PRAJNYA 16 DAYS CAMPAIGN AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE
When?

25 November to 10 December

Where?

At multiple locations across Chennai

Why?

To raise awareness of the different ways in which women in particular are vulnerable to violence, at
home, at their place of work, on campuses and in public spaces.

How?

Through a broad, inclusive, structural and human rights approach to gender-based violence; by forging partnerships to create a network for action; by involving diverse audiences including educational institutions, corporate groups and civil society organisations; by working with multiple media and programme formats.

2009 Campaign Coordinator: Anupama Srinivasan
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About the 16 Days Campaign

The “16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence” campaign originated in 1991 as an initiative of the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers University. Since then, hundreds of organisations worldwide have used the campaign as an organising strategy in order to advocate the elimination of all forms of violence against women.

The campaign spans important observance days:
International Day Against Violence against Women (25 November)
International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (29 November)
World AIDS Day (1 December)
International Human Rights Day (10 December).

 
Prajnya 16 Days Campaign against Gender Violence in 2008
 

Features of the 2009 Campaign

Emphasis on “process” over “outcome” throughout the campaign, creating opportunities for long-term engagement.
A merger of form and content innovatively using theatre, poetry, literature and art to further awareness of gender violence.
Spotlight on the irrefutable gender violence - public health linkage by engaging health care professionals, administrators and students.
The use of new instruments and media to create an interface on this issue between citizens, civil society and government.

© The Prajnya Trust, 2008