of gender and development. This event will be held at URA-RADIO FM STATION BOLGATANGA. This event will begin at 8:30PM and end at 9:30PM. This is open to the General Public. 30 November 2004: There will be an event recognizing the efforts of local women leaders. This will be held at the Womens Training Institute in Bolgatanga, Ghana, it is from 10:30AM-11:30AM. Sixty women will be in attendance. 1 December 2004: World AIDS Day Celebration: We will show care and support for people living with AIDS by reaching out to them. The celebration is being held in Bolgatanga and the surrounding villages in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The celebration begins at 7:30AM and concludes at 4:30PM. This event is open to anyone living with HIV/AIDS. 5 December 2004: The Role of Women in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS. This will be held in the Social Centre in Bolgatanga, Ghana. This event begins at 9:30AM and lasts until 12:30PM. The program will include 4 rural communities; Sirigu and Nyariga. 6 December 2004: Women Against Violence: Street March being held at the Social Centre in Bolgatanga, Ghana. Teachers and the female population are the target audience for this event.
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7 December 2004: Float: Women Promoting Peace. This event will take place on principal streets in Bolgatanga. It begins at 9:00AM and will last until 1:30PM. This event is being targeted to students in the Junior and Senior Secondary Schools. 8 December 2004: Empowering Upper East Women; Regional Overview will be held in the Womens Training Institute. This event will run from 9:30AM-1:30PM. Sixty women from the Upper East will be in attendance. 9 December 2004: Delegates Conference of Women in Community Development will be held at the Friends of Suffering Humanity Secretariat. The Conference begins at 9:30AM and ends at 1:00AM. Sixty women Community Development Workers in the East Region of Ghana will be in attendance. Contact: Omar Mahamoud, P.O. Box 114, Bolgatanga Upper East Region, Ghana E-Mail: [e-mail]
HUNGARY
Amnesty International Hungary with NaNE The women's organization partner, NaNE, asked AI Hungary to participate in their protest march on November 27th. On the 25th AI will issue a press release and then on Saturday they will be out on the streets to march with NaNE. They are going to carry around -as usual- their Silent Witnesses Exhibition (they were the first ones outside of the USA to have this kind of S.V. Exhibition, so they have good experience with this.) From 27th November to 10th December AI Hungary is going to be present in front of the houses of Parliament with a little AI stall, to promote AI and HR in general, with two messages: 1. International: You also can help women in conflict! (current case from Iraq or Sudan, with petition) 2. Local: we go for the restriction order being done well in the Houses of Parliament --this together with NaNE.
INDIA
SWAYAM In India, over 250 groups in 13 states are observing the 16 days campaign. They have called it the International Campaign to Stop Violence against Women and Girls. There are many events happening in different states. They have common campaign materials, common posters and a common 30-second film spot on sexual harassment in 10 languages that are being screened on local and national television. Different events from memorials, film shows, rallies, human chains, music concerts, seminars, theatre performances, human rights fairs, etc are being held. The details are in the following calendars, arranged by region: AP, Calcutta, Delhi, Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. Contact: Anuradha Kapoor, [e-mail] Swadhina Swadhina has once again organized a number of activities to commemorate the 2004 16 Days. Their program schedule is as follows: o SWADHINA-Mayurbhanj: Distribution of Support Badges & Solidarity Ribbons Awareness Camp on HIV/AIDS Mother-Child Health & Hygiene camps Nutrition Demonstration Camps o SWADHINA-Midnapore:
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Distribution of Support Badges & Solidarity Ribbons Womens Health Awareness through Cultural Expression Breast Cancer Awareness Camp Nutrition Demonstration Camp o SWADHINA- Kolkata: Distribution of Support Badges & Solidarity Ribbons Awareness Camp on HIV/AIDS Seminar on Reproductive Health Care & Women Poster Contest for youth, Topic: Women deserve better Health Care o SWADHINA- Jharkhand: Womens Health Check-up Camp Awareness Camps on Reproductive Health Care & AIDS/HIV Womens Health Awareness through cultural expression Nutrition Demonstration Camp o SWADHINA- Kanyakumari Awareness Camp on HIV/AIDS Womens Health Awareness through cultural expression Contact: Swadhina, 34/C Bondel Road, Kolkata-700019, India; Phones: 0091 33 22406244/22470934; E-mail: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; website: www.swadhina.org Gujarat AIDS Awareness and Prevention Unit of ISRCDE (GAP_ISRCDE) GAP will conduct a 20-day World AIDS Day programme commencing on 1st December through 20th december. The programmes will be in urban and rural Gujarat. During these days there will be 30 programmes which will include topics like women's rights, advocacy for care and treatment, and microbicides and female condoms. The campaign will include events such as a cycle rally, an exhibition, a poster display, slogans, street drama and many other innovative things. They will also distribute reading materials, including one on microbicides. Contact: Radium Bhattacharya, GAP-ISRCDE, [e-mail]
INTERNATIONAL
Global Coalition on Women and AIDS The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, a UNAIDS initiative of which the 16 Days is a part, has linked to the international 16 Days website from their own site. In addition, the launch of the 16 Days will be highlighted in the news section of the Global Coalition site, and a daily quote for each of the 16 Days will be featured on the homepage. Also, the World Health Organization, as a member of the Global Coalition, has created a series of information bulletins on Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS, all of which can be accessed via the 16 Days website at: http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/kit04/global.html. United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) UNIFEM has called on their constituencies around the world to organize activities in many countries including Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Moldova, Rwanda, and Australia. For complete information, please see the following website: http://www.unifem.org/campaigns/november25/events_activities.php
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Women Freedom Forum, Inc Women Freedom Forum is encouraging their members to participate in the 16 Days Campaign. Visit their website at http://www.womenfreedomforum.org/ for more information or click here for a copy of the poster they produced for this years campaign. SATELLIFE SATELLIFE, a nonprofit organization, has been involved in serving the urgent health information needs of the world's poorest countries through the innovative use of information technology for the past 15 years. Since they are not able to do anything concrete on the ground, they plan to reach out to the audience that they serve in the following ways: Place a link on their web site, www.healthnet.org, to the 16 Days website They publish a small newsletter called HealthNet News-AIDS and they plan to send out items for most of the 16 days on gender violence culled from the 16 Days bibliography. Publish an issue of HealthNet News-Community Health on Gender Violence Encourage some dialogue on the issue on our HIV/AIDS discussion group called ProCAARE (Program for the Collaboration Against AIDS and Related Epidemics). Contact: Leela McCullough, Ed.D., Director of Information Services, SATELLIFE 30 California Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA; Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]; [e-mail]; Web: http://www.healthnet.org Zonta International Zonta International has designated a large portion of their website to this years 16 Days Campaign, including background information, talking points on HIV/AIDS and violence against women, and strategies for action. See it all here: http://www.zonta.org/site/PageServer?pagename=zi_violence_women Contact: Zonta International, 557 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60661, USA; ph: 312-930-5848; fax: [phone]; www.zonta.org; [e-mail] MIGRANTE Sectoral Party/MIGRANTE International with Task Force on Labour and Migration and Asia Pacific Forum on Women and Development Migrante Sectoral Party is a sectoral party for overseas Filipinos and their Families and MIGRANTE International is a global alliance of Filipino migrant organizations in 22 countries. On November 25, they will launch a Postcard Campaign on Violence against Women, in time for the International Day of Protest on VAW, through a press conference with some women personalities. The campaign is nationally and internationally coordinated and jointly sponsored by Task Force on Labour and Migration and Asia Pacific Forum on Women and Development. The official launching of the postcard campaign will be on December 1st, in time for the World Aids Day. There are members and networks of Migrante Sectoral Party and Migrante International in 24 countries, states and cities including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Macau, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Italy, The Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Canada, United States and 14 regions in the Philippines. The schedule of events for the postcard campaign is as follows: o November 25 - Issue a press release re: International Day Against Violence Against Women (VAW)/Launching of Electronic Petition Signing; Theme: END VIOLENCE NOW! Justice for all migrant women domestic workers in Saudi Arabia and the entire Middle East! Demands: recognize workers rights of all migrant domestic workers (mdw), prosecute and punish perpetrators of violence, indemnify victims of violence and their families, justice for all women migrant domestic workers in Saudi Arabia and the entire Middle East!
