UN to organise awareness on gender-based violence

Kathmandu, Nov. 24 :

 The United Nations Country Team of Nepal, together with the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Working Group of the International Development Partners’ Group, in partnership with the Provincial Assemblies, is organising an awareness-raising event to kickstart the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign.

Seven Provincial Assembly buildings will be washed with orange lights on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

This year’s theme of the campaign is “Orange the World: #HearMeToo’.

The unofficial translation of slogan from the Government of Nepal is “Gender-Based Violence and harassment is unacceptable to us”.

The UN Nepal office said that the speakers along with representatives from UN agencies and other development partners will speak about ending the gender-based violence.

The Provincial Assembly buildings will be lit up in orange, the official colour of the UNiTE campaign, symbolising hope and a country free of violence against women and girls.

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign which takes place each year.

It commences on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day. It was originated by activists at the first Women's Global Leadership Institute in 1991 and is coordinated each year by the Center for Women's Global Leadership.

It is used as an organizing strategy by individuals and organizations around the world to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls.