MOGCI, marks the 16 Days of Activism with different activities.
Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today and is a threat to millions of girls and women online and offline. It affects women regardless of their age, background, or level of education. This violence takes many forms, including physical, sexual, or psychological violence, as well as economic abuse and exploitation.
The 16 days between 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and 10 December, Human Rights Day, are known as the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, a time to galvanize action to end violence against women and girls around the world. MOGCI marked these 16 Days of Activism with a series of events under the overall theme: UNITE! Invest to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls. .and Orange the Globe!
The color orange symbolizes a brighter future, free of violence. It also serves as a means of demonstrating our solidarity in eliminating all forms of violence and it is therefore used as the color of these 16 Days. As a show of solidarity, the MOGCI and family were illuminated in orange.
During this period MOGCI organized a stakeholders’ meeting for Religious Leaders where sexual Exploitation and Abuse were discussed extensively, a workshop, presenting the scope and depth of violence against women around the world, as well as exhibiting different initiatives that MOGCI undertakes in order to address this phenomenon, findings will be shared soon which for advocacy and awareness creation.
#OrangeTheWorld #25Nov #IDEVAW
Mother of Good Counsel Initiative (MOGCI) Rivers State.
