16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

From 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to 10 December (Human Rights Day) COSLA marks the UN’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign to end violence against women and girls.

This year, national activities and those taking place across 32 local authority areas, coordinated by the multi-agency Violence Against Women Partnerships, will continue to promote the theme: ‘Imagine a Scotland Without Violence Against Women and Girls’.

The national calendar of events, facilitated by the Improvement Service, showcases the incredible variety of work happening both online and in-person across Scotland during this campaign.

How to support the campaign

COSLA and Improvement Service will be posting about the campaign between the 25th November and 10th December. Please like, share and interact with our posts to help us spread the word about the campaign. You can also usef the follolwing hashtags:

#16Days #EndMaleViolence #ImagineaScotlandWithoutViolence #HumanRights #EquallySafe

Resources

As well as the national calendar of events the Improvement Service have also put together a toolkit to help Councils and other organisations to promote and support the 16 Days campaign. Please find the toolkit here: 16 Days Toolkit | Improvement Service, and please share this with your communications teams and colleagues.