{"id":5831,"date":"2023-11-25T19:14:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T17:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/?p=5831"},"modified":"2023-11-25T19:14:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T17:14:22","slug":"16-days-of-activism-november-25th-to-december-10th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/2023\/11\/25\/16-days-of-activism-november-25th-to-december-10th\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Days of  Activism  November 25th to December 10th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2023\/11\/16-Days-of-Activism-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5832\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2023\/11\/16-Days-of-Activism-Poster.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Saturday, 25 November 2023 will mark the first day of this year\u2019s 16 Days of Activism against violence against women and girls. \u00a0 Soroptimists throughout the world will be taking part in a range of activities and events to raise awareness of gender-based violence, challenge attitudes of discrimination and call for improved laws and services to end violence against women and girls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The UNiTE to End Violence against Women initiative was launched in 2008 under the leadership of UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. \u00a0This initiative is a multi-year effort to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls around the world. \u00a0It was created to support the civil society campaign \u201816 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence\u2019 around the world. \u00a0 UNiTE, which is managed by UN Women, calls on governments, civil society, women\u2019s organisations, young people, the private sector, media, and the UN system to join forces to address the global pandemic of violence against women and girls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt\">The 25 November has been designated as the Orange Day by UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign. \u00a0The colour orange was chosen as it symbolizes a brighter future, free of violence. \u00a0The global theme for this year\u2019s 16 Days of Activism is \u201cUnite! Invest to prevent violence against women and girls\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Soroptimists and UNWomen\u2019s focus is on Tech-facilitated gender based violence against women and girls. <strong><em>What is that?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Technology-facilitated gender-based violence is any act that is committed or amplified using digital tools or technologies causing physical, sexual, psychological, social, political, or economic harm to women and girls because of their gender. These forms of violence are part of a larger pattern of violence against women, occurring online and offline, including intimate\u00a0image abuse,\u00a0doxing\u00a0(revealing personal information),\u00a0trolling\u00a0(online harassment) and the sharing of\u00a0deepfake images. It also encompasses\u00a0misogynistic hate speech\u00a0and\u00a0efforts to silence\u00a0and\u00a0discredit women\u00a0online, including threats of offline violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Digital violence can exacerbate offline forms of violence\u2014including sexual harassment, stalking, intimate partner violence, trafficking, and sexual exploitation\u2014through the use of digital tools like mobile phones, GPS and tracking devices. 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