WUNRN
Call for
Input:16 Days Campaign 2013
Dear Activists and Friends:
As the global coordinator of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign, the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) seeks your support as we begin preparations for the 2013 Campaign cycle.
For the past three years, the theme of the Campaign has been “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World”, to highlight the intersections of gender based violence and militarism around the world. In 2012, with feedback from you, the Campaign theme focused on three priority areas: 1) violence perpetrated by state actors; 2) domestic violence and the role of small arms; and 3) sexual violence during and after conflict.
This year, based on feedback received during the 16 Days Open Forum held during the 57th Commission on the Status of Women in March, you highlighted that economic and social rights (ESR) are imperative and intricately woven into the greater struggle to end violence against women and the realization of a more just and peaceful world for all.
As activists working to end violence against women, there are many challenges to our work, including lack of support from our communities and governments, little or no implementation of hard won legislation, limited resources, and violence and intimidation for stepping away from hegemonic norms of patriarchy and hetero-normativity. Economic and social rights are linked to the physical and structural violence women face, and activists working to end these inequalities and forms of violence are addressing these linkages.
CWGL invites you to share your experiences on working for economic and social rights as a means to achieving women’s rights and ending gender-based violence, including challenges affecting your work. Your feedback will contribute to the development of the theme. Please, also share any resources or fact sheets you have on this issue.
Reply to: 16days@cwgl.rutgers.edu
We are eager to hear from you so we request that you send us your feedback by Monday, April 30.
Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL)