{"id":4853,"date":"2023-10-24T21:09:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T20:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/?p=4853"},"modified":"2023-10-24T21:09:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T20:09:24","slug":"elimination-of-violence-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/2023\/10\/24\/elimination-of-violence-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Elimination of Violence Against Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p>November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and is the start of 16 days of activism across the world. Unesco&#8217;s campaign is Orange the World. The last day of activism is December 10th which is Human Rights Day<\/p>\n<p>In support of this last year\u00a0 &#8211; 2022 we painted or sprayed 100 pairs of shoes orange.<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/PHOTO-2022-11-26-09-47-23shoes3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4709 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/PHOTO-2022-11-26-09-47-23shoes3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/PHOTO-2022-11-26-09-47-23shoes3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/PHOTO-2022-11-26-09-47-23shoes3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/PHOTO-2022-11-26-09-47-23shoes3.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">We asked shops display a single shoe somewhere in thier window for 16 days of activism.<\/p>\n<p>On the first day\u00a0 we put pairs of\u00a0 shoes on the market steps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">The idea was to start a conversation about the issue of domestic violence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">The old shoes, which had been destined for the bin, included women\u2019s, men\u2019s and children\u2019s, to illustrate that all can be victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 offset-lg-1\">\n<p class=\"story-content-text\">\u2018Local statistics are that one in six men and one in three women will be subject to some form of domestic violence in their lifetimes.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4698 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/221125Orange-flag-at-EC-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/221125Orange-flag-at-EC-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/221125Orange-flag-at-EC.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/221125banner-at-BS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4687\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/221125banner-at-BS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/221125banner-at-BS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/221125banner-at-BS.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/2022-11-25-Beau-Sejour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4727\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/2022-11-25-Beau-Sejour-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/2022-11-25-Beau-Sejour-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/guernsey\/files\/2022\/11\/2022-11-25-Beau-Sejour.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other activites to &#8220;Orange the World&#8221; included raising a flag at Elizabeth College, lighting Beau Sejour orange ,and putting up a banner on the fence as you leave Beau Sejour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":241,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-events","category-club-news","category-ongoing-projects"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Elimination of Violence Against Women | News | Blog | Events | SI Guernsey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Guernsey : Blog &amp; News : Elimination of Violence Against Women : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Guernsey . 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