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@UN_Women
Respect women at work
Respect women at home
Respect women at school
Respect women in politics
Respect women in science
Respect women on the road
Respect women in the streets
Respect women on public transport
Respect women online
Respect women EVERYWHERE.
RT if you agree!
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@UN_Women
📣𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐍
👉Join the @UN official commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
🧡Activism to end violence against women & girls!🧡
⏰10:00 EST
📺 Tune in: unwo.men/fgyq50LLE67
@SayNO_UNiTE
#16Days #OrangeTheWorld
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@UN_Women
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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@UN_Women
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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@UN_Women
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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@UN_Women
Despite all, the people of Iran still rise.
"Everyone has a responsibility to act against gender-based violence and oppression, wherever and whenever we witness it."
- Mana Shooshtari, Iranian-American feminist activist speaking at @SayNO_UNiTE event
#16Days #OrangeTheWorld
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@UN_Women
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/Stt450LMc0W
#16Days @UNODC
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@UN_Women
Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation that has been perpetuated for DECADES.
It’s pervasive, but it’s not inevitable unless we stay silent.
📣Speak out & break the cycle of abuse! 📣
#16Days #OrangeTheWorld
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@UN_Women
📣Today, we call upon EVERYONE to play a part in ending violence against women and girls EVERYWHERE.
Join us this #16Days of Activism to push forward on a world free from violence.
Against the pushback on women's rights, let's #PushForward!
🧡RT if you are with us!
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@UN_Women
More than 1 in 3 women experience gender-based violence during their lifetime.
Violence against women & girls remains the most pervasive human rights violation worldwide.
We need to #PushForward to end the violence NOW: unwo.men/6Y2q50LMxTq
#16Days @SayNO_UNiTE
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@UN_Women
What is #16Days of activism?
🧡 It is a call to action and a reminder that violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation worldwide.
Let's #PushForward and act now to end violence against women and girls everywhere: unwo.men/4gM750LNSk5
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@UN_Women
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we celebrate the work of women’s rights movements and activists!
👉 Read the full statement from @unwomenchief Sima Bahous: unwo.men/2wCq50LNSwf
#16Days #PushForward
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@UN_Women
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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@UN_Women
Let's support activists everywhere to continue to #PushForward against the push back on women's rights!
Strong, autonomous feminist movements are CRITICAL for policy change and ending violence against women & girls.
RT if you're with us this #16Days!
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@UN_Women
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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@UN_Women
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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@UN_Women
Today is the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day.
📣We call for stronger protection mechanisms to prevent and eliminate violence, harassment, threats, intimidation & discrimination against women human rights defenders & women’s rights advocates.
#PushForward #16Days
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@UN_Women
On International Women Human Rights Defenders Day,
let us celebrate and thank the women & girls who tirelessly advocate for human rights, and people of all genders who defend women’s rights and rights related to gender equality. 👏
UN Women's statement: unwo.men/afFP50LPZLC
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@UN_Women
Calling everyone to act to end violence against women and girls makes sense in EVERY language.
🧡This #16Days, together we can #PushForward for a world free from violence for women & girls everywhere.
Are you with us?
@SayNO_UNiTE
@ONUMujeres @ONUFemmes @unwomenarabic
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@UN_Women
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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@UN_Women
It's #WorldAIDSDay.
In 2021, every two minutes, a young woman or adolescent girl was infected with HIV.
We must URGENTLY take a different approach to reduce the number of new HIV infections.
Learn more in the statement from @unwomenchief: unwo.men/6N1L50LRVVM
@UNAIDS
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@UN_Women
For many women, sexual harassment is a daily experience.
🚶🏽♀️On the street
📱 Online
👜In the workplace
This #16Days, create a safer environment for everyone by speaking up when someone crosses the line, or by enlisting the help of others if you don’t feel safe.
#PushForward
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@UN_Women
Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Let's work together for an inclusive, accessible and equitable world.
A world that ensures the leadership and participation of women and girls with disabilities.
Are you with us?
unwo.men/VM4o50LU8z6
#IDPD
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@UN_Women
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities let us #PushForward for a world free from violence and discrimination for all women and girls with disabilities.
RT if you agree!
#16Days #IDPD
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@UN_Women
On #IDPD, we call for effective and meaningful participation of women and girls with disabilities.
Let us:
✔️Include them in decision-making
✔️Empower them to co-design social, health and justice services
✔️Ensure laws and legal frameworks that prohibit discrimination
@UN_Women
UN Women is the United Nations entity for gender equality and women's empowerment.