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16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE 2007

November 25 - December 10, 2007

Website: TAKE ACTION KIT: http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/kit07/kit.html

Center for Women's Global Leadership

E-Mail: Sadia Hameed - shameed@rci.rutgers.edu

Dear Friends,

We are now 25 Days away from the beginning of the 16 days of Activism 2007!

"DEMANDING IMPLEMENTATION- CHALLENGING OBSTACLES: END VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN"

This year we have highlighted 5 thinking points within the theme:

    * Demanding and securing adequate funding for work against violence
      against women (VAW)
    * Calling for greater accountability and political commitment from
      states to prevent and punish all forms of violence against women
    * Increasing awareness of the impact of violence against women,
      including engaging men an boys in prevention and eradication efforts
    * Evaluating the Impact and effectiveness of work to prevent
      violence against women- identifying the successes and the gaps
    * Securing the space for advocacy and defending the defenders of
      women's human rights in ending gender based violence

Over the course of the next few weeks, I will open the listserve for
discussion around these five themes dedicating 5 days to each theme and
beginning each segment with a series of thinking points.

31 October-4 November: Demanding and Securing Adequate Funding
5 November-9 November: Calling for greater accountability and political
commitment from states
10 November-14 November: Increasing awareness on the impact of VAW and
engaging men as agents of change
15 November-19 November: Evaluating the impact and effectiveness of work
to end VAW
20 November- 24 November: Securing the space for advocacy and defending
the defenders of women's human rights

I hope these discussions will help generate activism and dialog during
this year's Campaign!!

Sadia Hameed

shameed@rci.rutgers.edu

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE 2007
Program Coordinator
CWGL

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