The Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) just published the 2014 Take Action Kit for the 16 Days of Action Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. Use this kit to plan your activities for the 16 Days Campaign between 25 November and 10 December!
The English version of the Take Action Kit is now available for download. You can also request a hard copy of the Kit, the hard copies of which CWGL will start sending out in early September. CWGL will also share French and Spanish versions of the entire Take Action Kit in the coming days, so please be sure to check the 16 Days Campaign website regularly. If you are interested in volunteering to translate any of the Take Action Kit documents into another language, please contact CWGL by emailing 16days@cwgl.rutgers.edu.
Download the Take Action Kit here
Every year, the 16 Days Campaign marks 16 days of awareness raising, activism, and action against gender-based violence. Recognizing the critical role militarism plays in perpetuating gender-based violence, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign will continue with the theme of “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let’s Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women!” The priority areas for 2014 are: 1) Violence Perpetrated by State Actors; 2) Proliferation of Small Arms in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence; and 3) Sexual Violence During and After Conflict.
WPP is happy to have contributed to several information sheets of the Take Action Kit, sharing insights on the connections between militarism and gender and how this is reflected in violence perpetrated by state actors, the proliferation of small arms and sexual violence during and after conflict. We are already planning our 16 Days event and we are looking forward to 16 days filled with activism and action!
More information about the 16 Days Campaign, including ideas of how you can participate, can be found on the 16 Days Campaign website
12 Dec '17 Today, we are pleased to share with you the Conference Report “Financial Inclusion for Freedom and Security” by the Women Peacemakers Program, Duke Law International Human Rights Clinic, Human Security Collective, Transnational Institute, the Charity & Security Network, in cooperation with the Knowledge Platform Security and Rule of Law.
7 Dec '17 Today, on the 13th day of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign, we bring you the sad news that from 15 December onwards, the Women Peacemakers Program (WPP) will have to close its doors. We would like to ask for your time to read what has driven us to make this decision.
7 Nov '17 On Thursday, 26 October 2017, a side event entitled, “Pulling the Rug from Under Our Feet: What is the UNSCR 1325 Without Civil Society Freedoms?” was hosted on the margins of the 17th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325. The event was hosted by the Women Peacemakers Program (WPP) and the Dutch Mission, in collaboration with Duke Law’s International Human Rights Clinic, Al-Hayat Center for Civil Society Development, Arab Women Organisation of Jordan, NOVACT, Free Sight Association, Iraqi Al-Amal Association, Women Empowerment Organisation, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. This article briefly looks at the main issues discussed during the event.
