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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/take-action/16-days-of-activism">http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/take-action/16-days-of-activism</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:25.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#5E5A55">16 days of activism<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#5E5A55">2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55">From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights
Day, the <a href="https://16dayscwgl.rutgers.edu/"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#009DDC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign</span></a> is a time to galvanize
action to end violence against women and girls around the world. The international campaign originated from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute coordinated by the Center for Women's Global Leadership in 1991.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55"><img border="0" width="400" height="209" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.png@01D4870F.6697A360" alt="Orange the World: #HearMeToo, end violence against women and girls"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55">For far too long, impunity, silence and stigma have allowed violence against women to escalate to pandemic proportions—one in three women worldwide experience gender-based violence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55">The time for change is here and now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55">In recent years, the voices of survivors and activists, through campaigns such as #MeToo, #TimesUp, #Niunamenos, #NotOneMore, #BalanceTonPorc and others, have reached a crescendo that
cannot be silenced any more. Advocates understand that while the names and contexts may differ across geographic locations, women and girls everywhere are experiencing extensive abuse and their stories need to be brought to light.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55">This is why the UNiTE Campaign’s global advocacy theme this year is: </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#5E5A55;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/what%20we%20do/evaw/16days-2018-conceptnote-compressed.pdf?la=en&vs=3924"><span style="color:#009DDC;text-decoration:none">Orange
the World: #HearMeToo</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/end-violence-against-women"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#009DDC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="675" height="367" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D4870F.6697A360" alt="Orange the world: #HearMeToo"></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#5E5A55"><a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/end-violence-against-women"><span style="color:#009DDC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">In
Focus: Orange the World, #HearMeToo»</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55">Under the theme Orange the World: #HearMeToo, the UNiTE partners are encouraged to host events with local, national, regional and global women’s movements, survivor advocates and women
human rights defenders and create opportunities for dialogue between activists, policy-makers and the public. As in previous years, the colour orange will be a key theme unifying all activities, with buildings and landmarks lit and decorated in orange to bring
global attention to the initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#5E5A55;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Join us!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55"> Share
your photos, messages and videos showing how you are participating in the campaign at <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSayNO.UNiTE&data=02%7C01%7C%7C6b92b8d2e2ce4e69de0a08d61f3745e0%7C2bcd07449e18487d85c3c9a325220be8%7C0%7C0%7C636730719594501353&sdata=WgAgB6Nu3lleJyS1qkwFQHbr0oH36b1qgRehJneS6qw%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#009DDC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">facebook.com/SayNO.UNiTE</span></a> and <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FSayNO_UNiTE&data=02%7C01%7C%7C6b92b8d2e2ce4e69de0a08d61f3745e0%7C2bcd07449e18487d85c3c9a325220be8%7C0%7C0%7C636730719594501353&sdata=UzloGfjPINF18yYo6e9ZWxHzpaLZv%2F3Ifatepsx6QRk%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#009DDC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">twitter.com/SayNO_UNiTE</span></a> using
#orangetheworld and #HearMeToo. For more information about Orange the World: #HearMeToo, <a href="http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/what%20we%20do/evaw/16days-2018-conceptnote-compressed.pdf?la=en&vs=3924"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#009DDC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">see
this year’s Concept Note</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55"><a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/events/2018/11/event-un-commemoration-of-international-day-to-end-violence-against-women"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#009DDC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">Save
the date</span></a> for the UN official commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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