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26th November 2024
Dundee United is backing a 16 day programme of events and activities in Dundee calling for an end to violence against women by warming up in #notinourlockerroom t-shirts tomorrow.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the international campaign to eliminate all forms of gender based aggression and it will be marked by the city’s Violence Against Women Partnership.
Having started on November 25, the International Day of No Violence Against Women, to December 10 which is Human Rights Day, the campaign symbolically emphasises that violence against women is a violation of human rights.
The theme for the 2016 16 Days of Action is “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Make Education Safe for All!”
Every year the Dundee Violence Against Women Partnership works with member organisations and national groups to organise a programme of awareness raising activities.
More than a dozen events feature in this year’s programme including a range of activities to attract people living in Dundee, as well as professionals working in the field, to come together to support the elimination of violence against women in all its forms.
Throughout the 16 days there is a social media campaign in which people, in particular men, have the opportunity to speak out against sexual harassment.
A key element of this is a Twitter drive using the hashtag #notinourlockerroom in which men can declare that it is simply not acceptable to talk about women in derogatory ways or to harass them.
Both Dundee United FC and Dundee FC are proactively backing the campaign.
On Saturday 26 November a Choir Night, including a singing competition, dancing, drumming and professional singers lit up the Dundee University Chaplaincy.
A Reclaim the Night March will take place on Thursday December 1 in the city centre from 6pm for two and a half hours.
Reclaim the Night is an international movement against sexual violence specifically protesting against victim-blame which advises women to stay off the streets at night to avoid the risk of sexual violence or harassment.
The event, organised by Dundee Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre, looks to raise awareness of the issues around sexual violence and to promote the creation of a safer environment for women to be able to walk safely in the streets after dark.
On Saturday 3 December 3 the award winning film “Room” will be screened at DCA. Based on a novel of the same name by Emma Donoghue this powerful film explores themes related to violence against women, child protection and parental love.
After the screening there will be an opportunity to chat to representatives from specialist violence against women service.
Ann Hamilton, Independent Chair of the Dundee Violence Against Women Partnership said: “This year we have a strong and specific message that highlights the inequality and cycle of violence that does not end, even when girls and young women engage in getting an education. Such violence is a detriment to the universal human right to education.
“Locally violence against women and girls is unacceptable in any form and will not be tolerated in Dundee so we are continuing to work closely with partners, including communities, to help to prevent and eliminate it.
“I want everyone in Dundee to get behind this campaign by taking part in any way they can”.
Other events aimed at professionals working in the field include workshops and training spread over the 16 day campaign.
Violence against women can include domestic abuse, rape and sexual assault, sexual harassment and intimidation, stalking, commercial sexual exploitation, female genital mutilation (FGM), forced marriage and so-called ‘honour’ based violence.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the international campaign to eliminate all forms of gender based aggression and it will be marked by the city’s Violence Against Women Partnership.
Having started on November 25, the International Day of No Violence Against Women, to December 10 which is Human Rights Day, the campaign symbolically emphasises that violence against women is a violation of human rights.
The theme for the 2016 16 Days of Action is “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Make Education Safe for All!”
Every year the Dundee Violence Against Women Partnership works with member organisations and national groups to organise a programme of awareness raising activities.
More than a dozen events feature in this year’s programme including a range of activities to attract people living in Dundee, as well as professionals working in the field, to come together to support the elimination of violence against women in all its forms.
Throughout the 16 days there is a social media campaign in which people, in particular men, have the opportunity to speak out against sexual harassment.
A key element of this is a Twitter drive using the hashtag #notinourlockerroom in which men can declare that it is simply not acceptable to talk about women in derogatory ways or to harass them.
Both Dundee United FC and Dundee FC are proactively backing the campaign.
On Saturday 26 November a Choir Night, including a singing competition, dancing, drumming and professional singers lit up the Dundee University Chaplaincy.
A Reclaim the Night March will take place on Thursday December 1 in the city centre from 6pm for two and a half hours.
Reclaim the Night is an international movement against sexual violence specifically protesting against victim-blame which advises women to stay off the streets at night to avoid the risk of sexual violence or harassment.
The event, organised by Dundee Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre, looks to raise awareness of the issues around sexual violence and to promote the creation of a safer environment for women to be able to walk safely in the streets after dark.
On Saturday 3 December 3 the award winning film “Room” will be screened at DCA. Based on a novel of the same name by Emma Donoghue this powerful film explores themes related to violence against women, child protection and parental love.
After the screening there will be an opportunity to chat to representatives from specialist violence against women service.
Ann Hamilton, Independent Chair of the Dundee Violence Against Women Partnership said: “This year we have a strong and specific message that highlights the inequality and cycle of violence that does not end, even when girls and young women engage in getting an education. Such violence is a detriment to the universal human right to education.
“Locally violence against women and girls is unacceptable in any form and will not be tolerated in Dundee so we are continuing to work closely with partners, including communities, to help to prevent and eliminate it.
“I want everyone in Dundee to get behind this campaign by taking part in any way they can”.
Other events aimed at professionals working in the field include workshops and training spread over the 16 day campaign.
Violence against women can include domestic abuse, rape and sexual assault, sexual harassment and intimidation, stalking, commercial sexual exploitation, female genital mutilation (FGM), forced marriage and so-called ‘honour’ based violence.
