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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
Written by PoorbeshThe 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence campaign is an annual international campaign that begins on November 25 (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) and ends on December 10 (Human Rights Day). The goal of the campaign is to continue to build awareness and advocate for an end to all forms of gender-based violence, and everyone is called on to urge join it.
The 2012 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Campaign, hosted by the Rutgers School of Arts and Science’s Centre for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), marks the third year of advocacy on the intersections of gender-based violence and militarism.
The start and end dates of the Campaign are 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Gender-Based Violence, and 10 December, Human Rights Day.
WILPF and this year’s campaign
Last year, we had a historic participation by WILPF Sections in the Campaign. And this year we are of course participating again, on the international and national levels.
WILPF International organized a 16 Days Blog Campaign. Each day it published a new post in the WILPF Journal, taking a close-up of one of the campaign’s three themes. WILPF Sections also took actions at the local and national levels.
Posts from Reaching Critical Will on the WILPF Journal:
WILPF Tool Kit
Challenging Militarism / Español / Français
Official Tool Kit
For more information on the Campaign, please click on the links below.
Trifold Brochure on the Campaign / Español / Français
Domestic Violence & Small Arms Information sheet / Español / Français
Violence Perpetrated by State Actors Information sheet / Español / Français
Sexual Violence in Conflict Information sheet / Español / Français
Editorial: The unbearable meaninglessness of autonomous violence
Ray Acheson | Reaching Critical Will of WILPF and Richard Moyes | Article 36
Editorial
Ray Acheson | Reaching Critical Will
The 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) met from 24 April-19 May 2000 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
President of the Review Conference: Ambassador Abdallah Baali (Algeria)
Resouces from RCW
Documents of the Conference
- Final document
- 13 Steps
Editorial: Organizing for Disarmament
Ray Acheson | Reaching Critical Will
Editorial
Rhianna Tyson | Reaching Critical Will
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Editorial: Insecurity of the status quo
Ray Acheson | Reaching Critical Will of WILPF
Finding the light
Jennifer Nordstrom | Reaching Critical Will
Editorial: Dispute settlement and transfer denials
Katherine Prizeman | Global Action to Prevent War
107 states indicate support for negotiation of a treaty banning nuclear weapons
Written by Poorbesh
During the final session of the UN open-ended working group on nuclear disarmament in Geneva in August, 107 states expressed support for the convening of a conference in 2017 to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. This proposal formed the key recommendation in the working group’s report, adopted on 19 August with overwhelming support.
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has prepared an overview of the support indicated for the negotiation of a prohibition treaty, quoting from statements of those that indicated their support for the treaty during the OEWG as well as the tally for the vote on the working group's report.