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November 25 - December 10 - Electronic Petition signing which will be sent to the Saudi Embassy - especially catered to those who cannot participate in the Postcard Campaign but not limited to. December 1 - Coordinated launching of Postcard Campaign through press conference, pickets December 1, 8 & 10 - Mass mailing of 10,000 postcards December 8 - Rally at the Saudi Embassy and hand-delivered postcards to the Embassy December 10 - International Human Rights Day December 18 - International Migrants Day/Culminating Activity for Postcard Campaign
Amnesty International Ireland AI Ireland has launched the Hands campaign, which aims to take the Stop Violence Against Women campaign onto the streets of Dublin, Galway, Dundalk, Cork and other cities and towns in Ireland. As part of this program, they have organized a Stop VAW road show. They will visit cities and towns around the country, collect handprints on giant canvas banners, distribute their Hands action postcards, and try to get media coverage for the campaign. Local groups, school groups and many women's organisations are also participating in the roadshow and many of them are organising events at places where the roadshow is not going. For complete details, please click here. And here is the link to their current SVAW pages: http://www.amnesty.ie/content/view/full/1382/. Donegal Womens Domestic Violence Service On November 11, 2004 at 11:00 am, Donegal Domestic Violence Service presents the opening of an international art exhibition entitled Violence Against Women 365. The exhibition will run at Letterkenny Art Centre, Oliver Plunkett Road, from 15-19 November. Contact: 074 9126267; [e-mail] Womens Aid Ireland This year Womens Aid will be focusing on the 104 women murdered in Ireland since the beginning of 1996. Their theme is one of REMEMBERING. The following events were planned by Womens Aid: 25 November 2004: Beginning at 11AM a moment of silence will be held outside Dail Eireann (Irish Parliament). In addition, Womens Aid is asking other organizations all across Ireland to participate and get their local representatives and communities involved. Every day of the Campaign: On each morning of the 16 Days of Action Campaign a set of statistics highlighting a specific area of the issue of violence against women will be emailed to key decision makers and policy makers in Ireland asking them to highlight these facts in any way they can. Recipients will include all relevant politicians, civil servants, media and organisations involved in and concerned about the issue of violence against women. If you would like receive the '16 Facts for 16 Days' email Niamh McCarthy at [e-mail] During the 16 Days Campaign Women's Aid will run a fundraising appeal to help raise essential funds for its National Freephone Helpline which took over 11,000 calls in 2002. Contact: Christina Sherlock, Womens Aid, Everton House, 47 Old Cabra Road, Dublin 7; E-mail: [e-mail]; Website: www.womensaid.ie For the Womens Aid complete information pack, please click here. Other Ireland Activities in Womens Aid info pack:
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The Open Door Network, Kerry's response to violence against women and children, is hosting the '365 Exhibition' in Siamsa Tire, Tralee. This exhibition contains 365 posters from different services around the world working to combat violence against women and children. This powerful and moving exhibition is open to the public from November 25th to December 10th. Contact: Catherine Casey, Coordinator of the Open Door Network, on 087 6169704. Inishowen Women's Outreach is organising an exhibition of artistic work produced by women in support groups. They will also be hosting coffee mornings. Contact: Mary Doherty on 077-74529. Longford Women's Link will be holding awareness raising events over the 16 Days. Contact: 043-41511. Carlow Women's Aid is celebrating its 5th Anniversary this year and will be planning events around their celebrations. Contact: 05991-30990. Adapt Services, Limerick is hosting a two-day conference that will address diversity issues. The dates are 30th November and 1st December 2004. Contact: 061-412354. Kiltimagh and District CDP is organising local awareness raising workshops. Contact: 09493-81506. Untie the Hands of the Judiciary. Public Action outside Dil ireann during the 2002 16 Days Campaign as Women's Aid calls for legal reform to ensure protection for victims of domestic violence. Mayo Rape Crisis Centre and Mayo Women's Support Services have commissioned a sculpture that will be an ongoing and creative piece and it will be launched during the 16 days. It is a bowl of hands cast in bronze from the hands of service users. Where it is displayed there will be a basket of stones and women can mark their presence in the community by placing a stone in the bowl. They will also be hosting workshops and a photo exhibition during the 16 days. Contact: Ruth McNeely on 094-9025657. St. Kevin's Family Resource Centre, Kilnamanagh, Dublin 24, will highlight global statistics on violence against women every day during the 16 days. It will be their first time taking part in the action. Contact: 01-4627149. National Disability Authority will be hosting a seminar on violence against disabled people and will have a strong focus on violence against women. Contact: Iris Elliot on 016080400. Dublin 12 Domestic Violence Service will host an awareness raising coffee morning on the 9th of December in the J.I Offices, 14 St. Agnes Road, Crumlin Village, Dublin 12 (over travel agents shop). Contact: Phil Devereux on 087-6539824. West Training and Development will be organising various events aimed at raising awareness around violence against women. Contact: Mary Seale on 091-567827. Amnesty International Irish Section is organising a Stop Violence Against Women Road Show, which will tour the country during the 16 days of action. Amnesty will raise awareness about violence against women as a human rights abuse and organise events to celebrate the efforts of womens rights activists. At these events they will collect handprints onto a mega banner that will serve as a visual petition calling on the government to prevent, investigate and punish violence against women. Amnesty will also distribute Hands action postcards highlighting violence against women in Afghanistan, Colombia and Democratic Republic of the Congo. A fourth case will also highlight the lack of services for survivors of rape and domestic violence in Ireland. Amnesty International is also publishing a report called Casualties of War: Womens Bodies, Womens Lives on 8th December. Amnesty wants to take the Stop Violence Against Women campaign on to the streets of every city and town in Ireland and everyone is welcome to participate. If you would like to join the
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campaign please contact: Lina Nykanen, Amnesty International Irish Section, 48 Fleet Street, Dublin 2, Tel. [phone]. E-mail [e-mail] WAVES Coalition in Sligo will be raising awareness through the local press during the 16 Days Campaign. Contact: Laura, 071-9141515. Pavee Points Violence Against Women programme will launch a brochure challenging some of the most recurring myths and misinformation regarding violence against women in Traveller, Black and other minority ethnic communities living in Ireland. The brochure is a pro-active response to challenging violence against minority ethnic women and a means of supporting policy makers and support services in their development of culturally appropriate responses. Contact: Pavee Point Travellers Centre VAW Programme 01-878 0255 or [e-mail] Sligo Rape Crisis Centre: "Pornography, Rape and Sexual Assault In The Media, a workshop and discussion (closed group event); Sligo City Hall and Libraries Exhibitions in Tubbercurry, Manorhamilton and Sligo raising awareness of violence against women. 16 Rights for 16 Days - one right per day posted outside Sligo RCC with other 15 rights and info displayed inside stairwell entrance to the SRCC and Yoga Centre to raise awareness of violence against women as a human rights issue. Women's Aid email campaign, 16 facts for 16 days to addresses on our mailing list. A minute silence to remember all of the women murdered in Ireland since 1996 within our office premises for staff, volunteers and potential members of SRCC. Contact 07191-71188 North Wall Women's Centre, Dublin 1: Lilies in the Liffey - on Tuesday 7th December members of the North Wall Women's Centre will be throwing 106 lilies in the river to remember the 107 women murdered in Ireland since 1996. Margaret Martin, Director of Women's Aid, will address the gathering. Contact 01-8365399 Ringsend Action Project (RAP): The RAP have produced a bookmark to remember the 107 women who have been murdered in Ireland since 1996. They will also display the dates on which the women died on a Christmas tree, which will be switched on by an invited dignitary. Contact 01-6607558 Limerick Rape Crisis Centre: On Thursday 25th November the Limerick Rape Crisis Centre will be officially opening its new premises which will incorporate a minute's silence at 11am to remember the 107 women murdered in Ireland since 1996. Contact 061-311511 Waterford Local Area Network: Waterford LAN organising a silent vigil in the main square at 11am to coincide with our minute's silence. They've worked with a number of women's groups and immigrant groups and have produced some banners. The Mayor of Waterford will launch a booklet "Enough is Enough" that evening. Contact Una Regan of Ballybeg CDP (051 357 917/ 087 981 9725) Meitheal, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2: This year Meitheal staff will display statistics from the Women's Aid 16 Facts for 16 Days Email campaign and Women's Aid contact information on the front of their offices. Contact 01-6719803 The North West Women's Human Rights Forum: Will hold a remembrance ceremony for the 107 women who have been murdered in Ireland since 1996. It will be held at Sligo City Hall at 10.30 am on Thursday 25th November. The 25th of November is International Day Against Violence Against Women and is the first day of the 16 Days of Action Against Violence Against Women Campaign which ends on December the 10th, International Human Rights Day. The ceremony will end with a minute's silence at 11.00 to remember those women who have been brutally murdered in Ireland in the last eight years and we will be joining with many groups throughout the country who will be having a minute's silence at this time. It is also an opportunity to remember that many women still live with the terror of violence and abuse on a daily basis and to yet again call for action by
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the government to effectively address these human rights abuses. All are welcome. For further information call Niamh at 9124993. Dundalk Women's Aid will hold a vigil outside the town hall on the 25th November to highlight the 107 women murdered in Ireland since 1996. They will have 107 individual photo frames with a silhouetted figure of a woman. They will also represent each woman with a cross. Contact 042-9333245.
JAMAICA
Sistren Theater Collective The Sistren Theater Collective has organized an afternoon of entertainment including poetry, dance, and drama entitled Our Life: Protect, Prevent, Preserve around the theme of the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and children. It will be on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, November 25, 2004, at Mico Youth Counselling Center, 3 Manhattan Road, Kingston 5 from 10.00AM-3.00PM. To view the flier, click here. Contact: Lana Finikin at [e-mail].
JORDAN
Freedom House Freedom House is a nonprofit organization founded in 1941 that promotes freedom, democracy, and respect for human rights around the world. With the support from the United States Department of States Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), Freedom House launched a oneyear project in spring 2004 to support Jordanian efforts to prevent family violence. Specifically, the project aims to increase public support for the prevention of family violence through advocacy grants for awareness campaigns during the global campaign of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. In addition, a legal research project will examine the handling of evidence by the Court in female homicide cases; the research will be followed up by a symposium and workshop for judges on how to more effectively adjudicate cases related to violence against women. The calendar of events is as follows: November 25 PAC performance during NCHR Workshop at The University of Jordan November 23-30 NCHR 16 Days Campaign at the University of Jordan November 23 CCA workshop at Shalala November 25 CCA workshop in Hai Nazzal November 27 CCA workshop in Ghor Al Safi November 28 CCA workshop in Sweileh November 29 NCHR Honor Crimes Seminar at the University of Jordan November 29 PAC performance in Mafraq held within the Open Day organized by the Queen Zein Al Sharaf Charitable Society with Mafraq MP Ghannem Abou Rabi** November 30 NCHR Open Day & PAC performance at The University of Jordan CCA workshop in Minasheer December 2 PAC performance in Zarqa in conjunction with Family Guidance Awareness Center December 4 PAC performance in Madaba CCA workshop in Shalala December 5-9t NCHR 16 Days Campaign at Yarmouk University/Irbid ** t December 6 CCA workshop in Minasheer December 8 NCHR Honor Crimes Seminar at Yarmouk University/Irbid **
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NCHR Open Day at Yarmouk University/Irbid ** CCA workshop in Minasheer NCHR 16 Days Campaign at Mu'tah University/Karak ** CCA workshops in Hai Nazzal CCA workshops in Ghor Al Safi ** NCHR Honor Crimes Seminar at Mu'tah University/Karak ** NCHR Open Day at Mu'tah University/Karak ** CCA workshop in Hai Nazzal PAC Performance Um Qais/Irbid PAC Performance Maan ** CCA workshop in Shalala December 28 PAC Performance in Karak Ongoing Princess Basma Youth Resource Center PSA running on Jordan TV & Radio The complete press release is available in English by clicking here. Contact Frances Abouzeid at the contact information below for an Arabic version. Also, click on this link for a poster that was created by Princess Basma Youth Resource Center. 70,000 copies were distributed for free by a national daily newspaper during the campaign. This compliments a TV and radio PSA where a young girl role plays with her dolls, role playing how the father doll abuses the mother doll verbally and physically and then has the mother doll taking the blame in front of the children. The poster uses the same image from the TV spot and the text for both the PSA and poster states: Every look...Every move...Every word... affects them. Violence against women hurts us all. Also, click on this link for a photo (PAC troupe) from the interactive theatre play Memoirs of a Woman. The theatre in education methodology has proven highly successful to the extent that other universities and high schools have asked the theatre troupe to perform it for their students. Amnesty International was part of the launch event and coordinated their campaign efforts with those of Freddom House. (The result is 60 additional membership applications for Amnesty Jordan!) Contact: Frances Abouzeid, Project Director for Jordan, Freedom House; Mobile: [phone]; Tel: [phone]; Tel/Fax: [phone]; [e-mail]
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KAZAKHSTAN
Podrugi Crisis Center Podrugi Crisis Center held meetings with judges, trainings for pupils at schools and online conferences for 2004s 16 Days Campaign. Click here for complete details. Contact: Podrugi Crisis Center, Kazakhstan, Almaty, microdistrict 10, buil.1, apt.1 Kazakhstan; phone: +/3272/ 984677; e-mail: [e-mail]; www.podrugi.kz.
KENYA
Nairobi Environmental Network Initiative (NAEVNETI) NAEVNETI is organizing a Mens Travel Conference within Kenya beginning 25 November 2004 and continuing through 5 December 2004. The theme for the conference is VAW/HIV in order to educate the communities on related issues of violence and HIV. NAEVNETIs main areas of intervention include vulnerability, stigma, and accessibility to medical care. Contact: P.O. Box 2781-00200, City Square, Nairobi, Kenya Bakalcha-Barii Support Programme (BBSP)
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Bakalcha Barii is involved in marking the 16 days of activism; this will involve several activities ranging from a procession, human rights awareness-raising activities, professional legal aid services and court representation with emphasis on gender. BBSP also intends to undertake human rights awareness activities to mark International Human Rights Day on December the 10th. This will be in light of the BBSP centre for human rights to reach out to the community at the grassroots level. The trained paralegals will be involved in conducting human rights education and legal aid days with professional legal advice of lawyers from the region with emphasis on gender in both the secular and the community justice system. The activities will cover the Northern Kenya districts with 8 districts on board and Marsabit, as the pilot phase for the legal aid clinic will host the member districts. Bakalcha-Barii Support Programme is operating in Marsabit of the Northern Frontier District in Kenya. The organisation is engaged in Human Rights Education, which involves the training of paralegals and utilisation of their services at the district level. BBSP operates a Legal Aid Clinic for prosecution of cases and professional legal advice to the marginalized pastoralist communities in the region. BBSP is engaged in raising awareness in human rights issues and violations in the region through documentation of the human rights violation incidents. This is done through a combined initiative of the strongly rooted community justice system and blending it with the secular law. Campaign details are shown in the chart below: Bakalcha-Barii Human Rights Campaign Profile Activity Dates 25th November 2004 International day Against Violence Against Women - Procession through the town to mark the day - Forum for women leaders and elders on how to combat genderbased violations. Theme: Creating a pastoralist culture that says NO to Violence against Women. 26 30 November Location Legal Aid Days to raise awareness on gender-based 2004 violence and other human rights violations. - 3 Location Legal Aid Clinics in two divisions in Marsabit district - 1 Mobile Legal Aid Clinic to go the make-shift villages - 1 day Human rights forum on how to enhance the efficacy of the strategies employed in combating gender and human rights violation and how to make the legal aid clinic more accessible.
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International Aids Day - A poem on the impacts of HIV/AIDS on women and children (This will be inline with The District Campaign on HIV) - Meeting with the sex workers in the region and raising awareness on their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and their need for protection from violence. Professional Legal Advise to clients at the BBSP Legal Aid Clinic - Attending to clients at the BBSP Legal Aid Clinic - Conducting Human rights awareness forums in the upper eastern region of Turkana, Marsabit, Moyale and Isiolo. Garissa, Mandera, Wajir and Ijara in North Eastern. International Human Rights day - Meeting of the community elders, leaders security personnel and other stakeholders to highlight the instances of human rights violations in the region. - Human rights education to the community and the security personnel. - A symposium to mark the International Human Rights Day with participants from the eight districts taking part and talks and lectures. Turkana, Marsabit, Moyale, Isiolo in upper eastern province and Garissa, Mandera, Wajir and Ijara in North Eastern. - THEME: pre and post independence factors that have hindered development and full realisation of fundamental human rights entitlements to every human being.
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Contact: Bakalcha-Barii Support Programme (BBSP), P.O Box 49, Marsabit, Kenya; Tel: [phone]; Email: [e-mail] Coalition of Violence Against Women (COVAW) COVAW is one of the leading organizations planning 16 Days events in Kenya, with the participation of groups such as FIDA, FEMNET, ActionAid, CRADLE, CREAW, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, National AIDS Control Council, AMWIK, Sauti ya Wanawake, and Standard Group/AWC. Their calendar of events is as follows: Date Event Venue Theme Organization Grand Regency Sexual Violence 18 Nov Policy Forum Brainstorming FIDA- Kenya on increased sexual violence: insights on medical and legal impact Men to Men Uhuru park FEMNET 25 Nov Launch of men traveling conference
Launch of 16 days - Press Conference at 10.00am - Tribunal
Silver Spring
Survivors and over comers
COVAW- Kenya
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Launch of the campaign
Waa Girls Mombasa
Sexual Violence
Action Aid- Kenya
26 Nov
Open Forum
Makueni
Violence Against Women
COVAW- Kenya
27 Nov
Caravan
NairobiEastlands
Violence against Women
COVAW- Kenya
30 Nov
Breakfast Meeting on the Sexual Offenses Bill for Members of Parliament Open Forum on HIV/AIDS and Property rights
(To confirm)
Sexual Violence
CREAW and CRADLE
1 Dec
Maseno University
HIV/AIDS and PEP
Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) National AIDS Control Council COVAW (K)
World Aids Day
Nation wide Nairobi
HIV/AIDS Religious organization Access to Justice Access to information
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Workshop for the women in religious institution Legal Aid Clinic Launch of FIDA annual report
Kajiado/Narok Serena Hotel
CRADLE FIDA-Kenya
3 Dec
Caravan
DagorettiWangigeKiambu-Banana
Sexual Violence
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Women AIDS run
Nairobi
HIV/AIDS
5- 9Dec
Open Forum
Taita Taveta
Violence Against Women
COVAW
9 Dec
Legal Aid Bazaar Training of Violence against women
Suba District Maragua
Access to Justice Access to information
CRADLE AMWIK
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Open forum On FGM and Early Marriages Procession and Open forum
Garissa/North Rift Mandera Mombasa
Harmful cultural practices and women rights
KNCHR Sauti ya Wanawake
10 Dec
National Assembly Gala night
Nairobi Carnivore
Standard Group/ AWC Contact: Faith Kasiva, advocacy program director, COVAW, [e-mail] Dolphin Anti-Rape and AIDS Control Outreach Dolphin Anti-Rape and AIDS Control Outreach will be participating in this years 16 Days Campaign by educating and training women and girls of Emmanuel Church-Riruta. This is a slum estate in Nairobi where rape has been rampant and children as young as four years have fallen victims. Activities to be carried out on 26th November 2004 in the church compound include: o Educating parents on ways to protect their young ones. o Educating women and girls on how to avoid and prevent rape. o Training women and girls on how to protect themselves in case of rape attacks physically and by use of common sense. Contact: Dolphin Anti-Rape and AIDS Control Outreach, P.O. Box 6885, Eldoret, Kenya; [e-mail] LATIN AMERICA Amnesty International Caribbean Team The AI Caribbean Team launched a campaign on November 25 called End the Silence, Stop the Violence with radio announcements that will be broadcast in the Caribbean. The announcements aim to reach young Caribbean men and include a musical version with Bob Marleys No Woman, No Cry. You can listen to the announcements here: http://radio.oneworld.net/mediamanage/view/5187
Access to Justice lebrate the End of 16 days of Activism
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Contact: Please send any comments or questions to [e-mail]. Fondo de Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer (UNIFEM) - Oficina Regional para Mxico, Centroamrica, Cuba y Repblica Dominicana y organizaciones varias: A favor de la campaa de 16 Das y para levanter el conocimiento del tema de este ao, UNIFEM ha creado recursos como las plumas, las bolsas, los calendarios, y las tarjetas postales que denuncian la violencia contra las mujeres y sotienen el sexo seguro para combatir la extensin del VIH. Adicionalmente, UNIFEM tiene un calendario de acontecimientos patrocinados por organizaciones diferentes disponible en lnea en http://www.unifem.org.mx/paginas/uno.asp. Hay actividades en Mxico, Honduras, Panam y el Salvador. (The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Regional Office for Mexico, Central America, Cuba and the Dominican Republic and various organizations: In support of the 16 Days Campaign and to raise awareness of this years theme, UNIFEM has created materials such as pens, bags, calendars, and postcards that denounce gender violence and support safe sex to combat the spread of HIV. Additionally, UNIFEM has posted a calendar of events sponsored by different organizations available online at: http://www.unifem.org.mx/paginas/uno.asp. There are activities in Mexico, Honduras, Panama and El Salvador.) Contact: Amaia Prez, Asistente de Comunicacin y Difusin, UNIFEM, Presidente Masaryk 29, Piso 10, Col. Polanco, 11570 Mxico, D.F>; Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; [e-mail]
MACEDONIA
Department for Injury and Violence Control and Prevention Last year the Ministry of health in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Open Society Institute and NGO ESE started the national campaign against violence launching the report Violence and Health, fact sheets and red posters. Regional promotions and distribution of materials followed during the whole year. This year NGO ESE has organized a workshop Thursday on 25 November and invited the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the Republic Institute for Health Protection and three NGOs. Representatives from all invited organizations presented achieved ongoing and future activities of their organizations in the implementation of the legislative changes for family (domestic) violence. Family violence was the main topic of this gathering. A presentation was done to display the results of the national campaign against violence achieved in the period of one year (i.e. since last 25 November) and the current activities of the newly established Department for Injury and Violence Control and Prevention. It was a very good opportunity to share experience between different sectors, Government/NGO institutions, media, and a good basis to develop further intersectoral cooperation and coordination in violence prevention activities. The media gave attention to this event and interviews were on television the same day and again on Sunday in the main news. Contact: Assoc. Proff. Tozija Fimka, MD, PhD, WHO national counterpart on Injury and Violence Control and Prevention Head, Department for Injury and Violence Control and Prevention, Republic Institute for Health Protection, 50 Divizija No 6, Macedonia; tel: [phone] ext. 110; fax: [phone]; e-mail. [e-mail]
MICRONESIA
Federated States of Micronesia Womens Association Network (FSMWAN) This year FSMWANs activities include:
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1. Candlelight Mass on 26 November to initiate their Keep the Light Burning throughout the 16-day period. Participants will keep a continuously lit candle/lantern in their homes, stores, and other public spaces for the entire 16 Days of Activism campaign. 2. Distribution of 500 white and yellow ribbons (yellow for FSMWAN and white for the global Sign) to bank tellers, officials of Women Go/NGO focal points, locally-based Diplomatic missions (US Embassy & Australian Embassy), local retail businesses (stores and hotels) and a few government ministers (Health, Education & Social Affairs, Economic Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Finance and Public Information Office) and the President's Office. 3. Launching of the FSMWAN Gender Violence Memorial Quilt, a 2-year project to document and preserve the lives and memories of women, men, and children who died as a result of family violence. 4. Human Rights Essay Contest on 10 December 2004 for adults and children in FSM. Contact: Tina Takashy, FSMWAN, Nara Garden #2, Kolonia, Pohnpei FM 96941, Micronesia/TEL: [phone]; E-mail: [e-mail]
NEPAL
Amnesty International Nepal AI Nepal organized the following schedule of activities for the 16 Days: Sixteen Days Activism Program Schedule of Nepal section 25- 10 December 2004 When 25 November Actions Demonstration on Women Rights awareness raising issue with black cloth and slogans. Motorcycle rally on SVAW and HIV / AIDS awareness raising Health Check- up and HIV/ AIDS Awareness Camp Place and participants Main City Center in Kathmandu or Bhaktapur. AI Members and representatives from Women NGOs will be participating the demonstration More then 100 Motorcycle riders will join the rally on ring road (28 KM) in Kathmandu. Responsible Campaign Department and Women NGOs.
