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Soroptimists from Newcastle upon Tyne ORANGE the world!
25th November marks the UN International Day of the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence which ends on 10th December (Human Rights Day).
Members of Soroptimist International Newcastle upon Tyne joined other Soroptimists across the world taking action and calling for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender based Violence takes place between 25 November and 10 December each year. The theme for 2020 is “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!” On each of the 16 days of activism, Soroptimists from around the world will be tweeting, posting on Facebook and Instagram to raise awareness of campaigns to support women in violent situations. Please engage with our campaign.
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“.
SI Newcastle upon Tyne which was formed 83 years ago is currently working with the Domestic Violence Champions campaigning to raise the profile of and support the work of the Domestic Violence Champions in schools. S.I. Newcastle upon Tyne President, Chris Jones said, “Almost 1 in 3 women in the UK will experience domestic violence in their lifetime and 1 in 5 children have lived with a perpetrator. Domestic violence costs the UK £23billion a year and unfortunately it is a growth industry in the pandemic lockdowns. This has to stop, and that’s why SI Newcastle upon Tyne is supporting the Peer Educator Domestic Violence Champions to go into Newcastle schools to ensure our young women understand that this is not love and that this is not ok. The School Domestic Violence Champions they train will graduate to wear their SI Newcastle sponsored fleece with pride – women of all ages should never be ashamed of being the target of domestic violence, but our society certainly should.be ashamed of its existence”
In friendship
Newcastle upon Tyne Soroptimists
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- 3. Soroptimist International is a leading global women’s voluntary organisation. It has close to 80,000 members in more than 3,000 clubs in over 100 countries around the world. The Federation of Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) has members in more than 350 clubs in 29 countries including the British Isles, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Malta.
- 4. Soroptimists inspire action and create opportunities to transform the lives of women and girls through a global network of members and international partnerships. Soroptimists are committed to a world where women and girls together achieve their individual and collective potential, realise aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong and peaceful communities worldwide.
- 5. Soroptimists focus on transforming the lives of women and girls, locally, nationally and globally, through education, empowerment and enabling Soroptimists make a difference to the lives of more than half a million women and girls in the world every year.
- 6. Soroptimist International Great Britain & Ireland is an organisation in Special Consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) since July 2013. This is in addition to the General Consultative status held by the umbrella organisation Soroptimist International. Soroptimist International is a recognised Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) representing women from all over the world.
- 7. For more information about Soroptimist International please call on 0161 480 7686, email hq@sigbi.org website sigbi.org