16 DAYS HIGHLIGHTS:

• CWGL: Women Human Rights Defenders Day Statement (English, Español)
• United Nations: Ban Ki-moon pledges system-wide UN campaign to fight violence against women
• United Nations: Independent Experts Call on States to Strengthen the Protection of Women from Violence
• UNAIDS: UN Special Envoy on AIDS for Africa speaks out on violence against wome
• UNIFEM: Say No to Violence Against Women!
• CIVICUS: 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence
• Epoch Times: Global Campaign Puts Spotlight on Violence Against Women
• Family Violence Prevention Fund: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
• femLINK pacific: femTALK November ENews 2007
• OMCT: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - November 25
• Open Democracy: 50.50 16 Days Against Gender Violence Blog
• Pro-Hope International: Press Release
• Rozaria Memorial Trust: 16 Days of Activism Special Issue

REMINDER:
Please remember to send us information on the events and activities you are planning so we can post them to this website!

CALL FOR STORIES!
CWGL would like to ask activists working to end violence and survivors of violence to send us quotes and stories of how the 16 Days of Activism has impacted their work and their lives. Please email cwgl@igc.org.

• Mercedes Fernandez: Personal Story (mp3)

November 29: Women Human Rights Defenders Day
Celebrate and protect the space for women human rights defenders in your community and around the world! Make use of this exciting new publication! Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice: A Guidebook on Women Human Rights Defenders

ACTIVIST VOICES:

16 Days blog by activist Carrie Shelver, People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA) in South Africa.
"Yesterday we facilitated/participated in what was supposed to be an intergenerational discussion between young women (late teens to mid twenties) and older women (55 and older – grandmother age)..." Read more

For previous blog entries, click here.