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2012
Campaign Highlights
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of the 2012 Campaign Highlights.
CWGL is pleased to share highlights of some of the hundreds of
activities that took place during this year’s Campaign. Thousands of
activists worldwide organized initiatives to increase awareness of gender-based
violence and call governments to respond, protect and prevent such
violence.
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For the second
year in a row, Fundacion para Estudio e Investigacion de la Mujer
in
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In
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President
Michael Higgins of
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Across
the Asian region, Soroptimist South West Pacific organized
“Walk the Talk” marches in thirteen countries to draw attention to gender-based
violence. In
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For the
13th year, the Government of
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At
Rutgers University (USA),
the Center for Women’s Global Leadership hosted “Digitizing Activism: The
Visual Culture of Transnational Feminism,” a panel discussion highlighting the
Center’s award-winning poster collection. The
collection comprises posters by organizations participating in the 16 Days
Campaign since the campaign’s founding in 1991, and documents the range of
actions and participants who have shaped the campaign’s 22-year history.
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Building
on this year’s Campaign theme, “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World,” United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees created peace quilts and organized
activities focused on combatting violence and working alongside men and boys as
allies. Commissioner António Guterres noted, “The 16 Days of Activism are an
opportunity to underscore our commitment, but it is clear that our response –
personal as much as collective – cannot be confined only to these 16 days,” and
pledged new initiatives to address violence against displaced women and
girls.