Africa: At the Heart of Change - Spotlight Initiative Highlights Breakthroughs in Tackling Gender-Based Violence: [UN News] When it comes to protecting women and girls from gender-based violence, change happens when they are "at the heart of every decision," according to Erin Kenny, Global Coordinator of the Spotlight Initiative a United Nations-European Union partnership aimed… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQHydC #GenderEquality #EndGenderBasedViolence #WomenEmpowerment #SpotlightInitiative #AfricaChange

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It’s a day to raise awareness around all forms of violence against women and girls and to call for an end to gender-based violence.

#InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen #EndGenderBasedViolence

🚨 16 Days of Activism 2025!
Silence is not protection. It’s time to speak out, stand together and take action.
The 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children is a national call to protect, uplift and advocate.
This year, let’s raise our voices louder than ever.

🕊️ Read more: https://zurl.co/Cz7Ij

#BabyYumYum #BYY #16DaysOfActivism #EndGenderBasedViolence #ProtectWomenAndChildren #SpeakOut #BreakTheSilence #StandTogether #NoMoreViolence #SAAgainstGBV

Kampagnen handler ikke kun om partnervold, men om alle former for vold der udspringer af køn, både fysisk, psykisk, seksuel, digital og økonomisk. Det sker i hjem, på arbejdspladser og online.
#EndGenderBasedViolence
16/ A Call to Action: The scale of violence against women and girls is a global emergency. We need stronger laws, more funding, and broader social changes to protect women and girls from all forms of violence. It’s time for action. #EndGenderBasedViolence

Every day 137 women across the world are killed by a partner or member of their own family.

Yesterday we remembered all the women who have died at the hands of men, and we call on governments globally to end this epidemic of male violence

#EndGenderBasedViolence #16DaysOfAction

“We failed victims, we failed them systematically. I think everyone in the criminal justice system – which has failed too many victims too often – needs to take a long, hard look at themselves, and put that system back together again in a way that works much more effectively.”

Andy Marsh,
Head,
College of Policing in England and Wales

#EndGenderBasedViolence

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/26/we-failed-victims-andy-marsh-head-police-standards-gender-based-violence-england-wales

‘We failed victims’: top police officer turns focus to gender-based violence

Exclusive: Andy Marsh, head of the College of Policing, calls for new code of practice to mend bond of trust with women

The Guardian

Effing pissed off.

Take to the streets, eff everything, see how bloody well you manage without us level livid.

That’s what’s happening right now in South Africa. I want women in the US to do this. I want women everywhere to do this. I want men everywhere to stand behind them in solidarity.

Way behind.

Boost the signal. #EnoughIsEnough
#EndGenderBasedViolence

Most importantly: men, don’t make this about yourselves. Women’s rights are not dependent on men’s comfort, convenience, or necessities.