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Campaign Department and Katmandu based AI local Groups. Campaign Department and Health Professional working Group
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Itahari (Eastern Nepal) A team of AI Nepal Health professional group will provide their services to low income and land less people who will visit the camp. Peace rally on HIV Biratnagar in Industrial Area AIDS School children and factory workers will join the rally with plea cards and HIV slogans in Biratnagar Inter action with Duhabi factory workers Industrial Area. Factory Worker will participate in Interaction Contact: [e-mail].
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NIGERIA
Centre for Gender Studies, Benue State University The Centre for Gender Studies, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria has planned a number of activities including: 25th Nov - a rally in solidarity with women all over the world suffering in silence. 28-30th Nov - Radio and Television discussion programmes to sensitize the society on gender violence. 9th Dec - A working dinner to lobby members of the House on accelerating work on the Bill on Domestic Violence. They also intend to create awareness in schools by giving public lectures. Contact: Charity Angya, Director, [e-mail]. United Youth Front International United Youth Front International will be conducting a family IVD PostCard Campaign to mark the annual United Nations International Volunteer Day on December 5, 2004 in Nigeria. As the organisation evolved, activities and dates chosen symbolically make links with several events including the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign. Lately, cases of Domestic Violence Against Women have been on the increase in incidents such as battering, acid bath, murder, rape and torture in the homes, all targeted at women and young girls. Yet, such cases are hardly mentioned or regarded as a seroius offence particularly by the law enforcement agencies, the human rights groups and the media in their day-to-day activites. This social vice has become a subject of major concern among women activists and groups. There will be a one hour Phone-In Radio Programme on Prevention of Domestic Violence In Nigeria. Join and contibute on site and online discussions on Crowther Radio 104.5FM, Abuja, Nigeria at 4:00PM-5:00PM, Nigeria Time TO LAUNCH the 16 Days of Activism on November 25, 2004. Tel-(234) 09- 5241505, 5241504 live email: [e-mail]. In addition, UYFI is moderating an online dicussion athttp://www.idealist.org. SignUp at the website under My Idealist Column to Link Community/DiscussionThe Issue You Are Passionate About and then Join and Contribute to the topicPREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE By Aikidude. The organization United Youth Front International is a voluntary but international non-governmental organisation for upliftment of youth all over the world for the specific purpose of maintaining Unity, Truth, Justice and Peace from the grassroots level. Visit http://www.idealist.org/orgs/98394:246. Contact: United Youth Front International, Hon. Shola Olumola, 102A BrickField Road Ebute-Metta(West), Lagos, Nigeria; [e-mail]; http://www.idealist.org/orgs/98394:246 Womens Education and Mothering Resource Center (WEMOREC for Women and Childrens Rights) The mission of Womens Education and Mothering Resource Center is to promote women and childrens rights, and empower women/girls with information, education and the support needed to achieve their full human rights and self sufficiency, participate in public life, and exercise their individual responsibilities in regard to sexual behaviour and reproduction. They are holding a oneday sensitization workshop on November 24 with stakeholders from other womens organizations, civil society organizations, grassroots political leaders, the media, the police force and religious leaders. Some of the topics for the workshop include: understanding gender and womens rights, the roots of domestic violence, the impact of domestic violence on individuals, families and society, and how participants can start or join actions to stop it. The workshop pack will include information on gender, womens rights and international documents that protect women from violence. T here is
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also a t-shirt with the tree of violence and its branches (including examples of acts of emotional, sexual, physical and economical violence). On Dec. 10th, 2004, they will have an exhibition stand at the Human Rights Day Celebration at the British Council Lagos. They hope to sell some of the tshirts to raise money for our activities. Contact: Gloria Okemuo, WEMOREC, 3rd Avenue, A Close, House 5, Festac Town, Lagos; [e-mail] Baobab for Womens Human Rights One of BAOBABs objectives is collaborating with like-minded organizations in mutually agreed campaigns and programmes, such as the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence worldwide. Therefore, for the past decade BAOBAB has joined the rest of the world in marking the 16 Days through various programmes such as press briefings, media interviews, solidarity trek, popular theatre, thematic workshops, distribution of BAOBABs publications, etc. These have created awareness have and contributed in expanding BAOBABs network. This year the mobilization and advocacy working group has proposed a number of activities for 16 Days which has the theme For the Health of Women, For the Health of the World: No more Violence. o Press Briefing We believe that BAOBABs partnership with the press in the past has been fruitful but could be further enhanced through more collaborative programmes such as the 16 Days global campaign. BAOBAB plans to start off this years campaign with a press briefing which will be accompanied by a press statement for wider coverage in the media. A few representatives from NGOs will be invited for solidarity. After the press briefing, there will be a debate by a small group of teenagers with a few secondary school students as supporting audience. The topic of the debate will be around the theme of this years 16 Days. The Judges will be from BAOBAB and perhaps one or two of the NGO friends interested. o Sensitization of Youth BAOBAB has a culture of sensitizing youth in the area of womens human rights. This year, BAOBAB plans to have a number of students from selected schools in Lagos to debate on the topic Sexuality Education: A way of Addressing Sexual Abuse? This event is aimed at creating a space for teenagers and young adults to discuss and be further informed about the importance of sexuality education. It is also intended to erode the misconception that sexuality education is solely educating about sex as well as broaden the possibilities of the topic being introduced in schools curriculum. o Media Advocacy Workshop There will also be a one-day Media advocacy workshop on New Tactics for Human Rights Activism. The idea is to share with the media, new strategies and tactics for promoting and protecting womens human rights in particular and human rights in general. o Theatre Presentation A one-day gender awareness raising popular theatre presentation with the Police in Lagos State. This is in view of the importance of the Police in law enforcement as well as protection of womens human rights. The drama will focus on violence against women issues. We hope to build a relationship with the Police in the area of protecting women from domestic and other forms of gender based violence. In this regard, discussions will focus on the concept of gender relations in the society and the link between gender stereotypes and lack of recognition of violence against women (especially domestic violence) as a human rights violation. We plan to do this at the Police Training College. o Popular theatre campaign at a strategic Bus Stop.
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The drama will highlight various aspects of violence against women and be structured in such a way as to encourage debate and create awareness amongst the audience. o Outreach Activities BAOBABs community-based outreach teams will be very much involved in this years event. The idea is for one outreach team in each of the geo-political zones in Nigeria to carry out activity/activities in line with the theme of this years 16 Days activism. Activities planned by the teams include solidarity trek, debates, media advocacy etc. We believe that the concept of the 16 Days should reach the communities through the outreach teams. This will create more awareness within these communities that a large proportion of women have limited access to information about such issues. The following is the detailed schedule for each event: DATE TIME EVENT VENUE BAOBAB Conference 25/11/2004 9:30 A.M Press briefing Room. Students Debate. Topic: Sexuality Education: A way BAOBAB Conference 25/11/2004 11:00 A.M of Addressing Sexual Abuse. Room. Popular Theatre for the Police (on Violence Against Police Training College, 02/12/2004 10:00 A.M Women Issues). Ikeja, Lagos Media Advocacy Workshop ( New Tactics on BAOBAB Conference 08/12/2004 9:00 A.M Human Rights) Room. Popular theatre in strategic bus stops. Obalende, Maroko and 10/12/2004 10:00 A.M Bar Beach. Contact: Chibogu Obinwa, Senior Programme Officer, BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights; Plot 232A Muri Okunola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria; Tel/Fax: [phone] OR 1-320-0522; [e-mail] Kaduna Gender and Development Forum (KGF) KGF is a coalition of five Kaduna, Nigeria based women's rights organizations: ABANTU for development, Connecting Gender for development, League of Democratic Women (LEADS-NIGERIA), Gender and Human Values Proactive and Women In Nigeria (WIN), Kaduna. They have lined up a series of activities to mark this years 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Between the 25th November and 10th December 2004 the KGF will carry out the following activities: Set up a message center at its secretariat for people to drop messages of solidarity against gender violence. People with access to the Internet can drop their messages at the LEADSNigeria websitewww.leadsnigeria.org. The message centers will be open all through the 16 days and messages shared on various e-coalitions/lists. 16 different short articles on select topics on gender violence will be written and posted each day for the period by the Forum. These articles will attempt to bring the issues as close to home as possible with examples from Nigeria and Northern Nigeria most specifically. Some of the articles can be accessed here: http://eforums.healthdev.org/read/messages?id=3426 and http://eforums.healthdev.org/read/messages?id=3574. A reflection seminar will be held on the 25th November, 2004. Celebrate World AIDS day through coalition groups individual activities. In commemoration of the Montreal massacre on the 6th December 2004, a Zero tolerance seminar will be held to be organized in conjunction with the Center for Development Research and Advocacy Kaduna. This will be a space for men to express zero tolerance for gender violence.
