{"id":5245,"date":"2021-11-17T20:19:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T18:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/?p=5245"},"modified":"2021-11-17T20:19:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T18:19:29","slug":"millennium-bridge-to-turn-orange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/2021\/11\/17\/millennium-bridge-to-turn-orange\/","title":{"rendered":"Millennium Bridge to turn orange!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Local Charities have arranged to turn the Millennium Bridge Orange on the evening of the<strong> 24th<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>November 2021<\/strong> to mark the beginning of #orangetheworld and 16 days of activism against gender<br \/>\nbased violence.<\/p>\n<p>Streetwise Young People\u2019s Project have joined forces with Newcastle Soroptimists to raise awareness<br \/>\nand stand together to call out the unacceptable level of violence targeted and women and girls.<br \/>\nThe 16 days of Activism against violence against women and girls is an international campaign that<br \/>\ntakes place each year. It commences on the 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination<br \/>\nof Violence against Women, until 10 December, Human Rights Day.<\/p>\n<p>We are lighting up our own Millennium Bridge Orange because we have had enough, and something<br \/>\nneeds to change. That change cannot be placed on the victims, it needs to sit with everyone, where<br \/>\nwe stand together to change harmful social norms, educate our boys and men on positive masculinity,<br \/>\nrespectful relationships, and non-violent behaviour. We need to critically examine gender roles,<br \/>\nregimes and practices, stop stereotyping and victim blaming and emphasise the fact that everyone in<br \/>\nsociety has an important role to play in ending violence against women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>The Millennium Bridge will be lit up in the colour orange because orange is used to represent a<br \/>\nbrighter future, free from violence against women and girls, and has been a unifying theme through<br \/>\nall the global activities of the UNiTE #orangethework Campaign.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest estimates, nearly 1 in 3 women aged 15 years and older, around the world<br \/>\nhave been subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner, non-partner, or both, at<br \/>\nleast once in their lifetime, indicating that the levels of Violence Against Women and Girls have<br \/>\nremained largely unchanged over the last decade (1).<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from Streetwise and Newcastle Soroptimists will be down on the Quayside f<strong>rom<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3.30pm on the evening of the 24th November 2021,<\/strong> please join them. Hundreds of flags, orange masks<br \/>\nand florescent bracelets will be handed out to all those who take part and share in this silent protest.<br \/>\nNorthumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Kim McGuinness, said: \u201cViolence against women and<br \/>\ngirls is not something we take lightly in the North East. Far from it. And I\u2019m proud of that. Lighting up<br \/>\nthe Millennium Bridge is about solidarity and throwing this important issue into the spotlight.<br \/>\nAnything to tackle the issue and get people talking is a good thing and I thank everyone, men and<br \/>\nwomen, who have made this happen and who are pushing the message that domestic abuse will not<br \/>\nbe tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christine Tomkins, President of SINUT comments.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen we stand together on the Millennium Bridge which is bathed in orange light, we remember<br \/>\nSabina Nessa, Sarah Everard and all the other women and girls who have suffered horrendous<br \/>\nviolence, harm and death.<br \/>\nOur communities must unite to work together to change attitudes, to ensure women and girls can<br \/>\nlive in a safe, secure and happy environment. Women and girls must not feel they are victims\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mandy Coppin, Chief Executive Officer at Streetwise said:<br \/>\n\u201cIt just feels like we are surrounding by horrific news where girls and women have been subject to the<br \/>\nmost unspeakable violence and harm. Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard&#8217;s murders and the deaths of<br \/>\n77 women since they were killed show why we must change a culture that sees male violence as<br \/>\nlargely unchallenged\u201d.<br \/>\n(1) World Health Organisation, on behalf of the United Nations Inter-Agency Working Group on Violence Against<br \/>\nWomen and Data (VAW-IAWGED), Violence against Women Prevalence Estimates, 2018 (Geneva, 2021).<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/11\/2021-Orange-the-World-Poster-Streetwise4796.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5241\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/11\/2021-Orange-the-World-Poster-Streetwise4796-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/11\/2021-Orange-the-World-Poster-Streetwise4796-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/11\/2021-Orange-the-World-Poster-Streetwise4796-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/11\/2021-Orange-the-World-Poster-Streetwise4796.png 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Local Charities have arranged to turn the Millennium Bridge Orange on the evening of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Millennium Bridge to turn orange!!!! | News | Blog | Events | SI Newcastle upon Tyne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Newcastle upon Tyne : Blog &amp; News : Millennium Bridge to turn orange!!!! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Newcastle upon Tyne . 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