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 highlights the importance of calling out disrespectful behaviour and attitudes that lead to domestic violence. Statistics show that every 9 days a woman is killed by her current or former partner, and almost 1 in 4 women have experienced intimate partner violence by the age of 15, reinforcing how prevalent gender-based violence is within our society.
Clothesline Project
The Clothesline Project, which focuses on raising awareness of family violence, enables people to come together and express their feelings about family violence with art or words on a t-shirt.
We are encouraging businesses, organisations, groups and community to show their support by using a paper template of t-shirt which will be posted to social media.
Clothesline packs are available at Glenelg Shire Customer Service Centres. The template can be also downloaded.(PDF, 203KB)
Event - Walk Against Family Violence
This year Council and partnering organisations are hosting a Walk Against Family Violence as part of the local 16 Days of Activism campaign.
The event will take place on Friday 29 November 2024 in Heywood from 8:30am.
Full details can be viewed below, or alternatively download the event flyer(PDF, 203KB) and walk map(PDF, 290KB) .
Event Flyer
Walk Map