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On the 10th of December, which is the International Human Rights Day and also the last day of the 16 Days of Activism, Kaduna Gender and Development Forum will celebrate the achievements of ordinary women normally ignored when communities celebrate its members at an awards ceremony. Four women will be given awards at a ceremony in recognition of their continuous efforts and dedication to community service and meritorious service. They invite you all to join us if you are in Kaduna, Nigeria or to drop your solidarity messages at the LEADS-Nigeria website. If you are male please send a message to the ZERO tolerance seminar in addition to your other solidarity message. ZERO tolerance messages should please be sent to [e-mail]. Contact: [e-mail] Civil Resource Development and Documentation Center (CIRDDOC) CIRDDOC held a national tribunal on the Violation of Reproductive Rights and HIV/AIDS on the 2nd of December 2004. Contact: Oby Nwankwo, CIRDDOC Nigeria, Fourth Dimension Complex, No 16 Fifth Ave, City Layout, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria; (p) 234 803 313 2494; (f) 234 42 459969; [e-mail]
PAKISTAN
Working Women Organization (WWO) Working Women Organizations has produced an informative power point presentation describing their activities for this years campaign in detail. To access the presentation, please click here. Also, view a report here, as well as a set of photos from WWOs events: Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3, Photo 4, Photo 5. Contact: Ranou Ahmed, Assistant Coordinator, Working Women Organization, E5/48-A, Rehmania Street, Zaman Colony, Lahore cantt. Pakistan; Tel: 92-42- 66863826686519; Fax: [phone]; E-mail: [e-mail] Awaz-e-Niswan (Voices of Women) Awaz-e-Niswan (Voice of Women) is a non-profit, secular women's organization working for the uplift of the vulnerable groups of women particularly single mothers (divorcee, separated and widows) heading families. It has been involved in the sectors of education, health/reproductive health, enterprise development and legal awareness/legal assistance in Pakistan. In order to celebrate the global campaign of 16 days of Activism against Gender Violence, they will be holding a theater festival organized on the theme of this year campaign, which is: For the Health of Women, For the Health of World, No More Violence! The detailed program is as fellow: Date: 27. 11. 2004; Time: 02-05p.m; Venue: St. Marry's H/S, Mariam Nishat Colony, R.A. Bazar Lahore; Theme: International Day against Gender Violence Date: 04. 12. 2004; Time: 02-05p.m; Venue: St. Paul H/S Workshop Stop Walton Road Lahore; Theme: HIV/AIDS and Women Date: 07. 12. 2004; Time: 02-05 p.m; Venue: J.D H/S Youhannabad, Ferozpur Road Lahore; (Opposite CATHE Foundation); Theme: Women's Rights are Human Rights Date: 10.12.2004; health seminar with Dr. Saman Yazdani (Director- Center for Population and Health Studies) as the resource person Contact: Awaz-e-Niswan, [e-mail]; 0300-9476651 or 0320-4664772. First Asia/Pacific Women, Girls & HIV/AIDS Best Practices Conference Islamabad, Pakistan: November 29-December 1, 2004
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As the report Women and HIV/AIDS: Confronting the Crisis, jointly issued for Bangkok XV by UNIFEM, UNAIDS, and UNFPA, makes clear Action against HIV/AIDS that does not confront gender inequality is doomed to failure. This conference brings together national leaders, policy makers, program managers and community members to explore the threats of HIV/AIDS to women in Asia and their front-line role in breaking the pandemic. Combating gender violence in all the multiple forms it exists in Asia and the manifold implications for women and HIV/AIDS is a key theme. The conference will be chaired by Dr. Nafis Sadik, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. It will culminate in the actionable Islamabad Agenda for Change 2004 once conference participants have agreed on how to get where we need to go. Details of the conference program are at: www.apwgconference.org. Click here for conference overview. Contact: Carol McCreary, AMAL Conference Secretariat-Technical Assistance Consultant, [e-mail] Website: www.apwgconference.org Zeest, a Rozan Program Zeest, dealing with the issue of violence against women, feels that there is a lack of educational and awareness-raising material on the subject of community action and men's involvement in the efforts to question the attitudes that lead to violence against women. Therefore, the design of Zeest's first poster aims to address this gap and make target groups like youth, professionals and others aware of the importance of the community's and men's involvement in ending violence against women. Zeest's second poster aims to highlight Zeest's counselling services available on emotional and mental health issues of women and for victims and survivors of violence. A common theme in both posters is the technique of positive messaging and emphasis on the community's responsibility towards this issue. The aim of both the posters is to increase ownership on the issue of violence against women in the community and replace the 'I' and 'You' approach with the 'We' and 'Our' approach. View posters: Poster 1 and Poster 2. Other activities by Zeest for the 16 Days Campaign this year include: the launching ceremony of 'Code of Ethics: Guidelines for the Protection of Dignity and Rights of the Survivors of Violence; orientations with the help of male volunteers in educational institutions on male involvement (using the poster); dissemination of posters to organizations, institutions, professionals. Contact: Zeest Team, Rozan, Street 34, House No 4-A, F-8/1, Islamabad (44000), Pakistan; 92.51.2851886; 92.51.2851887; [e-mail]; http://www.rozan.org/zeest/zeest.htm Nomad Center & Art Gallery The Nomad Centre celebrated its twenty- year anniversary (1984-2004) with this years 16 Days Campaign. Nomad started the campaign with a major Art Exhibition called Looking for freedom by renowned feminist-artist Nahid Raza on November 25 at 4.30pm, supported by a documentary on the challenges faced by women artists in Bangladesh. The artist will be present to discuss her work. On December 10 they inaugurated fragmentation, an exhibition of paintings and drawings depicting the politics of stress in society by the respected psychiatrist and artist Dr.Syed A Wasif, a student of Sadequain, with a documentary based on his work reflecting the realities of the third world at 4.30pm. Dr.Wasif will be present to respond to questions. The 3rd Annual Nomad Film Festival on Human Rights, in collaboration with Amnesty International, Vancouver, Canada, began on December 10, 2004, Human Rights Day to December 19 at Nomad Gallery Islamabad. It featured films that showcase human rights issues, challenges, and champions. Click here for photographs: photo1, photo 2. Contact: Nageen Hyat, 383, Eighth Avenue, F-8/3, Islamabad; Tel: [phone]; email: [e-mail]; [e-mail].
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Muchas Organizaciones CONVOCATORIA: 25 DE NOVIEMBRE, DIA INTERNACIONAL DE LA NO VIOLENCIA CONTRA LA MUJER, Lugar: Frente a Palacio de Justicia, Lima Hora: desde las 10 de la maana hasta las 6 de la tarde El Colectivo de organizaciones 25 de Noviembre, Por la No Violencia contra la Mujer, convoca a todas las personas e instituciones a las actividades por el Dia Internacional de la No Violencia contra la Mujer. Nos convoca la celebracin de los 10 aos de la Convencin Interamericana para Prevenir, Erradicar y Sancionar la Violencia contra la Mujer - Belem Do Para y la necesidad de abordar la problemtica de violencia contra la mujer en nuestro pas de forma articulada e integral. Las cifras al respecto son alarmantes. LAS ACTIVIDADES o Jornada conmemorativa: DESDE LAS 10 DE LA MAANA A 6 DE LA TARDE FRENTE A PALACIO DE JUSTICIA o Mediante la Instalacin de un Mdulo especialmente preparado para Consejeras: Desde las 11 am a 5 pm., Brindadas por especialistas de DEMUS; CMP Flora Tristn; ASPLEMAM FUNDACIONAL; Pre-NatalMov. Manuela Ramos; Programa "Hombres que renuncian a su Violencia" - UPCH, INPPARES, Campaa del Lazo blanco, para hombres. o Ciclo de Conversatorios: Desde las 2 a 5 de la tarde Dra Grecia Rojas 10mo. Aniversario de la Convencin Interamericana para Prevenir, Erradicar y Sancionar la Violencia contra la Mujer - Belem Do Para. Impactos de su cumplimiento e incumplimiento. Violencia contra la Mujer en el Per: Su gravedad y abordaje integral. Con Especialistas del CMP Flora Tristn y Mov. Manuela Ramos "Hombres que renuncian a su Violencia" a cargo del especialista Miguel Ramos, de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Mujeres y VIH SIDA, a cargo de Violeta Ross de Bolivia. Exposicin de materiales informativos o TODO EL DA Accin Simblica: desde las 10 am., Performance de 5 activistas, por el 10mo. Aniversario de la Convencin Interamericana para Prevenir, Erradicar y Sancionar la Violencia contra la Mujer - Belem Do Para, Participan MHOL MUJERES Accin Simblica: 10 am, Sobre Feminicidio, mediante colocacin de cruces Accin Simblica: desde las 11 am , Grupo de HIP HOP DE JOVENES POR LA NO VIOLENCIA CONTRA LAS MUJERES Marcha de las Mujeres: Desde Plaza San Martn hacia el Palacio de Justicia a la HORA: 12:00 del da Accin Simblica: accin de cierre de jormada, 5 pm, Mediante la colocacin de zapatos viejos de mujeres en las escalinatas de Palacio de Justicia Coordinaciones: Jornada Conmemorativa: MAMFUNDACIONAL: 9963-3035; Movilizacin/ Marcha: CMP Flora Tristn: 4331457 El Colectivo 25 de Noviembre, Por la No Violencia contra la Mujer est integrado por: CMP Flora Tristn, MAM FUNDACIONAL, DEMUS, Movimiento Manuela Ramos, CLADEM Per, ASPLE, Lesbianas Feministas de MHOL; Red Nacional de Promocin de la Mujer, Red Nacional de Promocin de la Mujer - Lima, GALF, CESIP, SISMU CMP Flora Tristn, FEPOMUVES, MAM, Promotoras Legales de Villa EL Salvador, AGT Redes - La Casa de Panchita, Vaso de Leche de Villa El Salvador, Asoc. Proceso Social, Asoc. de Liderezas de Independencia,
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Amnista Internacional Per, Pathfinder Internacional, Grupo Negro Manain, Mov. Mujeres Ciudadanas del Cono Norte, Com. Equidad y Gnero del PDS, RECARE, Com. de la Mujer y la Equidad del Gnero del PDD, CEM San Juan de Lurigancho; GIM Per, Milenia Radio; Marcha Mundial de Mujeres- Per; Asoc. PDH Micaela Bastidas; Red PRODINH El Agustino; Red de Atencin y Prevencin de la Violencia Familiar y Sexual, Cono Este; INPPARES; Pre Natal; CCTH. Apoyan: MAM FUNDACIONAL, DEMUS, Movimiento Manuela Ramos, CMP Flora Tristn, CLADEM Per; Campaa Convencin por los Derechos Sexuales y Derechos Reproductivos; Programa "Hombres que renuncian a su violencia" - UPCH; INPPARES; Pre Natal; Com. de la Mujer y la Equidad del Gnero del PDD, Asociacin Proceso Social; Red de Salud de la Mujer Latinoamericana y del Caribe-RSMLAC (1) "Violencia Sexual y Fsica contra las Mujeres en el Per". Estudio multicntrico de la OMS sobre la violencia de pareja y la salud de las mujeres. Guezmes, Ana; Palomino, Nancy y Miguel Ramos. Lima, 2002. Pag. 54. Contact: Mara Esther Mogolln, [e-mail]
