Gender perspectives must be integrated into all legislation, public policies, programmes and projects. Governments have to coordinate different actors, including civil society, to ensure the effective implementation of laws and policies addressing violence against women and girls.
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign which takes place each year, and runs from November 25, (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women), to 10 December (Human Rights Day), also encompassing other important key dates. European Union have joined the campaign.
The ‘16 Days Campaign’ is used as an organizing strategy by individuals and groups around the world to call for the elimination of violence against women and girls. It originated from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute coordinated by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership in 1991.
