#OrangeTheWorldHerts – Soroptimist International St Albans & District Orange the World Campaign marks the United Nations 16 days of activism to end gender-based violence from 25 Nov to 10 Dec. The whole Soroptimist global organisation focuses on the goal to end violence against women and girls.
The UNiTE campaign has also proclaimed the 25th of each month as “Orange Day”, a day to raise awareness and take action to end violence against women and girls www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/unite/orange-the-world
“Orange is a bright and optimistic colour, representing a future free from violence against women and girls.” UNiTE, UN Women.
There are three montages of photos here – from 2021, 2023 and 2024 showing a whole array of orange events and buildings lit up orange. A lot happened every year and the images show how much the campaign has developed since it’s outset!
The project is run by the Club’s Peace Team and all Club Members are involved in the implementation of the campaign.
#OrangeTheWorldHerts with Soroptimist International St Albans & District and CALL IT OUT! whenever you witness violence against women and girls and take action! https://sigbi.org/st-albans/callitout
There is an information pack for everyone who wants to join in: Orange the world 2024 Info pack (this is a PDF – email sistalbans@hotmail.com if you need in a different format). We also produced these two posters, to explain why the campaign. One has an orange background and one has a white background to provide different print options: Orange-the-World-Flyer-Poster-Updated
We started small in 2020, during lockdown, and made an impact when the St Albans Museum and Gallery in the City Centre turned orange https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/2020/orange20/
We went bigger in 2021 to spread knowledge about violence against women and girls and the significance of the 16 Days of Activism.
Club Members identify organisations to contact and they are given a comprehensive resources pack. We hold a 
launch event at the St Albans Museum, providing opportunities for media coverage and creating inspiring images. We created more great images at Herts County Council headquarters.
In 2024 we added CALL IT OUT! as a call to action https://sigbi.org/st-albans/callitout. The selfie frames we produced proved very popular for people to pledge their action to call 
out violence against women and girls whenever they see it. It also tied in very well with the work of the White Ribbon Campaign who we have been working closely with. The White Ribbon campaign has the same aims, but from the male perspective which is vitally important.
Organisations joining the campaign are the County Council, town councils, White Ribbon Campaign, secondary schools, police, fire service, churches, community groups, local businesses and pubs, shops and offices, councillors and individuals – see the website pages for more information for each year of the campaign:
https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/2020/orange20/
https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/2021/orange21/
https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/2022/orange22/
https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/2023/orange23/
https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/2024/orange24/
There will be a 2025 Campaign website page soon!
