Mark these 4 dates:
November 25th: The International Day Against For the Elimination of Violence Against WomenNovember 29th: International Women Human Rights Defenders DayDecember 1st: World Aids Day
December 10th: International Human Rights Day
This year???s theme is Demanding Implementation, Challenging Obstacles: End Violence Against Women
Challenges and obstacles have been identified by activists in all regions of the world, and we have chosen to highlight a few of those here. These can be addressed both as demands to be made on the state or other institutions and as actions that we must take in our own work in order to achieve better results. A few suggestions for focusing advocacy in this year???s campaign include:
* Demanding and securing adequate funding for work against VAW;
* Calling for greater accountability and political commitment from states to prevent and punish all forms of violence against women in practice not just words
* Increasing awareness of the impact of violence against women, including engaging in measures to end it by men and boys;
* Evaluating the impact and effectiveness of work to prevent violence against women;
Hat tip to Black Looks who will do a round up of blog posts on this suject at her blog, Black Looks on the 10th December.
