Did you know that the 16 DAYS activism concept is derived from the number of days between 25 November the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women & 10 December which is Human Rights Day. The 16 days focus on ending violence against women
The campaign started in 1991 and was a brainchild of the Women’s Global Leadership Institute. Since 1991 the campaign has been commemorated annually by women’s organisations in at least 187 countries worldwide.
The 16 DAYS campaign encompasses other relevant days like World AIDS Day on 1 December, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day on 29 November. In Zimbabwe National Tree Planting Day held annually on the 1st Saturday of December
The Zimbabwean-British writer Doris Lessing (1919-2013) was the oldest person to receive the Nobel Prize for literature in 2007. She wrote
The Grass Is Singing 1950
Children of Violence 1952–1969
The Golden Notebook 1962
The Good Terrorist 1985
Canopus in Argos 1979–1983
Nigerian women #SARS protesters are demanding an end to rape and other forms of sexual assault against women by the police. They returned to the streets together with other protesters on Wednesday saying they were unconvinced by the creation of a new police unit and a pledge not to use violence against demonstrators.
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More Nigerian protests against police brutality as reforms fail to convince
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Nigerian protesters demanding an end to police brutality returned to the streets on Wednesday, saying they were unconvinced by the creation of a new police unit and a pledge not to use violence agains…Sec 48(1)d of the Zimbabwe Constitution exempts women from the death penalty.
US Lisa Montgomery faces execution on 8 Dec for killing & ripping the womb of a pregnant woman & stealing her unborn child. It is the 1st federal execution of a woman in 70 yrs
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