Posts Tagged "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign"
Colombia’s kairos moment
November 30, 2023
We are in Colombia during a kairos moment. We are here, specifically, to witness firsthand the work of the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), a KAIROS Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Program partner. The OFP is a long-standing…
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Solidarity spells M.U.J.E.R.
November 24, 2023
Post from San Pablo, Cantagallo. Colombia Women from the neighbourhoods around San Pablo, Sur de Bolivar gathered at the Organizacion Femenina Popular (Women’s House) to discuss the details of the upcoming vigil for peace and against violence and to send…
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Light a Candle – Join KAIROS and OFP on Nov 25 for a vigil to end violence against women
November 24, 2023
Greetings from Barrancabermeja Colombia. It’s wonderfully inspiring to be back in Colombia with the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP). It’s good for the soul to be with an organization that believes in the capacity of women to make dreams a reality,…
Post filed in: Gender Justice
Violence Against Women and Mother Earth
December 4, 2022
Mother Earth suffers through her daughters and with them. She exists and persists, and along with her daughters, they thread their lives and territories. Violence against women continues to be an obstacle to achieving equality, development, and peace and to…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
Women’s rights organizations deliver change globally #16DaysOfActivism
December 13, 2021
Women’s rights organizations across the globe commemorated the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence with campaigns, events, activities, and mobilizations. Whether virtually or through in-person actions, the Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security partner organizations drew attention to not only the daily and structural forms of violence but…
Post filed in: En Español, En français, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Grassroots women’s informal peace efforts in South Sudan #16StoriesofCourage
December 9, 2021
Although religion and faith are important parts of the daily lives of much of the world’s population, their links with the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda are not often discussed, particularly in terms of opportunities. In South Sudan, the South Sudan Council of Churches’ National Women’s Programme (NWP) is bringing…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Women community leaders #16StoriesofCourage
December 8, 2021
| en español | Local, grassroots women human rights defenders are community leaders whose work towards collective empowerment leaves a lasting legacy. “I have been part of the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP) for 23 years. My life in the OFP has been an example of…
Post filed in: En Español, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Climate change’s assault on ecosystems is violence against women
December 7, 2021
To be truly feminist, Canada must fully consult women — particularly land and water defenders — to lay the groundwork for community-driven and inclusive clean energy economies, writes Jane Thirikwa with @kairoscanada. #16StoriesofCourage
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Op Eds
Engaging men and boys to end violence against women #16StoriesofCourage
December 7, 2021
Patriarchy and the dominant, harmful expressions of masculinity link to all forms of violence against women and other marginalized groups. Incorporating men and boys into the work to end Violence Against Women is essential to examining root causes and creating a safer, more…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Gendered impacts of resource extraction #16StoriesofCourage
December 6, 2021
| en español | The negative impacts of large-scale resource extraction materialize in the form of violence against the land and also against women. In Intag, Ecuador, communities came together in defense of the land and water and passed a municipal ordinance declaring the…
Post filed in: En Español, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Enhancing socio-economic conditions for women in the West Bank through agriculture #16StoriesofCourage
December 5, 2021
The agricultural sector is the cornerstone of Palestinian economic development; however, it has not been able to play its strategic role because of the dispossession of land and the denial of access for farmers to agricultural areas, water resources, domestic and external markets. …
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Ancestral knowledge and reciprocal relationships with the land #16StoriesofCourage
December 4, 2021
To safeguard Mother Earth from extractive violence, Indigenous women land protectors are guided by ancestral knowledge and Indigenous understandings of the importance of reciprocal relationship with human and non-human entities. “I know I was guided to be here and protect…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Voices at risk – women human rights defenders #16StoriesofCourage
December 3, 2021
Women human rights defenders and peace activists are being criminalized, attacked and murdered in the Philippines in the government’s “war on terror” which has become a war against its own people. In August, Zara Alvarez, a well-known human rights defender…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Women’s inheritance and land rights #16StoriesofCourage
December 2, 2021
| en français | Across the global South, rural women suffer widespread gender-based discrimination in laws, customs and practices that cause severe inequalities in their ability to access, control, own and use land and limit their participation in decision-making at…
Post filed in: En français, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Women, consent, and community consultations #16StoriesofCourage
December 1, 2021
| en español | Indigenous women must be central to decision-making spaces, such as community consultations on potential extractive projects in their territories. In Guatemala, Maya women mobilize their communities in community-wide referendums guided by Indigenous governance. Community consultations are…
Post filed in: En Español, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Economic empowerment to address gender-based violence #16StoriesofCourage
November 30, 2021
Violence against women (VAW) is the most pervasive violation of human rights worldwide. VAW is also an economic issue, which carries significant costs to individuals, households, the public sector and society. In situations of protracted conflict, VAW includes economic abuse – controlling…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, 2SLGBTQQIA people #16StoriesofCourage
November 29, 2021
There is a strong correlation between the presence of extractive projects and violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people. In protecting the land and water, Indigenous women land defenders are also enacting women’s rights and Indigenous self-determination. “We decided that we’re…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Women survivors of armed conflict can become women human rights defenders #16StoriesofCourage
November 28, 2021
| en español | Through psychosocial support, legal accompaniment, and human rights training, women survivors of armed conflict can become women human rights defenders. Indeed, women are key to peacebuilding in conflict and post-conflict settings. “I believe that if I had…
Post filed in: En Español, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Women and post-conflict rebuilding #16StoriesofCourage
November 27, 2021
In times of conflict, women and children make up the majority of the population who take refuge outside their country’s borders. Post-conflict, women’s reintegration and contributions to peace and reconstruction have long been underestimated. Women are a driving force for peace, often on the…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Women lead gender-based violence awareness raising #16StoriesofCourage
November 26, 2021
| en français | High levels of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), combined with stigmatizing media coverage, have resulted in a presentation of sexual gender-based violence as exclusively part of a military strategy. There are, however, numerous cases of gender-based violence (GBV) committed by civilians,…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, En français, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Indigenous women and the protection of Mother Earth #16StoriesofCourage
November 25, 2021
| em português | Indigenous women are at the forefront in the defense of Mother Earth. In Brazil, Indigenous land defenders continue to prioritize Mother Earth despite the dangers of undertaking those efforts—criminalization, harassment, physical attacks, etc. “And so, all warrior women, land and water…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
16 days of activism – 16 Stories of Courage
November 25, 2021
Beginning November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) and lasting through December 10 (International Human Rights Day), KAIROS will join the international community and partners for the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign. To complement local and national…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Highlighting stories of courage during #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign
November 16, 2021
2021 marks the 30th anniversary of the Global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. Launched by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) at its first Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991, this Campaign has been used worldwide to call for the elimination…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
