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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
RSS FeedAngola: Activists denounce political apathy towards migrant rape victims
2007-12-07, Issue 331
Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have accused their government and that of Angola of turning a blind eye to reports of widespread rape and other abuses of DRC migrant workers in neighbouring Angola. “The situation seem...
Sudan: UN alarmed by widespread rape in Mogadishu
2007-12-07, Issue 331
he United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) representative for Somalia on Friday voiced his concern at the increasing number of rape cases in the country's war-torn capital, Mogadishu. "Sexual violence and rape are part of the game now," Christian Bal...
AWDF grants awarded for 16 days campaign
2004-12-09, Issue 186
The world will be marking 16 days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence from November 25th to December 10th 2004. Once again, women's organisations and human rights activists all over the world will come together in their various communities. L...
Grants awarded for fight against HIV/AIDS
2004-12-09, Issue 186
On Monday 1st December 2004, the world marked World AIDS Day. The theme for this year's campaign, which was selected by the United Nations was, "Women, Girls HIV and AIDS". Globally, young women and girls are more susceptible to HIV than men and boy...
*"We Do Not Interfere in Domestic Matters"
Experiences from Uganda in honour of Sylvia Tamale
2004-12-09, Issue 186
Tributes continue to come in for Dr Sylvia Tamale, the first woman Dean of the Faculty of Law at Makerere University, Uganda. Dr Tamale, an internationally renowned feminist activist and academic was honoured on December 2nd by the women's movement i...
Senegal moves closer to ratification of women's rights protocol
Wildaf press release
2004-12-09, Issue 186
"The follow-up committee for the ratification and the implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) on the Rights of Women in Africa informed us that the law on the ratification of the Protocol was adopted...
Zimbabwe: Women activists to appeal for domestic violence legislation
2004-12-09, Issue 186
Zimbabwean women activists are to petition parliament on Friday to approve a four-year-old Prevention of Domestic Violence Bill. The activists, frustrated with continued delays in the bill's approval, have chosen the last day of the worldwide campaig...
Tanzania: Violence against girl pupils still rampant
2004-12-09, Issue 186
Several years have passed since Tanzania ratified an International Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Violence Against Women (CEDAW). Nothing has been done to incorporate the convention in the country’s domestic laws up to now when the w...
West Africa: Countries wage war on violence against women
2004-12-09, Issue 186
Barely emerging from years of civil conflict, two countries in West Africa are waging a new war – a battle to eradicate all forms of violence against women. Last Thursday, the authorities in Sierra Leone and Liberia joined humanitarian organisations ...
Stopping domestic violence online chat
2004-12-02, Issue 185
Moving Ideas and Amnesty International USA teamed up to host an online chat on domestic violence in the lead up to the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Visit this web page to read the transcript and find out more about fighting gender vio...
Center for Domestic Violence Prevention programme for 2004
2004-12-02, Issue 185
The Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEODVIP) in Uganda has a full schedule of events for 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women. Email cedovip@raisingvoices.org for a detailed programme....
Oxfam public dialogue on the African women's rights protocol
2004-12-02, Issue 185
On 30 November 2004, to mark the occasion of World AIDS Day and its intersection with the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women, Oxfam Great Britain facilitated a Public Dialogue on the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Hu...
16 Days for Africa to Say No to Gender Violence
Mary Wandia
2004-12-02, Issue 185
This year's Campaign on Violence Against Women has found encouragement in the African Union's Protocol on the Rights of Women. While 31 countries have signed the Protocol, only five have ratified (Comoros, Rwanda, Libya, Botswana, Namibia and Lesoth...
Seminar to mark 16 days in Ghana highlights gender inequities
2004-12-02, Issue 185
Participants at a seminar organized by the Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre have blamed the high numbers of women living with HIV/AIDS on gender inequities and the lack of adequate legislations on women's rights. The seminar, orga...
The voice of a survivor: World AIDS Day and 16 days of activism
2004-12-02, Issue 185
"I am 22 years old. I have one baby boy, who is 6 years old. Some people don't understand what life really is, but I understand it clearly. Life is about what you know and what you want and what you want to do to get the things you want. In life ...
Honouring Sylvia Tamale
Outstanding contributor to the advancement of women's rights
2004-12-02, Issue 185
Dr Sylvia Tamale, the first woman Dean at The Faculty of Law at Makerere University, Uganda, will be honored on Thursday 2nd December by the women's movement in Uganda for her outstanding contribution to the advancement of women's rights in Africa. ...
Effective partnerships key to combating gender-based violence
2004-11-25, Issue 184
Partnerships between governments, the international system, civil society, the media and private sector offer real solutions to ending gender-based violence, according to speakers at a United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) event to obser...
Calendar of activities in Kenya
2004-11-25, Issue 184
The Coalition on Violence against Women- COVAW (K) is a women's human rights organization that is committed to the eradication of all forms of violence against women and the promotion of women's human rights. She is a registered non-governmental organization that does not make profit and is non-partisan. The coalition works in close collaboration with other like-minded Non-Governmental Organization, Community Based Organizations, Government and Donors....
Violence against women fuels spread of HIV/Aids
2004-11-25, Issue 184
Significantly more young women than men are now being infected by HIV/Aids as violence against women and girls fuels the spread of the virus. HIV/Aids is a human rights catastrophe which increasingly affects women, said Amnesty International in the r...
2004 International Calendar of Campaign Activities
2004-11-25, Issue 184
DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda...This comprehensive calendar will tell you exactly what’s going on in your country during the 16 days of activism. There's no excuse not to join in!...
Calendar of activities in South Africa
2004-11-25, Issue 184
Visit the Women's Net website for a listing of events taking place around the country over the period of the 16 days. The contact details of the institutions hosting the events are included and there are also contact details for you to have your even...
Chat with others about the 16 days
2004-11-25, Issue 184
The cyber dialogues are one of several initiatives to raise awareness and change behaviour as part of the Sixteen Days of Activism on Gender Violence using new information and communication technologies. Visit the website and have your say....
Ten ideas to end violence against women
2004-11-25, Issue 184
Visit this Amnesty International web page and get some ideas for what you can do to end gender violence, from contacting government officials to coordinating a "light a candle event"....
Violence Against Women and the Protocol on the Rights of Women
2004-11-25, Issue 184
These are extracts from the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, available at http://www.pambazuka.org/petition/1/protocol.pdf..
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