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16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

November 25 marks the start of the United Nations’ 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), an annual international campaign that kicks off on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until December 10, Human Rights Day.

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PAST Events

GBV
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Elections
Election Series | Gender-based Violence in Mexican Politics
On Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 11:00 – 12:30 ET
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Gender-based Violence
A New Threat to Women in Politics: Online Gender-Based Violence
On Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 10:00 – 11:00 ET
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Women & Gender
Presentación del reporte del “Foro nacional sobre feminicidio: Visiones y soluciones” y del reporte sobre “Los avances legislativos y propuestas que se encuentran pendientes de aprobar en materia de feminicidio en México”
On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 12:00 – 1:30 ET
Forum on Cyber-Harassment
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Gender-based Violence
Forum on Cyber-Harassment
On Monday, March 20, 2023 at 1:00 – 5:00 ET
Foro sobre Ciberacoso
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Gender-based Violence
Foro sobre Ciberacoso
On Monday, March 20, 2023 at 1:00 – 5:00 ET
16 Days of Activism
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Gender-based Violence
Celebrating Women: An Art Exhibition
On Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 4:00 – 6:00 ET
Marcha Feminista en México
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Gender-based Violence
Foro Nacional Sobre Feminicidio: Visiones y Soluciones
On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 10:00 – 3:00 ET
La Malinche
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Gender-based Violence
Traitor, Survivor, Icon: La Malinche – Expressions of Gender-Based Violence from Mexico’s Inception
On Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 3:00 – 4:30 ET
Femicide vigil
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Gender-based Violence
Documenting Evidence of Femicide: Film Discussion of the "Caníbal, indignación total" Docuseries
On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 3:00 – 6:00 ET
Women migrants Latin America
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Women & Gender
The Impact of Violence Against Women on Central American Migration
On Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 9:00 – 11:00 ET
GBV 2021 16 Days
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Gender-based Violence
Pathways to Justice: Gender-Based Violence and the Rule of Law
On Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 11:00 – 12:00 ET
Afghan soldiers in Afghanistan.
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Hindsight Up Front: Implications of Afghanistan Withdrawal for South Asia
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 9:00 – 10:00 ET
Why Are Algerians Protesting? It’s Not against Bouteflika.

STANDING AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: AN ENHEDUANNA BLOG SERIES

The Middle East Program's blog Enheduanna: Voices of Women from MENA, presents contributions from women activists and scholars from the region about not only the challenges in their countries—from discrimination to honor killings—but also their greatest hopes, and the work they do to drive more people, both women and men, to fight this pandemic of violence.

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Latin woman victim in purple with hand as a sign of silence to raise awareness

INFOGRAPHIC | A GLOBAL LOOK AT FEMICIDE

Femicide is the most extreme form of gender-based violence: the killing of a woman because of her gender. Globally, 137 women and girls are killed by a family member or intimate partner every single day. The result is more than 50,000 femicides each year.

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Not until the half of our population represented by women and girls can live free from fear, violence and everyday insecurity, can we truly say we live in a fair and equal world.

- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Videos

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March 8th, 2020. Tens of thousands of Mexican women protest on ‘femicide’ and gender-based violence in Mexico City
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Women & Gender
Celebrating Women: An Art Exhibit at Wilson
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Gender-based Violence
La historia legal del feminicidio en México
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Women & Gender
MENA Journalist Yasmina Allouche Calls on Governments to Prioritize Protecting Women Against GBV
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