According to UN Women statistics (November 25, 2024), approximately 51,100 women and girls were killed in 2023 by their intimate partners or family members.
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#NoExcuse#16Days
Anyone can join the campaign – by telling their story if they have encountered GBV, by going to the campaign in support, by sharing a post about the campaign.
In the X app, you can support 16 Days Against GBV using the hashtags #NoExcuse and #16Days
The international annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign was launched by the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL).
Activists started it during the grand opening of the Institute for Women's Global Leadership in 1991.
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The start and end dates of the campaign were not chosen by chance: they symbolically link the fight against violence against women with the protection of human rights, emphasizing that any violence against a person, regardless of gender, is a violation of fundamental rights.
The international annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign was launched by the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL).
Activists started it during the grand opening of the Institute for Women's Global Leadership in 1991.
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The international campaign begins on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until December 10, Human Rights Day.
and injustice due to their irresponsibility and ignoring the context in which Ukraine has been living for more than two years, under Russian bombings, losing loved ones every day.. (c)
@InsightOlena#ILGA2024
Yesterday evening, during the @ILGAWORLD World conference, the @internationalprideawards was presented, where one of the awards was presented to an activist from Russia.
Such events are unacceptable and must be condemned by all involved.
This award and its laureates were chosen by a jury that must take responsibility and apologize to all those who now feel in danger
It's day 3 at #ILGA2024, and our opening plenary is in full swing with so many great conversations happening on the importance of solitary across movements! Follow the full coverage on our Instagram stories
At the conference, representatives of the NGO Insight participated in several workshops as speakers and organized a session on the situation of LGBTQI+ people in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus to draw attention to the latest developments in Georgia and Central Asia.
On October 16-19 in Bucharest, during the annual ILGA-Europe conference,
Olena Shevchenko, the Head of Insight NGO, was elected to the Board of the global LGBTQI+ organization ILGA
to represent the interests of Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Inna Iryskina – coordinator of the transgender direction of the public organization «Insight»
about LGBTQ+ people of Ukraine during the full-scale war
Full article at the link https://t.co/fFZHAyNSS2
We are proud to share our results for 2023:
– 188 volunteers participated in the work of the humanitarian hub in Kyiv and community hubs in Lviv and Chernivtsi
– 31,672 humanitarian aid parcels were received by women from vulnerable groups
1517 events for the LGBTQ community in the regions of Ukraine and the Kyiv community hub. 487 events for IDP women in the Women’s March community hubs in Lviv, Chernivtsi and Vinnytsia