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Women and Gender Commission of the Association of the Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines (WGC AMRSP) One of the major campaigns that the Women and Gender Commission of the Association of the Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines (WGC AMRSP) undertakes every year is the 16 Days Prayer-Advocacy to denounce the violence committed against women and children. The 16 Days Prayer-Advocacy is our expression of the international campaign of 16 Days of Activism Against Women and Gender Violence. The campaign will start on November 25 to December 10, 2004. The launching will be at St. Scholastica, Manila. During this period of 16 Days Prayer-Advocacy, there will be a daily liturgy which will be celebrated according to its corresponding theme and the lighting of a candle, the Violence Against Women and Children Candle (VAWC) Candle. This VAWC Candle will embody the pains and sufferings of women and children who are victims of oppression and domination, and their aspirations for healing, liberation and wholeness. By lighting this candle, we show our courage and burning passion to commit ourselves to protesting all forms of violence. Contact: Tel./ Fax [phone] or E-mail [e-mail]
POLAND
The project The Bitch has Provoked Me will be displayed on 17 Warsaw trams during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. The project is a protest against sexual violence and stereotypes justifying the violence in the public opinion. The deeply rooted stereotype justifying rape the stereotype of a woman whose behaviour provokes men, leads to the increase of the number of rapes and to further victimization of women in the process of law enforcement and in the public opinion. The Bitch has Provoked Me project breaks away from the traditional stylistics of social projects in Poland instead of a bruised face of the victim and the stop-the-violence slogan we decided to show rape from the perspective of the perpetrator. The hope is that the project will provoke the public discussion about sexual violence in Poland. The poster will also display the telephone number of the 24-hour service of the Crisis Intervention Center. See www.suka.org.pl for more information. Contact: Magda Gryszko, TwozywoFF; www.suka.org.pl, [e-mail], gsm:[phone]; Marszalkowska 62/70, 00-545 Warszawa, Poland
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ROMANIA
Association for the Promotion of Women in Romania (APoWeR) The Association for the Promotion of Women in Romania (APoWeR) has produced two posters for the 2004 16 Days, which can be viewed through the following links: Poster 1 and Poster 2. Updates on ApoWeRs 16 Days activities are forthcoming. Contact: [e-mail] Sensiblu Foundation In Bucharest, the Sensiblu Foundation planned a Silent Witness exhibit, meetings between public and the experts in domestic violence, discussions about the governmental involvement, discussions with the youngsters and the building of the Empty Bottles Monster, and a debate on domestic violence. Click on the following links to view three pictures from a press conference on 25 November. Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3. Contact: Cristina Horia, Sensiblu Foundation, [e-mail]
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International Jewish Womens Organization Project Kesher Project Kesher is getting ready for their fifth participation in the International Campaign 16 Days against Gender Violence to take place 25 November 10 December 2004. The subject of the Campaign 2004 is: Stop the Violence. For the health of women, for the health of the world. Their objective is to attract special attention to the point where two problems overlap, i.e. violence against women and womens health issues, to be more precise, the problem of violence against women and the problem of HIV prevention. The International Jewish Womens Organization Project Kesher sent a message discussing the goals of the Campaign and its possible activities and steps to the local womens groups. Various materials were devised to help the womens groups during their joint meetings, seminars and other events in the CIS. They will establish partnerships with many womens organizations and advocacy groups, anticrisis centers and governmental institutions, which will significantly contribute to the efficiency of our activities and will attract the media and help to change the existing attitudes in the society towards the problems in question. They have collected data from 106 Project Kesher womens groups and mailed them all the materials available. They keep in touch with all the groups mentioned and continuously interact with their leaders, making necessary amendments to the schedule of events within the Campaign to secure its efficiency. They interact with various information agencies, media, Internet news-agencies, foreign womens organizations (for instance, The Womens Information Network (http://www.winonline.org/), Bulgarian womens organization Empathy, the Kazakhstan-based Center for Womens Rights and Initiative Sana Sezim) to coordinate our activities and maintain the information flow about the Campaign and its impact. Our womens groups are currently planning the following events: Within the framework of the Campaign the Project Kesher womens groups: will arrange group-discussions on the subject of the Campaign; will carry out joint meetings and round table discussions with other womens organizations and advocacy groups, the representatives of local authorities and police, anti-crisis centers, religious leaders and representatives of various faiths; will hold meetings at youth clubs and local Hillel departments, at regular and Jewish Sunday schools, universities and other educational institutions; will arrange childrens drawing and literary contests Mommy, Daddy, me a happy family!
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will make a survey on the problem of violence against women and HIV dissemination, and possible ways to resolve these issues; will distribute numerous leaflets, posters, brochures and manuals on the problem; will arrange training programs for women studying at the ORT KesherNET computer training centers; will carry out charity campaigns together with the local authorities; will involve local media to cover the events within the Campaign; Examples of the Project Kesher groups and other organizations activities during the Campaign 16 Days against Violence: Meetings and classes in the womens groups and Jewish communities: o Violence against Women - in 36 groups (Samara, Volgograd, Volzhskiy, Izhevsk, Tyumen, Oulyanovsk, Bryansk, Kursk, Ryazan, Stavropol, Konstantinovka, Artyomovsk, Lugansk, Donetsk, Krivoy Rog, Alchevsk, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Feodosia, KamenetsPodolsky, Khmelnitsky, Vladimir-Volynsky, Dragobich, Mukachevo, Striy, Tchernovtsi, Shepetovka, Bershad, Vynnitsa, Zhitomir, Kiev, Cherkassy, Chernigov, Baranovichi, Bobruisk, Minsk) o Violence and Children - in 37 groups (Volgograd, Kaluga, Rybinsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Tambov, Tyumen, Toula, Lipetsk, Yakutsk, Yelets, Ryazan, Dnepropetrovsk, Krivoy Rog, Nikolayev, Odessa, Bendery, Loutsk, Lvov, Uzhgorod, Ternopol, Khmelnitsky, Mukachevo, Striy, Tchernovtsi, Vynnitsa, Zhitomir, Kiev, Cherkassy, Chernigov, Shostka, Borisov, Grodno, Minsk, Mogilyov, Rechitsa) o Jewish Aspect in the Upbringing in 13 groups (Samara, Lipetsk, Orel, Nizhny Novgorod, Makeyevka, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Slavyansk, Izmail, Odessa, Bendery, Bobruisk, Minsk) o Womens Health and Resistance to HIV/AIDS Dissemination, Drug and Alcohol Addiction - in 53 groups (Birobidzhan, Volgograd, Kaluga, Samara, Kostroma, Pskov, Tula, Bryansk, Yelets, Kursk, Obninsk, Orel, Smolensk, Makeyevka, Konstantinovka, Kharkov, Kirovograd, Yenakievo, Dneprodzerzhinsk, Alexandria, Alchevsk, Izmail, Feodosia, Bendery, Rovno, Loutsk, Lvov, Uzhgorod, IvanovoFrankovsk, Ternopol, Khmelnitsky, Vladimir-Volynskiy, Dragobich, Mukachevo, Striy, Tchernovtsi, Shepetovka, Bershad, Vynnitsa, Kiev, Soumy, Cherkassy, Chernigov, Shostka, Baranovichi, Borisov, Vytebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Minsk, Mogilyov, Polotsk, Sloutsk) o Women against Terrorism Women against Violence - in 43 groups (Vladimir, Volgograd, Tula, Kaluga, Rybinsk, Voronezh, Yelets, Ryazan, Smolensk, Makeyevka, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Artyomovsk, Novomoskovsk, Kirovograd, Lugansk, Mariupol, Donetsk, Krivoy Rog, Yenakievo, Dneprodzerzhinsk, Alexandria, Alchevsk, Drouzhovka, Severodonetsk, Sevastopol, Yalta, Eupatoria, Bendery, Rovno, Loutsk, Lvov, Uzhgorod, Ivanovo-Frankovsk, Kamenets-Podolsky, Khmelnitsky, VladimirVolynsky, Tchernovtsi, Shepetovka, Zhitomir, Vytebsk, Rechitsa) Meetings and classes in youth clubs, Sunday schools, and regular educational institutions: o Youth Violence. Nurturing Tolerance - in 23 towns (Vladimir, Volgograd, Tula, Samara, Tambov, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Orel, Makeyevka, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Novomoskovsk, Mariupol, Nikolayev, Eupatoria, Bendery, Rovno, Lvov, KamenetsPodolsky, Bobruisk, Borisov, Grodno, Polotsk) o Resistance to HIV/AIDS Dissemination, Drug and Alcohol Addiction - in 22 towns (Volgograd, Kaluga, Tula, Yelets, Kursk, Ryazan, Makeyevka, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Krivoy Rog, Severodonetsk, Mariupol, Simferopol, Bendery, Rovno, Loutsk, Lvov, Uzhgorod, Ivanovo-Frankovsk, Vladimir-Volynskiy, Soumy, Cherkassy)
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Events at non-Jewish public and non-profit organizations in 38 towns (Rybinsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Voronezh, Yelets, Kursk, Lipetsk, Ryazan, Tula, Makeyevka, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Novomoskovsk, Kirovograd, Lugansk, Mariupol, Krivoy Rog, Zaporozhye, Sevastopol, Yalta, Izmail, Eupatoria, Bendery, Rovno, Loutsk, Lvov, Uzhgorod, Ivanovo-Frankovsk,, Kamenets-Podolsky, Ternopol, Vynnitsa, Cherkassy, Bobruisk, Borisov, Vytebsk, Gomel, Polotsk) 17 Round table discussions and 19 other events on the municipal level: o Nizhny Novgorod a round table discussion Preventing Violence Against Children (November 26-29) with the Legislative Assembly, representatives of various faiths, nonprofit organizations and the Theatre of Change o Voronezh a round table discussion Women against Terrorism. Tolerance in Society (December 2) with the representatives of various faiths and youth organizations o Lipetsk a round table discussion Violence and Children. Youth Violence (November 26-28) with the representatives of the towns Administration, the Department of Education, different educational institutions, and religious groups o Tula a round table discussion Stop the Violence. For the Health of Women. For the Health of Children + Informational Campaign in the towns central square with the representatives of the Regional Administration, Departments for Women and Family Support, Education and Public Health, the representatives of local administrative bodies, various religious groups and leaders as well as media o Yelets an out-door campaign and events in different educational institutions. Distributing various methodological and informational materials. o Vladimir a youth anti-fascist festival involving different Diasporas and foreign students o Volgograd a joint project Women against Terrorism of the Association for National Cultures, the Russian Peace Foundation, and foreign female students o Makeyevka a round table discussion Preventing Violence in Society. Stop the AIDS threat + the Campaigns Anti-Terrorism and A distant village with the representatives of the towns Executive Committee and the womens multinational coalition o Konstantinovka a round table discussion Anti-Terrorism o Kirovograd a round table discussion Anti-AIDS with the representatives of the womens multinational coalition and media o Dnepropetrovsk a joint seminar The Childrens Rights in the Ukraine with the AllUkrainian Committee for Childrens Rights o Kharkov a conference dedicated to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Poster contest Say NO to AIDS and Drugs o Tver Photo-exhibition A Happy Family; collecting presents for a local orphanage. o Novomoskovsk A joint training program for young people Violence at the Dating Period with the representatives of the Commission on Juvenile Affairs within the towns Executive Committee o Lugansk Women against Terrorism, a campaign in the slums. o Krivoy Rog a joint charity campaign with the local authorities Help the Orphanages o Dneprodzerzhinsk Training programs The Role of Woman in the Family and Violence and Children o Zaporozhye a round table discussion Anti-Terrorism with the representatives of other minority groups o Yalta a training program Self-defense for Women with the representatives of the Ukrainian Security Service; Collecting presents for the children of Beslan taking a course of rehabilitation in the Crimean health centers
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Izmail a round table discussion Resistance to HIV/AIDS Dissemination with the representatives of the towns medical institutions o Bendery a round table discussion Preventing HIV/AIDS Dissemination, Drug- and Alcohol Addiction at the municipal Center for Epidemiology and Sanitation o Rovno a round table discussion The Issue of Tolerance in Society with the representatives of local Diasporas o Lutsk a round table discussion Stop the Violence o Lvov a round table discussion Tolerance in Society with the representatives of local Diasporas o Uzhgorod a round table discussion Preventing HIV/AIDS. Womens Health o Ivanovo-Frankovsk a round table discussion Preventing Violence against Women and Children o Bobruisk a joint meeting on the issue of Resistance to HIV/AIDS Dissemination, Drug and Alcohol Addiction with the municipal womens organization o Gomel a joint meeting with the municipal womens organizations and the towns Health Center; a round table discussion Lets Stop the Violence Together o Polotsk a round table discussion with the PR Department within the towns Executive Committee Distributing leaflets, brochures and manuals: in 27 towns (Volgograd, Yelets, Nizhny Novgorod, Voronezh, Vladimir, Lipetsk, Ryazan, Tula, Makeyevka, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Donetsk, Kirovograd, Dneprodzerzhinsk, Izmail, Bendery, Rovno, Lutsk, Lvov, Ivanovo-Frankovsk, Bobruisk, Polotsk, Gomel, Borisov, Zaporozhye, Chernigov, Cherkassy) Final report of Project Keshers 16 Days activities: English, Russian Final List of Activities: English, Russian Final List of Partners: English, Russian Contact: Coordinator of the Program Domestic Violence Prevention, Marina Konstantinova [e-mail] [phone]; For additional information contact: Victoria Matukhova, Project Kesher PR Manager, [e-mail] or [e-mail] o
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Glasgow City Council The Glasgow City Council held a series of events to commemorate the 2004 16 Days Campaign. Click on the following links for a series of photographs from the activities. Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3, Photo 4: from the launch in Glasgow with actor/director David Hayman and singer/songwriter Carol Laula. Also featured are a drama by schoolchildren on domestic abuse and a health center featuring information stalls on violence against women. Photo 5, Photo 6, Photo 7, Photo 8, Photo 9, Photo 10, Photo 11: more of the launch at Glasgow City Chambers. Photo 12, Photo 13, Photo 14: an art exhibition at Glasgow Green prepared by local women. Contact: Jean Murphy, Senior Policy Development Officer, Corporate Policy, Chief Executive Department, Glasgow City Council, City Chambers, Glasgow G2 1DU; Tel [phone]; [e-mail] SERBIA Autonomous Womens Center (AWC)
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The 16 days campaign 2004 in Serbia reflected the research done by the health program of Autonomous Womens Center in Belgrade that every fourth woman in Serbia survived physical violence, every fifth had serious injuries, and 78% of women never address any institution. The slogan of the campaign: They dont have trust. Why? followed the process of AWCs introducing coordinated community response program to institutions, including the medical system, and the parallel monitoring program by feminist lawyers on the insufficient implementation of the new criminal code on domestic violence in the judicial system. The media response was supportive: there was free broadcasting of the video clip of the campaign in Serbian language in 25 local and 2 Belgrade TV stations, radio jingle and Serbian and Romany languages in 30 local and 14 Belgrade radio stations - from November 25 to December 10. A traveling performance for the campaign created by ACT Women and Academic Theatre was played on the squares or green markets in 7 towns, provoking citizens and media attention. Autonomous Womens Center was a coordinating body and its volunteers distributed leaflets to womens groups in 45 towns who organized local campaigns. The leaflets were also distributed among MPs in the Parliament of Republic of Serbia on November 25. The president of the Parliamentarian Committee for Gender Equality gave interviews for the main press and TV, and on December 10 she organized a press conference for journalists covering parliamentarian affairs. In the Parliament of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina leaflets were distributed to MPs together with informative text on 16 days of activism and the Manifesto of men from Spain against violence against women. The Secretariat for Gender Equality presented the issue on various local and regional media. In Vojvodina on December 10, a one-day conference on institutional models of resolving problems of violence against women was organized with participation of 35 centers for social work, 5 SOS hotlines, ombudswoman office, gender equality and other secretariats of Vojvodina and various human rights organizations - various operating models were presented by Autonomous Womens Center, Counseling for Marriage and Family and Center for Social Work Sombor. Short monitoring: during the campaign, the rate of women victims of violence calling for the first time Autonomous Womens Center doubled. The leaflets delivered in the local campaigns had an option for local groups to put their contacts so women could reach them. The campaign was supported financially by Reconstruction Womens Fund, as well as two seminars for journalists with participation of experts coming from or cooperating with womens NGOs. Performance costs were covered by Balkan Initiatives Community Fund. All media broadcasting was free. All coordination, logistic and activist work, as well as the design of the campaign was from volunteer contributions. Click here for further information, including photos of events. Contact: Slavica Stojanovic, Autonomous Women's Center, Serbia; [e-mail]
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Gender-based Violence Programme of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation and the AIDS Law Project Please join the Gender-based Violence Programme of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation and the AIDS Law Project for the lunchtime launch of our guide, Health and Hope in Our Hands: Addressing HIV and AIDS in the aftermath of rape and woman abuse. Copies of the guide will be on sale at R50.00 each. Mercy Makhalemele will provide the key-note presentation introducing the guide which is intended to assist service providers to: o understand the relationship between HIV and AIDS and gender-based violence; o assist rape survivors to start and complete post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) treatment to try to prevent their contracting HIV from the rape; o integrate an understanding of rape and domestic violence into voluntary counseling and testing (VCT); o support rape survivors who discover that they had HIV before the rape;
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understand the problems related to living with HIV that women living in violent relationships may deal with; and o pass information on to clients in a way that they will understand, and that will empower them to cope and heal. This includes information about their legal rights. Date and Time: 12:30pm, Tuesday 30 November Venue: The Atrium, Constitution Hill Contact: Lisa Vetten, Gender Programme Manager, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, 4th Floor, Braamfontein Centre, 23 Jorissen Street, Braamfontein, PO Box 30778, Braamfontein, 2017; Tel: [phone] x 130; Fax: [phone]; http://www.csvr.org.za/gender; [e-mail]. o Reproductive and HIV Research Unit (RHRU), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Witwatersrand The RHRU is involved in a programme called Mpilonhle Mpilonde (Quality of Life Long Life). Migrant men residing in the inner city hostels of Benrose in Johannesburg and the women inhabiting the informal settlements surrounding these hostels are a currently underserved population and, as they have recently determined, are also at very high risk for HIV infection. In addition, access to quality primary health, including VCT, and social services for those affected by violence is inadequate to meet the populations needs. In collaboration with Joburg City Health, the RHRU took on the daunting task of developing a community based health programme and testing its efficacy. The primary focus of the programme is to address issues relating to HIV/AIDS and STIs this includes, but is not limited to: civil rights and participation; VCT; ARV literacy; gender-based violence; nutrition; housing; sanitation and environmental health. The community-based component of a multi-faceted intervention involves Quality of Life Clubs. The Mpilonhle-Mpilonde Project is planning to host a community event that aims to bring to the attention of ordinary citizens, the negative effects of violence on individual and community health status. This event will also provide them with an opportunity to share information about the programme we are conducting. The idea of an event comes from the enthusiasm displayed by residents of hostels and informal settlements who are members of our Quality Life Clubs. They intend to host the event in an area which is accessible to our target audience, residing in hostels and informal settlements in the Benrose area of Johannesburg in the week 28 November 3 December 2004. The proposed venue is an open space between Denver hostel and Denver informal settlement home to over 10 000 men and women. The proposed theme for this event is - Quality Life for All. Existing members of Quality Life Clubs will assist the project Community Liaison Officer with planning and organizing this event, thus providing them with an opportunity to gain valuable skills required for coordinating and managing events. Contact: Jo Vearey, RHRU, Tel: [phone]; Cell: [phone]; [e-mail] http://www.rhru.co.za/site/STI-HIV.htm#tag8 Western Cape Network on Violence Against Women The Western Cape Network, in partnership with the provincial government, will feature over 70 events during the 16 Days Campaign, sponsored by governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as civil society and various businesses. A complete calendar of events, as well as background information, have been compiled online, available at the following addresses: English: http://www.capegateway.gov.za/16days Afrikaans: http://www.capegateway.gov.za/afr/16days IsiXhosa: http://www.capegateway.gov.za/xho/16days Contact: Western Cape Network on Violence Against Women, P.O. Box 5, Athlone 7760; [e-mail]; 27-21-633-5287 - office; 27-21-637-0785 - fax; or please see calendar online for contacts for each event.
