Thursday, 27 November 2014

16 Days of Action Against Gender Violence

During our meeting on Tuesday we took part in the UN's 16 Days of Action Against Gender Violence learning about the GGC suggested themes of conflict and peace.

The girls brainstormed the different ways that violence can present itself; speaking about physical, verbal, emotional and sexual violence. We did two activities demonstrating some of the barriers to communication and talked about ways to overcome them. Later they depicted peace and conflict through skits.

Many of the girls had a good (if unfortunate) understanding of some of disadvantages that face women today, citing unequal pay, differences in sports and violence in intimate relationships.

Some significant days that still remain in the 16 day campaign are:

  • November 29--International Women and Human Rights Defenders Day
  • December 1--World AIDS Day
  • December 5--International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
  • December 6--National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women; Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre
  • December 10--International Human Rights Day, anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Women invite everyone to ORANGE your neighbourhood as part of the UNiTE to End Violence Against Women.

Responses from Rangers during 2013 Campaign