The Global 16 Days Campaign, launched by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) and feminists from around the world at the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991, has been used worldwide to call for the elimination of gender-based violence (GBV). It is run annually from November 25 (International Day Against Violence Against Women) to December 10 (International Human Rights Day). In 2022, the Campaign is continuing its multi-year theme of Ending Femicide. To learn more, view the Femicide Advocacy Guide to learn more and sign the petition to declare December 6 the International Day to End Femicide. The campaign is also working closely with other CWGL initiatives to build on the previous multi-year theme on ending GBV in the world of work.
The 2019 Campaign conducted advocacy on the ratification of ILO Convention 190 and ending GBV in the public and private spheres of work by implementing suggestions from the accompanying ILO Recommendation 206. In 2020, the Campaign increased its efforts to amplify the voices of women workers in the informal economy while continuing to call for the ratification of ILO Convention 190. In 2021, the Campaign focused on Domestic Violence in the world of work. Learn more about our work by visiting the #RatifyILO190 tab. CWGL will continue to advocate for C190.
2021 Femicide Advocacy Guide [PDF] – The Guide aims to promote collective action to increase the visibility of femicide as an urgent global crisis and to emphasize the duties of governments and other key actors to end it. It is a resource for campaigners to draw increased attention to these killings at the global, regional, national, and local levels. It can be used to call for greater accountability and demand stronger measures for the recognition, prevention, and prosecution of all forms of femicide of women and girls; similarly demand adequate protection for women and girls; and outline coordinated action among stakeholders to end such killings –
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE WORLD OF WORK – The 2021 Advocacy Guide aims to highlight not only how domestic violence is a workplace issue, but also promising practices that states, organizations, and individuals that are in accordance with ILO Recommendation 206.
2022 Femicide Materials | Global 16 Days Campaign – Find the 2022 Action Guide that recommends activities for a range of individuals, including you as a member of the community and as an activist, and for key actors, such as government officials, policymakers, employers, media, and academic institutions here: 2022 Femicide Action Guide. Although Femicide can impact women and girls all over the world, vulnerable women and girls face a heightened risk of Femicide that is associated with multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. This year, the Campaign has identified those women and girls who are at higher risk of Femicide, although this list is not exhaustive.
Femicide due to Unsafe Abortions
Use the resources provided to ensure that your community is a safer place for all women and girls, and remember that a world without violence is possible. Together, #LetsEndFemicide! (English only).
