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Eliminating gender violence is the aim of ‘16 Days of Action’, an annual international campaign which runs from 25 November until 10 December.
Established in 1991, the campaign raises awareness of the reality of gender based violence and pushes for positive change to increase women and girls’ safety.
Levels of violence against women and girls continue to grow in Scotland.
The campaign continues to grow every year with more people getting involved and speaking out about gender-based violence.
Campaign dates
The 16 Days of Action run from 25 November, UN International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day. The campaign spans these 16 days in order to highlight the link between gender violence and human rights.
The 16 days period includes other significant dates like International Human Rights Defenders Day (29 November) and World Aids Day (1 December).
Campaign aims
The 16 day campaign is an opportunity for individuals and groups around the world to call for the elimination of all forms of gender-based violence by:
- increasing women's and men’s safety
- highlighting the nature and prevalence of gender-based violence
- raising awareness of gender violence as a human rights issue
- strengthening local work to tackle gender violence
East Ayrshire Violence Against Women Partnership, and its member organisations, support the campaign and co-ordinate a range of activity to promote 16 Days of Action throughout East Ayrshire.
East Ayrshire Council is also an affiliated White Ribbon local authority area, with Councillor Jim McMahon acting as an ambassador.
Festival of Learning programme
Join our Festival of Learning during the 16 Days of Action against Gender-Based Violence campaign.
16 Days of Action against Gender-Based Violence is a key international moment to call for an end to violence against women and girls.
The campaign runs from 25 November (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) until 10 December, Human Rights Day.
During this year's campaign, we present a series of free webinars and events that will help you deepen your understanding of gender-based violence, support survivors, and learn about local resources available in our community.
Festival of Learning events
White Ribbon pledge signing and information stalls
Show your support to prevent and end violence against women by signing the White Ribbon pledge ‘Never to commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women in all its forms’.
Our stall will be visiting various locations during the campaign where you can sign the pledge and talk to representatives of White Ribbon Scotland:
- Tuesday 25 November, 2pm to 5pm: Tesco, Kilmarnock
- Thursday 4 December, 10am to 4pm: Kilmarnock railway station
- Monday 8 December, 10am to 2pm: Asda, Kilmarnock
- Tuesday 9 December, 10am to 2pm: Asda, Cumnock
White Ribbon Scotland
Reclaim the Night March
Tuesday 25 November at 5:30pm for 6pm start.
Tesco Extra’s car park
West Shaw Street
Kilmarnock
KA1 4BS
March with us to stand against gender-based violence!
Everyone is welcome, the march is open to all gender identities. Teas and coffees will be available at WG13 after the march.
Improvement Service spotlight: Tackling economic abuse in Scotland
Webinar, Wednesday 26 November from 10am to 11:30am.
Coinciding with Economic Abuse Awareness Day, this webinar will focus on economic abuse in Scotland and will feature speaker inputs around the prevalence and impact of this abuse. The session will feature examples of work tackling this issue and key learning and reflections.
Register for 'Tackling economic abuse in Scotland' webinar
Improvement Service spotlight: Understanding pet abuse in domestic abuse and coercive control
Webinar, Tuesday 2 December from 2pm to 3:30pm.
This webinar will focus on understanding pet abuse in domestic abuse and coercive control and will feature speaker inputs around the prevalence and impact of this type of harm in the dynamics of domestic abuse.
The session will feature examples of work tackling this issue and key learning and reflections.
Register for 'Understanding pet abuse in domestic abuse and coercive control' webinar
HollieGuard: Personal safety app
Webinar, Wednesday 3 December from 12:30pm to 1:15pm.
Find out more about how you can help protect yourself, a friend or a family member with the HollieGuard smart phone app.
HollieGuard is a next generation smart phone app that provides enhanced levels of protection. Help protect yourself, a friend of a family member with HollieGuard. Every five seconds the platform will update your precise location based on your speed and movement activity to identify where you are once an alert has been raised.
HollieGuard is a personal alarm, deterrent, evidence catcher and more, providing a lot more functionality than a regular keyring alarm for absolutely anyone who has safety in mind.
HollieGuard is free to use however during the 16 Days of Activism HollieGuard will be offering a discount on their 24/7 alert monitoring service (HollieGuard Extra) whereby, in-app purchases will be discounted by 50%.
Register for 'HollieGuard: Personal safety app' webinar
Improvement Service spotlight: Digital violence against young women and girls in Scotland
Webinar, Thursday 4 December from 2pm to 3:30pm.
This webinar will focus on digital violence against young women and girls in Scotland and will feature speaker inputs around the prevalence of digital violence and particularly the input on young women and girls.
The session will feature examples of work tackling this issue and key learning and reflections.
Register for 'Digital violence against young women and girls in Scotland' webinar
Improvement Service spotlight: Exploring the intersections of violence against women and substance use
Webinar, Monday 8 December from 2pm to 3:30pm.
This webinar will focus on exploring the intersections of violence against women and substance use and will feature key findings and insights from the recent Improvement Service research and engagement project on this topic, and will provide an opportunity to inform the next steps of this work.
The session will also feature examples of work tackling these issues, and will highlight key learning and reflections.
Register for 'Exploring the intersections of violence against women and substance use' webinar
Improvement Service spotlight: Scotland’s response to violence against women and girls in crisis and migration
Webinar, Tuesday 9 December from 10am to 11:30am.
This webinar will focus on Scotland’s response to violence against women and girls in crisis and migration and will feature speaker inputs around the prevalence of violence and abuse for migrant women in crisis situations and learning around supporting migrant women in Scotland.
The session will feature examples and reflections from work tackling this issue.
Register for 'Scotland’s response to violence against women and girls in crisis and migration' webinar
Gender based violence and the media
Webinar, Tuesday 9 December from 2pm to 3pm.
How is gender-based violence represented across news, social media and popular culture, and how does this shape the cultural response?
Register for 'Gender based violence and the media' webinar
White Ribbon: Empower change across East Ayrshire
Webinar, Wednesday 10 December from 2pm to 3pm.
White Ribbon Scotland is focused on working with men and boys to challenge culture and behaviour that leads to abuse or violence.
Join East Ayrshire councillors Jim McMahon and Neal Ingram in conversation with White Ribbon Scotland to explore why it’s essential to mobilise men to prevent and end men’s violence against women.
The three speakers at various stage of involvement will share personal journeys and discuss practical strategies to challenge harmful norms and empower change across East Ayrshire.
Register for 'Empower change across East Ayrshire' webinar
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