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16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence
ACRATH invites our community to join them and the international community for 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The United Nations 16 days of activism begins on November 25 – the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and the anniversary of the brutal assassination of Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa Mirabal, three activists in the Dominican Republic in 1960. (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/obituaries/dede-mirabal-overlooked.html).
The 16 days then ends on December 10 – Human Rights Day, the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
Individuals and organisations worldwide use this time to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls. This year ACRATH is joining the global campaign by asking you to join them each day as they offer a different focus on the 16 days of activism.
To join ACRATH for Daily Reflections and Calls to Action, download your copy of their 16 days calendar here:
(https://acrath.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/16-Days-Reflection.pdf)
You can also join them for daily reflections and calls to action via their social media channels:
https://www.facebook.com/ACRATH
https://www.instagram.com/acrathau/
https://twitter.com/ACRATHumans
Don't forget to use one or all of their hashtags and make sure you tag ACRATH in your posts for them to share your messaging:
#ACRATH #unite #activism #reflection #standwithus #16days #standup #eliminateviolence #humanrights #16daysagainstgenderbasedviolence
For further inspiration you can read ACRATH’s 16 days of stories about people and projects combating human trafficking in Australia and globally here:
(https://acrath.org.au/take-action/16-days/stories-of-activism/).
Make a donation
You may also consider making a donation to ACRATH to help them to continue their valuable work into the future.
https://acrath.org.au/support-acrath/support-acrath-donate/
As Pope Francis reminds us: “It is not possible to remain indifferent before the knowledge that human beings are bought and sold like goods!”
Claire Hogan
Educator for Justice (on behalf of ACRATH https://acrath.org.au/take-action/16-days/)