16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman or a girl intentionally in 2023

The crisis of gender-based violence is urgent. There is #NoExcuse for violence against women and girls. 

The 16 Days of Activism is an opportunity to revitalize commitments, call for accountability and action from decision-makers, as the world approaches the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in 2025 – a visionary blueprint for achieving gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights everywhere. Read the concept note.

There is #NoExcuse to violence against women 

Nearly one in three women experience violence in their lifetime. Girls are at particular risk of violence—1 in 4 adolescent girls is abused by their partners. 

For thousands of women, the cycle of gender-based violence ended with one final and brutal act—their murder by partners and family members. 

Femicide (or feminicide) is the intentional killing of a women or girl because of her gender. It is a universal problem, and the most brutal, visible, and extreme manifestation of the cycle of gender-based violence that women and girls endure. 

Violence against women and girls can and must be prevented.

Read here the full article published by UN Women on 25 November 2024.