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16 Days of Action
In 1993, the United Nations General
Assembly resolved “that violence against women constitutes a violation of the
rights and freedoms of women ... that there is a need for a clear and
comprehensive definition of violence against women, a clear statement of the
rights to be applied to ensure the elimination of all violence against women
in all its forms, a commitment by States ... and a commitment by the
international community at large to the elimination of violence against women”
(Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women).
In December 1999, the 54th session of the United Nations General Assembly
adopted Resolution 54/134 declaring November 25th the International Day for
the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
The origins of November 25th go back to 1960, when the three Mirabal sisters
from the Dominican Republic were violently assassinated for their political
activism. The sisters, known as the “Unforgettable Butterflies,” became a
symbol of the crisis of violence against women in Latin America. November 25th
was the date chosen to commemorate their lives and promote global recognition
of gender violence, and has been observed in Latin America since the 1980s.
Read more about it ...
http://www.unifem.org/campaigns/november25/index.php
Did you know that...
One woman is killed every 2 days by a
current or former partner :
http://www.womensaid.org.uk
24 Hour National Domestic
Violence Helpline:
Freephone 0808 2000 247 or email
helpline@womensaid.org.uk
For a list
of Refuges in England and Wales :
http://www.womensaid.org.uk/network/a-z_refuges.php
Welsh Women's Aid :
http://welshwomensaid.org
Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 8010 800
Scottish Women's Aid
http://www.scottishwomensaid.co.uk
List of Refuges in Scotland
http://www.scottishwomensaid.co.uk/groups/index.html
Northern Ireland Women's Aid
Federation :
http://www.niwaf.org/
24 hour helpline NI 028 9033 1818
Women's Aid, Republic of Ireland
:
http://www.womensaid.ie
National Freephone Helpline -1800 341 900
And did you know that...
167 women are raped every day.
Only one in five attacks is reported to the police :
Rape Crisis Helplines England and Wales :
http://www.rapecrisis.org.uk/helplinenumbers.htm
Rape Crisis Scotland :
http://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/local_centres.htm
Rape Crisis Ireland :
http://homepage.eircom.net/~nrcci/links.htm
Other anti violence helplines
and campaigns
White Ribbon Campaign UK -men
working to end men's violence against
women :
http://www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk/
Respect phone line for domestic
violence perpetrators:
0845 122 8609
Broken Rainbow LGBT Domestic
Violence Service (Uk) :
http://www.lgbt-dv.org
Survivors Helpline: 020 8539 9507
International
Dates commemorated during the 16
Days :
http://www.gvawp.org.uk/News/Dates16Days.htm
For the Health of Women, For the
Health of the World: No More Violence
http://www.quicktopic.com/19/H/nV4WDtdd6iMqf/m464
Wear a white ribbon against women
abuse (South Africa) :
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20041125055825553C228856
Other information about
violence against women:
'The total cost of domestic
violence to services is found to be £3.1billion, while the loss to the economy
is £2.7 billion. This amounts to over £5.7 billion a year'. :
http://www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk/domestic_violence/index.htm
Myths About Violence Against
Women :
http://www.nusonline.co.uk/campaigns/womenscampaign/Othercampaigns/270039.aspx
Since 2001 the number of times
it has come up in the House of Commons about:
Domestic violence is 89 times - the last time was July 2004 :
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=%22violence+against+women%22
Rape Crisis is 26 times - the
last time was February 2003 :
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=%22rape+crisis%22
Fax your MP via the internet :
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/
Contact your MP by online form :
http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/alms.cfm
Amnesty campaign to stop
violence against women:
Send an Amnesty UK 'Stop Violence
Against Women Campaign' e-card :
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/deliver/postcard/65.html
Send an Amnesty International
'Stop Violence Against Women Campaign'
e-card
:
http://web.amnesty.org/actforwomen/postcard-index-eng
Pledge to speak out and add your
name to Amnesty's demand for action :
http://web.amnesty.org/actforwomen/pledge-index-eng
Thanks to 'Women in London' for the
above information.
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