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e. Violence against women ( VAW ), also known as gender-based violence[ 1][ 2] and sexual and gender-based violence ( SGBV ), [ 3] is violent acts primarily or exclusively committed by men or boys against women or girls. Such violence is often considered a form of hate crime, [ 4] committed against women or girls specifically because they are ...
Photo: UN Women/Marni Gilbert. The Global 16 Days Campaign is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. [ 1] The campaign runs every year from 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day. Originally called the "16 Days of Activism Against ...
In 2012, along with the V-Day movement, V created One Billion Rising, a global protest campaign to end violence, and promote justice and gender equality for women. On February 14, 2013, V-Day's 15th anniversary, women and men in countries around the world held dance actions to demand an end to violence against women and girls. [38] [39] [40]
Main interests. White Ribbon Campaign (co-founder) Michael Kaufman (born March 27, 1951) is a Canadian author, educator, and theorist focused on engaging men and boys to promote gender equality, end violence against women, and end self-destructive ideals of manhood. He co-founded the White Ribbon Campaign in 1991, the largest network of men ...
The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (abbreviated as DEVAW [1]) was adopted without a vote [2] by the United Nations General Assembly in the 48/104 resolution of 20 December 1993. Contained within it is the recognition of "the urgent need for the universal application to women of the rights and principles with regard to ...
Online gender-based violence. A graphic created by UNESCO to demonstrate some of the forms of harassment that women experience online. Online gender-based violence is targeted harassment and prejudice through technology against people, disproportionately women, based on their gender. The term is also similar to online harassment, cyberbullying ...
She added: “In so doing, we have the opportunity to end gender-based violence and those laws and practices that discriminate against women. “And each one of us must take personal ...
One Billion Rising is a global campaign, founded by Eve Ensler, to end rape and sexual violence against women. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It was started in 2012 as part of the V-Day movement. The "billion" refers to the UN statistic that one in three women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime, [ 4] or about one billion. The campaign expands each year with ...