Women's Aid Organisation: 16 Days of Activism against Violence Against Women

16 Days of Activism against Violence Against Women
25 November - 10 December

Get the Power
Get the Knowledge
Keep the Promise

Each year from November 25 to December 10, 16 days of activism against gender violence is organized all over the world to raise people's awareness on all forms of violence against women.

In Malaysia since 2000, WAO began to organise public education campaigns with Rapid KL (formerly known as PUTRA LRT & SPNB)

Since 2004, WAO began collaborating with Malaysian Aids Council (MAC), Sisters In Islam (SIS), Amnesty International, Malaysia (AIM).

In 2005 the campaign is joined by 2 other groups; Women's Centre for Change, Penang (WCC Penang), and Kata Gender.

We will launch at the Berjaya Times Square and go outside the Klang Valley, this time going to Ipoh and Seremban.

The 16 day period is an annual event in all parts of the world to create a solidarity movement which raises awareness around gender - based violence as a human rights abuse, works to ensure better protection for survivors of violence and a call for its elimination.

Objectives:

To raise awareness on the issue of violence against women and the several forms of violence against women through multiple forms: art, posters, performance, postcards, brochure etc
To enlist public support for reform on laws related to Rape
To meet with the public and engage with them on the issue of violence against women and to urge the public not to ignore the issue.

Get the knowledge, Get the power,
Keep the promise

Urge government to keep the promise and deliver law and policy reform

Urge women to keep the promise to themselves to keep safe and reject violent men in their lives

Urge men not to use violence to control women.

What's Happening?

Klang Valley

25 November	Launch of the 16 Days Activism Against Gender Violence, with Noryee & Dina from Malaysian Idol! Venue: Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur
	Film Screening of "Kandahar" by Amnesty International. Entrance is by donation of RM10. Venue: Malaysiakini Office, Kuala Lumpur Contact: 03-79552680/012-2909004 (Cik Raina) or e-mail aimalaysiaATaimalaysia.org Synopsis of film: "Winner of the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, Kandahar is inspired by the true story of a woman's attempt to enter Afghanistan to reach her sister living in the Taliban-controlled city of Kandahar. Nafas is a female journalist born in Afghanistan, who fled the country as a teenager. She receives a letter from her sister, who, overcome with grief over being maimed by a landmine and her despair over the systemic oppression of women, has vowed that she will commit suicide at the time of the next solar eclipse, which is only three days away."

27 November	Public Education Stalls by all participating NGOs and Legal Aid Clinic by SIS. Venue: Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur
3 December	Public Education Stalls by all participating NGOs and Legal Aid Clinic by SIS. Mural Painting by KataGender, to be continued on 9th & 10th December at The Lost Generation Space, 11, Lorong Permai, Off Jalan Syed Putra, Robson Heights, Kuala Lumpur. Venue: Subang Parade, Subang Jaya
Ipoh
26 November	Public Education Stall, where brochures, theme-based postcards will be distributed; Legal Aid Clinic by SIS. Venue: Kinta City Shopping Centre
Seremban
4 December	Public Education Stall, where brochures, theme-based postcards will be distributed; Legal Aid Clinic by SIS. Venue: Jusco Seremban 2 Shopping Centre

Get the knowledge, Get the power,
Keep the promise

Women's Aid Organisation
Pertubuhan Pertolongan Wanita
P.O. Box 493 Jalan Sultan
46760 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia.
Tel. +60 3 7956 3488
Fax. +60 3 7956 3237
Email: wao@po.jaring.my

WAO is a registered society with tax exemption status under Registrar of Societies. WAO is a member of the Joint Action Group against Violence Against Women and an affiliate member of the National Council of Women's Organisations and the Malaysian Aids Council.

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