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🧡Join us for the @UN Official Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women!
📅23 Nov, 10:00 am EST
📍 UN HQ, New York
📺 Livestream: unwo.men/BBT750LIJnO
#OrangeTheWorld #16Days
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Priority actions to end violence against women & girls:
🧡Increase funding to women’s rights organizations
🧡Promote leadership & participation of women & girls in politics & decision-making
🧡Strengthen protection for human rights defenders & activists
@unwomenchief #16Days
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We salute:
✊grassroots activists
✊women human rights defenders
✊survivor advocates
✊individuals around the world
who continue to #PushForward in the shared mission to end violence against women and girls.
#16Days
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“ Going forward, together, we can make life better and brighter for many more girls and women across the world.”
- @unwomenchief Sima Bahous on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Full statement: unwo.men/mq7q50GWcRh #16Days #OrangeTheWorld
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The #16Days of Activism may be coming to an end, but we will not be silent until every woman and girl can live without fear of violence.
Are you with us?
#OrangeTheWorld
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Abuse is not always physical.
Learn about forms of violence and how to end them: unwo.men/Km1S50H4OUc
#OrangeTheWorld #16Days
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5 every hour.
😢That's how many women and girls are killed by someone in their own family.
Let's stop this clock & take action to end violence against women & girls NOW.
👉 Find out more in this new report on femicide: unwo.men/MMwE50LQs3R
#16Days @UNODC
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Violence against women and girls manifests itself in many different forms, but it is NOT inevitable.
Find out how you can do your part to end this shadow pandemic during #16Days of Activism: unwo.men/y6pV50H3sMq
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Join us for a live chat with our expert @kalliopiunwomen and @UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications @MelissaFleming on 6 December.
Have a question about ending violence against women & girls? Add it in the comments👇
unwo.men/l6aP50GZTk8 #OrangeTheWorld #16Days
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With an increase in Internet use during #COVID19, women and girls have become targets of online violence more than ever.
This #16Days of Activism, #OrangeTheWorld by using social media to spread awareness and kindness.
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For some women, the most dangerous place is their own home.
56% of female homicide victims in 2021 were murdered by their intimate partner or a family member.
Violence against women & girls can and must be prevented!
Find out how: unwo.men/8oUT50LMAQa
#16Days @UNODC
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#COVID19 has intensified violence against women both inside & outside of the home. This is a result of:
▪️ financial insecurity
▪️ unemployment
▪️ food insecurity
▪️ family relations
This #16Days of Activism, learn the facts: unwo.men/v0qf50GXh38 #WomenCount
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This year's #16Days theme 'Activism to end violence against women and girls' calls on all of us to:
✔️take action
✔️listen to survivors
✔️strengthen protection & prevention
✔️end impunity
✔️resist the rollback of women's rights
- @AminaJMohammed
@SayNO_UNiTE #OrangeTheWorld
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STARTING SOON 🧡🌎
Join us for the United Nations official commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Let's kick off the #16Days of Activism, stand together against gender-based violence and #OrangeTheWorld!
⏰10:00 am EST
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"Our experience has shown us that violence against women and girls is preventable."
- @unwomenchief Sima Bahous at today's commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. #16Days #OrangeTheWorld
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This #16Days everyone can make a difference.
Here are some ways to end violence against women & girls:
📣Speak up against violence
❌Call out harassment
✔️Challenge beliefs on masculinity
⚖️Push for stronger laws
💰Fund women’s organizations
Learn more: unwo.men/4xrc50LP0qB
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Speak up when someone crosses the line.
Every time, everywhere.
Let’s not allow silence to be compliance to a culture of violence. #OrangeTheWorld #16Days
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Findings from #WomenCount's new report, Measuring the shadow pandemic: Violence against women during #COVID19, revealed that women are feeling less safe at home as conflict such as domestic violence has increased.
ℹ️: unwo.men/VS2e50H1ygj #16Days
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Gender-related killings and other forms of violence against women and girls are not inevitable.
They can and must be prevented.
👉JUST PUBLISHED: New report on Gender-related killings of women & girls: unwo.men/rEao50LLElm
#16Days @UNODC
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Let’s turn the #16Days of Activism into 365 days of action!
Here’s some advice from activists around the world on everyday actions we can all take to #OrangeTheWorld and help end violence against women: unwo.men/K2qs50H3sOb
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Violence against women takes many forms.
It can be
❌physical
❌sexual
❌emotional
❌public or private
❌on- or offline
❌perpetrated by a stranger or an intimate partner.
Learn more: unwo.men/bLeR50LQf3Z
🧡This #16Days of Activism let us #PushForward to end violence.🧡
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“A world free of violence will be a healthy, successful and stable society,” says Malalay, an Afghan lawyer and activist working to support and restore the rights of women & girls affected by family & social violence.
Read her story: unwo.men/IpkS50LQpRq
#16Days #Afghanistan
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❌ Because women are most likely to be murdered in their own home.
❌ Because every day, 137 women are killed by a member of their family worldwide.
👉This #16Days, find your cause, #Give25forUNTF25. unwo.men/wro550GVrcF
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The #16Days of Activism kicks off on 25 November, International Day to End Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.
Change your cover photo to orange 🧡 to show that you stand against gender-based violence. Let’s #OrangeTheWorld!
👇Use this banner👇
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Women and girls are disproportionately affected by humanitarian crises.
During the #16Days of Activism, join us and @UNOCHA to #OrangeTheWorld and stand against gender-based violence in humanitarian settings!
#GHO2022
