{"id":6039,"date":"2020-12-01T13:23:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T13:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/?p=6039"},"modified":"2020-12-01T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T13:30:16","slug":"16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/archives\/6039","title":{"rendered":"16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Theme: \u201cFrom Awareness to Action\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence<\/em> is an international campaign which takes place annually from <strong>25 November<\/strong> to <strong>10 December.\u00a0<\/strong>The campaign seeks to highlight and champion initiatives that encourage people to take part in ending Gender-based Violence.<\/p>\n<p>(ACK) Significant dates during the campaign:<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 25:<\/strong> International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 29: <\/strong>International Women Human Rights Defenders Day<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 1:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0World AIDS Day<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 5:<\/strong> \u00a0International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 10:<\/strong> International Human Rights Day and the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/p>\n<h3>What is the Mothers\u2019 Union Global Day?<\/h3>\n<p>Our first Global Day will be on 5<sup>th<\/sup> December. It focuses on the disturbing statistic that <strong>\u201c1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced domestic or sexual abuse\u201d<\/strong> and as a leading women\u2019s organization, Mother&#8217;s Union holds this as <strong>unacceptable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>What is Gender-Based Violence?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Gender-based violence (GBV) is any act of violence or abuse which is directed at an individual or group on the basis of their gender.<\/li>\n<li>It is important to note, therefore, that both women and men can be made targets of gender-based violence. However, it has been widely acknowledged that the majority of persons affected by gender-based violence are women and girls, as a result of the unequal distribution of power in society between women and men. Further, female victims of violence suffer specific consequences as a result of gender discrimination.<\/li>\n<li>Gender\u2010based violence against women is violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cViolence against women\u201d is understood as a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women. It is all acts of gender\u2010based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.<\/li>\n<li>Violence against women and girls is rooted in unequal power relations between men and women, and the underlying beliefs and values which accompany this, often manifesting as a means of control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Gender-based violence occurs in every culture and context around the world. It can be carried out by a wide range of people, including partners; family members; those in the community; strangers; friends; those in positions of authority; armed groups; and the state.\u00a0 Let us work alongside communities to help end gender-based violence and to support those affected by it, every day of the year.\u00a0 We request our members to participate in the campaign, to raise awareness of, and call for an end to, gender-based violence in all forms and in all societies. Some of the activities are listed below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Activities <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Visiting those affected by Gender-Based Violence and sharing information that can help:<\/li>\n<li>Visiting ante-natal clinics<\/li>\n<li>Reporting the perpetrators to the police and other legal offices<\/li>\n<li>Going to hospitals in case of affliction, being wounded, and how to get counselling sessions (FIDA, FAWE)<\/li>\n<li>Offering food and clothes to the affected<\/li>\n<li>Taking legal action on behalf of the survivors<\/li>\n<li>Empowering women through mentorship<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The Global Day will be on <strong>Saturday, 5<sup>th<\/sup> December 2020<\/strong>, we request all members <strong>\u201cto step out of their comfort zones<\/strong>\u201d and be part of this campaign. Be a <strong>\u201cvoice to the voiceless.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theme: \u201cFrom Awareness to Action\u201d 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign which takes place annually from 25 November to 10 December.\u00a0The campaign seeks to highlight and champion initiatives that encourage people to take part in ending Gender-based Violence. (ACK) Significant dates during the campaign: November 25: International Day for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/archives\/6039\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,175,75],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6039"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6042,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6039\/revisions\/6042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}