16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence – 2024

November 18, 2024 |
Valor

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The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign held November 25th – December 10th that calls for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls. This year’s theme, “ Towards 30 Years of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: UNiTE to End Violence Against Women” calls on us to increase collaboration and implement comprehensive strategies to address and end gender-based violence. As we celebrate November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and December 10 as Human Rights Day, let us remember that preventing and ending gender-based violence is possible. Check out 16 opportunities to get involved in our shared work.

 

  1. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) celebrated its 30th anniversary! Watch President Biden’s remarks and read the Johns Hopkins article on changes created by VAWA and what’s next in the effort to end gender-based violence.
  2. The #MeToo Report 2024 lays out our pathway forward to preventing and ending the ubiquity of gender-based harassment and violence in our society.
  3. Apply to present a session at the National Sexual Assault Conference® 2025 where we are stepping into our “Next Era Activism”!
  4. Listen to PreventConnect’s podcast “Centering Love in the Journey to End Gender-Based Violence” to learn how love is the key to ending gender-based violence.
  5. Listen to VALOR Conversations Season 4 to learn more about how advocates are harnessing storytelling as they implement collaborative and comprehensive strategies to prevent and end gender-based violence
  6. Watch this video featuring VALOR’s CEO, Sandra Henriquez, calling out the importance of investing in prevention funding. 
  7. Read VALOR’s blog post about how we are working at the intersections of advancing reproductive justice and preventing sexual violence.
  8. Watch PreventConnect’s Disability Justice Highlight Reel Part 1: Ableism and Systems of Harm and Disability Justice Highlight Reel 2: Disability Justice as a Virtue and Practice.
  9. Read the report CA Women’s Prisons – Sexual Abuse Response and Prevention Working Group: Community Report to the Legislature to learn more about what is going on inside women’s prisons and how we are working collaboratively to prevent sexual violence.
  10. Read VALOR’s Prevention Playlist: Top 8 Resources for Creating Protective Environments. 
  11. Check out PreventConnect’s podcast series highlighting new research, prevention practitioners, and opportunities to implement prevention programming in your communities.  
  12. Watch our web conference Abolition as Presence: Building Survivor-Centered Strategies to Address Campus Sexual Violence to learn more about creating survivor-centered and trauma-informed initiatives while abolishing punitive measures on college campuses.
  13. Learn more on how Restorative Justice can be an alternative to the criminal legal system path to healing for survivors on college campuses and beyond. 
  14. Learn more about creating safe and supportive environments for LGBTQIA+ communities through PreventConnect’s Institutionalizing LGBTQIA+ Justice: Creating Opportunities through a Statewide Action Plan.
  15. Become a VALOR member and join the call to demand an end to sexual violence. 
  16. Donate to VALOR.