The 16 Days of Activism against Gender based Violence take place between 25 November and 10 December each year. The theme for 2020 is “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!”
As the world retreated inside homes due to the lockdown measures introduced to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, reports showed an alarming increase in the already existing pandemic of violence against women.
“Accompanying the crisis has been a spike in domestic violence reporting, at exactly the time that services, including rule of law, health and shelters, are being diverted to address the pandemic,” stated the UN Secretary-General’s report, “Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19“.
A toolkit has been developed for Members, Clubs, Regions/National Associations/Networks to use, consisting of press releases, an image for every day of the 16 Days of Activism, and social media messages.
Why note make orange masks to wear during this time when you go to the shops. A pattern is included in the toolkit, to be made using orange material, and you can either leave your mask plain, or why not wear a different one each day and write messages on them related to the day in question.
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Social Media Headers and post ideas for the 16 Days of Activism
This toolkit consists of three press releases, 18 images, social media messages to use each day plus two videos which can be shared before the 16 Days start. There is also a Face Mask pattern if you want to make orange masks to wear during the campaign.
Press Releases for 16 Days
There are three press releases for you to customise and use. The first is for the 25 November – Elimination of Violence Against Women, the second for 30th November – Human Trafficking Day and the third is for 10th December Human Rights Day. All press releases are in Word format, so that you can customise them:
- Press Release 25th Nov– Elimination of Violence Against Women
- Press Release 30th Nov -Human trafficking Day
- Press Release 10th Dec– Human Rights Day
Social Media Messages for 16 Days
Social Media messages relevant to each day of the 16 Days for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are provided in the Word document below:
Videos for 16 Days
The following two videos, featuring prominent women, are good to share on social media in the lead up to the 16 Days:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llNP__bW-o0&feature=emb_title- The Shadow Pandemic narrated by Kate Winslet – 1 minute long
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uddNvBu0MV8&feature=emb_logo – Statement by Nicole Kidman on Shadow Pandemic – 2.5 minutes long
Images for 16 Days
There are 18 images below. The first two can be used before the 16 Days, and there is one image for each of the days, with a relevant message, to accompany your social media post. Click on each image to open the large version, then right click on it and “Save As Image”:
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Face Masks for 16 Days
Download the face mask below and make with orange material. Why not make 16 and customise them with relevant messages, one for each day of the 16 days. Again it’s a JPEG, so click on it for the large size then right click and “Save As Image”:
