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  • 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

    The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.
    The campaign was started by activists at the inauguration of the Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991. It continues to be 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.
    In support of this civil society initiative, the United Nations Secretary-General launched in 2008 the campaign UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women, which runs parallel to the 16 Days of Activism.
    Every year, the UNiTE Campaign focuses on a specific theme. This year’s theme is “UNITE! Activism to end violence against women and girls” and invites everyone to play their role in ending violence against women and girls, show support and solidarity to women’s rights activists and to resist the rollback on women’s rights. You can access the concept note here.

  • 16 giorni di attivismo contro la violenza di genere

    16 giorni di attivismo contro la violenza di genere” (in inglese, “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence) è una campagna globale che prende il via ogni anno il 25 novembre, in occasione della Giornata internazionale per l’eliminazione della violenza contro le donne, e si protrae fino al 10 dicembre, la Giornata Internazionale per i diritti umani. La campagna, lanciata nel 1991 da diversi attivisti in occasione dell’inaugurazione del Women’s Global Leadership Institute, viene coordinata ogni anno dal Centro per la leadership mondiale delle donne (in inglese, Center for Women’s Global Leadership). Organizzazioni e singoli individui di tutto il mondo partecipano alla “16 Days Campaign per invitare a prevenire e sradicare episodi di violenza contro donne e ragazze.

  • Il commento di Guterres (Segretario Generale ONU) sul Rapporto WMO sul Clima

    In occasione del lancio del Rapporto dell’Organizzazione Metereologica Mondiale (WMO) sullo Stato del Clima Globale nel 2021, il Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite António Guterres ha delineato 5 azioni critiche prioritarie per accelerare la transizione verso le energie rinnovabili, da lui definite l’unico futuro possibile:

  • Statement on Ukraine by UN Secretary General

    "We are seeing Russian military operations inside the sovereign territory of Ukraine on a scale that Europe has not seen in decades.

    Day after day, I have been clear that such unilateral measures conflict directly with the United Nations Charter.

    The Charter is clear: “All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”

    The use of force by one country against another is the repudiation of the principles that every country has committed to uphold.

  • Statement on Ukraine by UN Secretary General

    "We are seeing Russian military operations inside the sovereign territory of Ukraine on a scale that Europe has not seen in decades.

    Day after day, I have been clear that such unilateral measures conflict directly with the United Nations Charter.

    The Charter is clear: “All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”

    The use of force by one country against another is the repudiation of the principles that every country has committed to uphold.

  • UN Women promuove l’iniziativa globale “UNITE to End Violence against Women”

    UNITE to End Violence against Women” è l’iniziativa globale di advocacy lanciata nel 2008 sotto la guida del Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite e gestita da UN Women, che invita governi, società civile, settore privato, organizzazioni femministe, giovani, media ed istituzioni dell’ONU a unire le forze per affrontare e scardinare gli episodi di violenza di genere, che continuano ad essere una delle violazioni dei diritti umani più diffuse e pervasive al livello globale. Secondo i dati delle Nazioni Unite, circa 736 milioni di donne nel mondo - quasi una su tre - hanno subito almeno una volta nella vita un episodio violenza fisica e/o sessuale. Inoltre, le stime globali più recenti mostrano che, in media, più di 5 donne vengono uccise ogni ora da un membro della propria famiglia.