16 Days of Activism

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence commences on November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and ends on December 10, International Human Rights Day.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the multi-year campaign "UNiTE to End Violence against Women", www.un.org/en/women/endviolence. The effort is from 2008 to 2015 with the aim to prevent and eliminate violence against the female gender in all parts of the world.

As a contribution to advance the Secretary-General's UNiTE, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM, http://www.unifem.org/, started a global call for action "Say NO - UNiTE to End Violence Against Women". Join and be counted. http://www.saynotoviolence.org/

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MaryLou Espiritu-Olsson
UN Committee Chair
District 21, Zonta International