Orange the World in 16 days From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a time to galvanize action to end violence against women and girls around the world.

2. E N D V I O L E N C E A G A I N S T
W O M E N

3. UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End
Violence against Women campaign
invites you to “Orange YOUR
Neighbourhood,”

4. Say NO – UNiTE records
what individuals, orgs and
governments worldwide
are doing to end violence
against women.

5. The Issue
Raise awareness and trigger action to end
the global scourge of violence against
women and girls, the UN observes
International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women on 25 November.
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender
Violence which follow (ending on 10
December, Human Rights Day) are a chance
to mobilize and raise awareness.

6. Women and poverty

7. Education and training of women

8. Women and health

9. Violence against women

10. Women and armed conflict
Armed Conflict has a legal
connotation in terms of the
Geneva Conventions on
International
Humanitarian law. The
stated position of
Government of India is that
there is no ‘armed conflict’
within India

11. Women and the economy

12. Human rights of women

13. Women and media

14. Women and the environment

15. The girl child

16. Orange the World in 16 days
Reach out to your neighbours, local stores,
food-sellers on the corner of your street, gas
stations, local cinemas, barbers, schools,
libraries and post offices! Project orange lights
and hang orange flags onto local landmarks, tie
orange ribbons where you are allowed, and
organize local ‘orange marches’ on 25
November to raise awareness about violence
against women and discuss solutions that
would work for your community.

17. Orange Day archive
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March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013

18. 2014 Orange Day themes
25 November – Orange YOUR Neighbourhood
25 October – Ensuring safe public spaces with and for women and girls
25 September – Engaging artists in efforts to end violence against women
and girls
25 August – Eliminating violence against the girl child
25 July – Addressing violence against women and girls in the informal
economy
25 June – Engaging sport communities and addressing violence against
women and girls in sport
25 May – Working with the corporate sector to end violence against women
and girls
25 April – End conflict-related sexual violence against women and girls
25 March – End female genital mutilation
25 February – Ending violence against women and girls must be part of new
development framework 2
25 January – Access to justice for survivors

19. ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS
Survivor meaning a
person who survives,
especially a person
remaining alive after an
event in which others
have died.

20. ORANGE DAY SUPPORTS V-DAY
The UNiTE campaign’s Orange Day
in January will call for support of
V-Day and will focus on access to
justice for survivors of violence
against women and girls

21. Orange Day: January 25
January 25, the UNiTE campaign
will focus on access to justice for
survivors of violence against
women and girls in the lead up to
February 14th, when the V-Day
initiative will launch the One
Billion Rising for Justice action.

22. January 11, 2015: Day Of The Week

23. Braille ( 04-01-2015)
Creator Louis Braille Time period
1824 to the present
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blind and the visually impaired. For other uses,
see Braille