{"id":642,"date":"2017-11-27T07:58:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T12:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/landishouse\/?p=642"},"modified":"2017-11-21T11:08:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:08:55","slug":"16-days-of-activism-leave-no-one-behind-end-violence-against-women-and-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/officeofequityandinclusivity\/2017\/11\/27\/16-days-of-activism-leave-no-one-behind-end-violence-against-women-and-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Days of Activism: Leave No One Behind: End Violence against Women and Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u00a0 are the 16 days of Activism? Let me tell you:<\/p>\n

The “16 days of Activism” focuses on gender-based violence, specifically against women and girls. This campaign was created by the United Nations to bring empowerment to those who have survived or are currently suffering gender-based violence, and to bring awareness. Bringing awareness is also a way to educate more people about the issue.<\/p>\n

Looking at the roots of things:<\/p>\n

The \u201c16 days of Activism\u201d originated from \u201cthe international campaign originated from the first Women’s Global Leadership institute coordinated by the Center for Women\u2019s Global Leadership in 1991.<\/a>\u201d Several groups and countries joined to contribute to this cause and help bring awareness to gender-based violence.<\/p>\n

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In the Women’s and Gender Resource Center<\/a>, I take part in organizing events and thinking of ideas of how to bring awareness to certain issues. I proposed this event and I also organized the event for each day.<\/p>\n

I personally chose to do the 16 days of Activism because I thought it would be a great learning experience and it was a way I could use my artistic creativity. It was very interesting to see how I spent so much time on the process of gathering thoughts and looking into what to do for each day. Researching and looking into the events hosted by the United Nations, I wanted to do something similar, but also something that would work well on Dickinson\u2019s campus. I combined my creativity with how to bring awareness to an issue. I put myself in students\u2019 shoes as well to see how I could encourage students to attend and follow the events for the 16 days. One thing I wanted to make sure of was to make the poster for the events eye-catching. Having a campaign like this on campus is very educational and a great way of bringing awareness to an issue and educating those who are unaware of gender based-violence. The entire process of preparation was a learning experience and also very fun. I am really interested to see the outcome because I put a lot of time and effort into the campaign and each event. Follow the WGRC Facebook page<\/a> to participate each day.<\/p>\n

You can also join us for two events:<\/p>\n