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Embassy of the Czech Republic joins campaign against Gender-Based Violence

17.11.2023 / 07:29 | Aktualizováno: 22.11.2023 / 11:31

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an international civil society led campaign that takes place each year. It commences on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and ends on 10 December, Human Rights Day, indicating that violence against women is the most pervasive breach of human rights worldwide. This year the staff of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baghdad joined the campaign.  

It was originated by activists at the inaugural Women's Global Leadership Institute in 1991. It is used as an organizing strategy by individuals and organizations around the world to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls (VAWG). In support of this civil society initiative, under the leadership of the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General’s UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women initiative (UNiTE) calls for global action to increase awareness, galvanise advocacy efforts and share knowledge and innovations to end VAWG once and for all. Launched in 2008, UNiTE is a multi-year advocacy effort aimed at preventing and eliminating VAWG around the world.

UNiTE calls on governments, development actors, civil society, women’s organizations, young people, the private sector, the media and the entire UN system to join forces in addressing violence against women and girls. In 2023, the UNiTE campaign theme is Invest to Prevent Violence Against Women & Girls and will focus on the importance of financing different prevention strategies to stop violence from occurring in the first place. It will leverage key global normative and advocacy platforms to build momentum and galvanize collective efforts to prevent violence against women. This year’s 2 campaign theme is also aligned to the 2024 priority theme of the Commission on the Status of Women1 , focused on Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective. The campaign will also activate and amplify the commitments to prevent violence against women under the Generation Equality Forum and Action Coalition on GenderBased Violence (GBV) and the Action Coalition on Economic Justice and Rights (EJR)2 and catalyse global advocacy fora, including the Generation Equality midpoint moment, and the SDG midpoint summit, to be held in September 2023. 

You can find out more at: https://www.un.org/en/observances/ending-violence-against-women-day

 

Připravil: Ing. Roman Plevák, PhD, obchodní rada, Velvyslanectví ČR v Bagdádu; s využitím materiálů https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/unite/toolkit