Thoughts on campaign around the world

The #16Days revealed myriad ideas, dreams and truths about violence against women across the globe. Here is a selection

AB Status of Women @Alberta_Women

Avoid labelling chores by gender, so kids grow up sharing the load of unpaid work

UN Women @UN_Women

We’re better off saving women from suffering violence than we are healing them from scars @phumzileunwomen

United Nations @UN

700 million women alive today were married before 18 @SayNO_UNiTE #orangetheworld

Girl Rising @girlrising

GOOD NEWS: Girls who receive a secondary school education are 60% less likely to accept violence

against women UN Women Europe &CIS @unwomeneca Turkish football teams @SayNO_ UNiTE to end violence against women #orangetheworld

World Bank @WorldBank

Violence against women/girls is more than a social ill – it helps perpetuate #poverty

Public Health England @PHE_uk

#DomesticViolence often starts or intensifies during or after pregnancy

World Bank @WorldBank

To #endpoverty, elimination of violence against women MUST happen

Canada in AFG @CanEmbAFG

Canada has been outspoken about the importance of respecting the rights of women & girls in #Afghanistan

OCHA Afghanistan Verified account ?@OCHAAfg

How much do you know about gender-based violence? Take the quiz: http://bit.ly/1IilBYh

Kristin Kim Bart @kristinkimbart

“It’s the worst and most pervasive unaddressed human rights violation on Earth.” – Jimmy Carter

Lyn Garcia @lynvgarcia

Gender-based violence in disasters often goes unseen & unheard. Report: http://bit.ly/1NSnL2W

NDI Gender & Women @NDIWomen

“Violence against women is one of the most tolerated violations of human rights.” A look at the roots of #16days: http://ti.me/1IpwZSj

Meagan Tyler @DrMeaganTyler

I Want a Twenty-Four Hour Truce During Which There Is No Rape

DENISNZIOKA @DenisNzioka

Sex workers are part of our communities. Violence against them must be stopped! Stand up for #EndVASW

KNWO @KarenniWomenOrg

39% of women experience intimate partner violence during the 1st year of partnership

ARROW @ARROW_Women

Framing gender-based violence as a public health concern would increase advocacy space

IWHC @IntlWomen

Girls who lack education are 3x more likely to wed early than those who completed secondary school #endchildmarriage

Say NO - UNiTE @SayNO_ UNiTE

Brazil laws on femicide increase protection for survivors