16 Days to End Violence against Women:
25 November 2008 - 10 December 2008

25 November is United Nations Day for
the Elimination of Violence against Women.
10 December is International Human Rights Day.

From 25 November to 10 December 2008, PSI will again be participating, along with the ITUC and other Global Union Federations in the 16 days of activism to end violence against women.

THE FACTS One in every three women worldwide is likely to be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime and one in five women will become a victim of rape or attempted rape. Women aged 15 - 44 are more at risk of death and disability through domestic violence than through cancer, motor accidents, war and malaria. Sixty million women who should be alive today are ‘missing’ because of gender discrimination which leads to sex-selective abortion and female infanticide. Each year 2 million girls between ages 5 and 15 are introduced into the commercial sex market. More than 130 million girls and women, mostly in Africa, have undergone female genital mutilation. Between 20,000 and 50,000 women and girls were raped in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the war in the Balkans. In nine Latin American countries, a rapist who marries his victim stays out of jail. Studies suggest that a quarter to one-third of the 170 million women and girls currently living in the European Union are subjected to male violence. Sources: United Nations and Council of Europe

 PSI has produced a range of materials to assist affiliates in their work on this very important topic. All materials are available in English, Spanish and French further copies can be ordered here.

Poster 1: It's time to end violence against women
Poster 2: Say NO! to violence against women
Poster 3: Say NO! to violence against women
Poster 4: Say NO! to violence against women
Poster 5: Say NO! to violence against women
Postcard
Booklet: It's time to end violence against women

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Help us build a record of your ‘16 Days’ activities. Please send us  descriptions of your planned activities and/or events. PSI would also be pleased to receive any materials you develop, including policies, statements, posters, flyers, photographs, t-shirts, etc.

Find out what PSI affiliates are doing
Tell us what your union/organisation is doing

16 Days of Action: Center for Women's Global Leadership
United Nations Secretary General's Campaign to End Violence against Women
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund - 16 Days
DAW - United Nations Division for the Advancement Women
UNIFEM - United Nations Development Fund for Women
UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict - Stop Rape Now
WHO - Gender Based Violence
Amnesty International - Stop Violence against Women
White Ribbon Campaign Europe
White Ribbon Day (Australia)
White Ribbon Campaign - UK
ILO SafeWork - Violence at work

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