The 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:

• Day 2: Women over Weapons!
• Day 9: Small arms, big consequences

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

Gender Based Violence Fact 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

• News in Review
• Statements
• Documents

Documents of the Conference

• Final document
• 13 Steps

Editorial: Organizing for Disarmament
Ray Acheson | Reaching Critical Will

Editorial
Rhianna Tyson | Reaching Critical Will