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Masimanyane Womens Support Center Masimanyane held a roundtable discussion on the trafficking of women and girl children, which is a fairly new and growing phenomenon in South Africa. They will be forwarding a report. Contact: Lesley Ann Foster, Masimanyane Women Support Centre; 17 Porter Street, East London Street, South Africa; [e-mail]. Womens Net Women'sNet is a vibrant and innovative networking support program designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social activism. Women'sNet aims to empower South African women to use information and communications technologies (ICTs) towards advancing women's equality. It is a dynamic source of locally generated information and discussion on gender issues. For complete calendar, see: http://womensnet.org.za/16Days/calendar.shtml. Womens Net events for the 16 Days Campaign include: o 25 November 2004: The International Day of No Violence Against Women marks the start of the annual 16 days campaign to eradicate gender-based violence. o Throughout the Campaign: WomensNet will be hosting a national calendar of events for the 16 Days and they would like to encourage all South African organizations hosting events during the Campaign to add their events to the WomensNet calendar. Its free and it will serve as support for women needing information and assistance. To add your event, e-mail WomensNet at [e-mail]. In your e-mail dont forget to include the events time, date, place, contact details and a brief description. o Cyber Dialogues: In addition, WomensNet plans to host national Cyber Dialogues. The cyber dialogues are one of several initiatives to raise awareness and change behavior as part of the Sixteen Days of Activism on Gender Violence using new information and communication technologies. For more information visit: http://womensnet.org.za/16Days/cyberdialogue.html. For discussion themes visit: http://www.genderlinks.org.za/newsitem.asp?nid=54. o Useful Links: Want to learn about 16 Days? Click here http://womensnet.org.za/16Days/ Want to learn about whats happening in South Africa? Click here: http://womensnet.org.za/16Days/calendar.shtml Stay updated on the latest news about the Campaign. Click here: http://womensnet.org.za/16Days/news.shtml Contact: Gender Links (http://genderlinks.org.za) 011 622 2877 or e-mail: [e-mail] Amnesty International South Africa Amnesty International South Africa is participating in the 16 days of activism together with many other organisations. Click here to see the national logo for South Africas 16 Days Campaign. Below is a summary of their plans: 1. Cyber Dialogues: A number of NGO's together with the Deputy Minister of Correctional Services (who was appointed the convenor of the 16 days by government on the side of government) have organised the Cyber Dialogues. Briefly, on each day of the 16 days, decision makers (Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Director Generals) will answer questions in person and by email from a panel and the public at large. Our members have been requested to ask questions via the chat room. Those who would like to participate should go to www.cyberdialogues.co.za. As this is being done via the Internet, they would like to encourage other AI sections throughout the world to also participate. AISA is responsible for co-ordinating
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the programme on 1st December, International AIDS Day. On this day AISA staff and Gauteng based members will be at the Johannesburg City Hall with our banner and a stall. The theme of the day is gender based violence and HIV/AIDS. The slogans for the day are Unite against gender based violence and PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) is a right: not just a talk. 2. Red and White Ribbon campaign: This year AISA is linking the red and white ribbon to show the link between HIV/AIDS and VAW. Our groups will be distributing the red and white ribbon together with a leaflet on "How do I reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS" (NISSA) and a pamphlet by AISA on the link between VAW and HIV/AIDS. The plan is to raise awareness through the distribution of these materials. This will be done at universities, malls, shops, places of work, hospitals, churches during a remembrance service of people who died of HIV/AIDS, at an HIV/AIDS counseling centre and a Medical School. 3. The office together with the IS HRE department is organising a workshop on legal mechanisms on gender and VAW. The participants, from selected NGOs, will also be introduced to the legal and campaigning components of an Activist Toolkit developed by Amnesty International which was developed to support AIs global campaign on Stop Violence against Women. This workshop will take place from 6-7 Dec and will be facilitated by a member of the HRE team from London and the AISA HRE co-ordinator. The objectives of the workshop are: Recognition of VAW as human rights violation and the need for it to be given greater visibility; Recognition of existing opportunities for working on gender-based discrimination and VAW, particularly in the participants areas of work; Development and/or enhancement of the capacities of participants in the legal mechanisms available to them for working on gender issues and VAW. 4. Other workshops to be held by the national office during this period: Workshop with youth on their role in stopping violence against women on 25th November 2004. Chaired by representative from Oxfam, speakers from the South Africa Youth Commission and IDASA. AISA will deliver a presentation at a workshop of Ilitha Labantu on 27th November 2004 in Cape Town on "The changing discourses on human rights, peace and security. Six workshops will be held on stopping violence against women and HIV/AIDS in villages in Venda, Limpopo. 5. Other activities: In Durban a letter will be sent to the editor of the Independent Newspaper Group in response to a recent article on the DRC. Meetings will be held with the DRC community in SA on the situation in the DRC particularly with regard to violence against women. The video on the DRC will be screened for members in Durban. Contact: Heather Van Niekerk, Executive Director, Amnesty International South Africa; Ph: 012-3208155; Fax:[phone] In Masvingo, the 16 Days of Activism was launched at Chief Mazungunye's Homestead. There was a drama performance showing a hardworking wife and a lazy husband. The wife and children worked in the field but the husband did not. But when it came to selling the produce, it was the husband who did because he had the card for the Grain Marketing Board. After selling the produce, he used all the money. The activities after the launch were in town where the Masvingo City Council's Health Department held an HIV/AIDS workshop where Masvingo 16 Days activists addressed the participants about the campaign. The last day, 10 December was very successful, as more than the number of people they had invited attended. The guest speaker was the Deputy Mayor of Masvingo who supported women's efforts toward curbing gender-based violence. Contact: Mabel Sikhosana, 11 Hofmeyer Street, Masvingo, Zimbabwe; [e-mail]
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Creacin Positiva will be doing a national campaign of awareness and dissemination of the objectives and the importance of supporting the 16 Days Campaign. They are participating by talking about the link of HIV and gender violence in the following event: o Event: Violencia contra las Mujeres Organiser: Institut Catal de la Dona with the cooperation of Creacin Positiva Date: 27th November 2004 Place: Barcelona (Spain) They will also be organising a full day seminar together with the National Plan of AIDS on December the 9th, where they plan to raise awareness of the intersection of VAW and HIV addressed to professionals working at women's centers, battered women's centers, health professionals, social workers, etc: o Event: Intersecciones peligrosas: Gnero, violencia y VIH Organisers: Creacin Positiva (with the support of the Plan Nacional del Sida) Date: 9th December 2004 Place: Madrid (Spain) Fliers of the Campaign will be distributed at different events Contact: Mara Jos Vzquez, ICW Regional Contact Europe / International BoT member, Creacin Positiva, C/ Sants 2-4, 11, 08014 Barcelona (Spain); Phone: [phone] / Mobile: [phone]; E-mail: [e-mail] / [e-mail]
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Institute for Social Development The themes for the 2004 16 Days Campaign organized by the Institute for Social Development in Sri Lanka are: "Protecting Women's Rights," "Demanding for Equal Rights," and "Stop! Treating Women Uneqal." Their activities include a publication on sexual harassment entitled "Rights, a street drama performance on HIV/AIDS among the plantation workers, picketing on the violation against women in the work place and public places, a radio broadcast on women's labour rights and human rights and group discussions about physical, verbal and sexual discrimination. Contact: Ms.Krishnan Yogeshwary, Institute of Social Development, No.652/3, Peradeniya Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka; [e-mail] TANZANIA African Youth Development Foundation (AYDF) African Youth Development Foundation organized a girls sports health bonanza, consultative workshops for young women against gender violence, a weekly theatre against gender violence, a youth arts festival, a youth aids forum, and a youth conference on human rights. More than three thousand youth from rural and urban areas attended the activities. AYDF welcomes inquiries on how to support their efforts. Contact: Kasanzu Kitwana, Executive Chairperson, African Youth Development Foundation; P.O. Box 1464, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; Tel: [phone]; email: [e-mail].
THAILAND
Amnesty International Thailand AI Thailand has planned the following activities in conjunction with the 16 Days Campaign:
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They have launched the " Stop! Violence Against Women VAN," which is collaborated with the Ministry of Justice in Bangkok at the 1st of November and began its campaign for 14 provinces in the same day. They have covered 7 provinces in the north and will cover the next 7 (northeast and south). AI Thailand has visited various groups of people in the provinces, including secondary and university students, women's local groups, representatives of villages and the general public itself. The approach taken mainly focused on the integration of basic HRE to the VAW concepts. Every meeting ends with the participants stamping their hands in support of the campaign. In addition, different publications ranging from brochures, booklets, and posters have been distributed to give a a clearer understanding of the campaign as well as world news regarding violence against women. From those first 7 provinces, approximately 200 new members from the various groups have been recruited. AI Thailand also plans to present a series of documentary films to students in Bangkok beginning from 25 November 2004 until 10 December 2004. Contact: Mod Ampika Saibouyai, Campaign and Ativism Manager, Amnesty International , Thailand; 641/8 Ladprao Soi 5, Ladyao, Chatujak, Bangkok, 10900; Tel: [phone]; 8745 / 513 8754; Fax:[phone]; email: [e-mail]; website: www.amnesty.or.th
TIMOR LESTE
Office of the Prime Minister for the Promotion of Equality with UNFPA The 16 Days Campaign in Timor Leste has been organised by the Office of the Prime Minister for the Promotion of Equality in conjunction with UNFPA (UNFPA has a long standing programme on Gender Based Violence being executed from and with this office). This year they have been very successful in ensuring that the campaign reaches nationwide and events are organised from national right down to grassroots. In conjunction with other UN agencies they have managed to get localbased events funded in every district across the country, the first ever for Timor Leste. Concurrently, they will have national-based events in Dili (the capital city), organised by NGOs and partner organisations. A national launch will take place on the 25th of November and a national closure of the campaign on the 10th of December. There will be much publicity, including a speech by the Prime Minister on the campaign on the 25th which will be aired on TV and on radio. The Adviser to the Prime Minister on Equality has also recorded a message which will be aired several times on community and national radios across the country. The committee of Timorese NGOs, CBOs and government departments, namely the Office for Promotion of Equality, decided to adapt the international theme to suit local language translation and context, it translates as "Promote Women's Health: Stop Violence. The group also developed it's own national logo for the event, which they will use for the campaign in future years, a national song, stickers, banners, t-shirts and a poster board. Their precise schedule of events is as follows: Date Activity Location Who Responsible 22-23- Film Festival Nov-04 Dili Rede Feto (Women's Network) Office for Promotion of Equality/ UNFPA
25-Nov-04 Delivery of Prime Minsters Speech - TV Dili/National and Radio
25-Nov-04 Opening Ceremony Of 16 Day District of Ainaro Campaign * Launch of Book on Stories of Violence UNFPA
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Against Women in Timor Leste *Presentation on Stopping Violence and promoting womens health * Drama on Violence Against Women *CEDAW Socialization Activities 13 District
Dr. Jose Antonio
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25-26 Nov- Gender and Domestic Violence Training District of Liquisa UNFPA-KDT 04 25-Nov Launch of Radio Drama Series "Amelia" Across National Bibi Bulak/Office for and Promotion 10-Dec-04 Community Radios of Equality/UNFPA Lecture on Domestic Violence 30 Comm.Police Officers in 65 Sub Districts, in 111 Villages National Police of Timor Leste
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District of Baucau Baucau Youth Group/UNICEF
4-day Training and Socialisation District of Lautem District Campaign on Gender, Rights, Domestic Administration/UN 10-Dec-04 and Sexual Violence Resident Coordinators Office Public debates on Community Violence, District of Liquisa HIV/AIDS 10-Dec-04 Disability and Human Rights District Administration/UNHCR
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Various Dialogues on Campaign Against District of Viqueque 10-Dec-04 Violence in 5 sub Districts One- day Workshop, Long March and Sport 10-Dec-04 Activities
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29-Nov-04 Workshop on Trafficking in Sexual Exploitation in Timor-Leste 29-Nov-04 Workshop on Alternatives to Violenc...