The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November every year. The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women runs until 10 December, International Human Rights Day. It was started by activists at the inaugural Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991 and continues to be coordinated each year by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership.
For far too long impunity, silence and stigma have allowed violence against women to escalate to pandemic proportion once in three women world experience Gender Based Violence.
Motto: “Take a photo of me while I am printing my hand on this sheet and then send it to me. I want to tell my future daughter that I said no to violence for both our sakes.”
THEME: “Keep the Promise, Prevent & Response to GBV”
Key Messages:
- You have the right to tell
- Your voice protects you
- Your voice is your safety
- Your voice is the secret of your strength
- Voice and Choice
The 16 Days of activism calls for cluster partners in collaboration with SMOGCEW to participate in advocating to end GBV in South Sudan.
AFOD obtained CCCM funding from SSHF -CCCM project towards the implementation strengthen Response Project in collective sites and camp settings for (19000) internally displace persons (IDPs) in Yirol East, Jur River and Lainya County are integrating GBV into CCCM program. In this current event, AFOD has taken roles in the campaigns, awareness and disseminating messages in the communities, society and entire public through GBV- sub cluster meeting, forum discussions and media talk show as well to end all forms of gender based violence GBV, in the context of Covid-19 and closure of the schools has created vacuum in Girl Child Education. AFOD-CCCM staff is now engaged in Promoting Girl Child Education in South Sudan in Radio Talk show CITY FM through awareness razing of the families, communities and the public about the importance of Girl Child Education and negative impacts of violence against women and girls by the perpetrated in South Sudan.
