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A woman stating she is leaving an abusive partner is when she faces the highest risk for intimate partner homicide #DV
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#HappyInternationalWomensDay ✨.
Together let's #AccelerateAction for #genderequality 💪. Let's support the supporters & make #InternationalWomensDay one of the biggest #GivingDays of the year via #IWDgiving. Wishing everyone an impactful #IWD2025 👉bit.ly/IWD2025 #IWD
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Day 16 –
‼️ Legal protections, gender equality, and women's rights are regressing globally, putting women's lives at risk. – @amnesty
📣 On this #HumanRightsDay, #LetsEndFemicide and keep women safe everywhere!
💻 Read more about what you can do: bit.ly/FemicideGuide
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‼️ Different forms of femicide, both direct and indirect, impact women throughout their lives.
💻 Check out the 2022 Global @16DaysCampaign Action Guide to see how you can take action and prevent femicide! bit.ly/2022FemicideActionGui…
🫶 Together, #LetsEndFemicide!
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Day 15 –
💡 Did you know: different forms of femicide can impact women at all ages of their lives?
📌 Infancy
📌 Childhood
📌 Adolescence
📌 Adulthood
📌 Old Age
✍️ Sign the petition to help protect women of all ages and together, #LetsEndFemicide! change.org/EndFemicide
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5 every hour.
😢That's how many women and girls are killed by someone in their own family.
Let's stop this clock & take action to end violence against women & girls NOW.
👉 Find out more in this new report on femicide: unwo.men/MMwE50LQs3R
#16Days @UNODC
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Day 13 –
‼️ In the US, ⅓ women experience dating violence, and high school & college aged women experience the highest rate of any group – @TheJusticeDept
❤️🩹 If left unchecked, dating violence, a form of IPV, can culminate in femicide
#LetsEndFemicide of women in #academia
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Day 12 –
❤️🩹 Today we remember the 14 women murdered in the 1989 #MontrealMassacre, as well as women who are murdered daily around the globe.
✊ #LetsEndFemicide because gender is not a death sentence!
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1%
This is the percentage of gender-focused government aid going to autonomous women’s organizations.
Yet, strong feminist movements are a CRITICAL factor to end violence against women & girls.
Support this work by donating to @UNTrustFundEVAW: unwo.men/Kgbv50LQpFq
#16Days
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Day 11 –
‼️ 45% of all abortions globally are unsafe & can lead to death. – @WHO
📌 States MUST ensure that a woman's #SRHR are protected so no abortions are lethal.
💻 Learn more about abortions as a form of indirect femicide: bit.ly/FemicideAbortionFS
#LetsEndFemicide
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Violence ruins lives, and it can end them too. We have to stand together and say, "NO MORE". We are still live teaching techniques to get you out of violent encounters. Click here to join: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup…
#GenderBasedViolence #GBV #NOexcuseforAbuse
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A massive thank you to all the wonderful people who took part in our online Self Defence workshop. Remember to practice daily and make self defence an everyday thing!
#GenderBasedViolence #GBV #SunInternational #forgood #NOexcuseforAbuse
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Where can victims of GBV get help? We've put together some available resources for you!
#GenderBasedViolence #GBV #SunInternational #forgood #NOexcuseforAbuse
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Services for women & girls experiencing violence can be the difference between life and death.
Shelters, hotlines, counseling and all support for survivors of gender-based violence need to be available for those in need.
RT if you agree!
#16Days #PushForward
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Day 10 –
‼️ ¾ Black femicides happen via firearms.
📜 Reach out to your elected officials via the letter templates provided to ensure that US laws and policies protect women against gun violence. bit.ly/2022ActionGuideLinks
✊ #LetsEndFemicide of Black women and girls!
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For many women, sexual harassment is a daily experience.
🚶🏽♀️On the street
📱 Online
👜In the workplace
This #16Days, create a safer environment for everyone by speaking up when someone crosses the line, or by enlisting the help of others if you don’t feel safe.
#PushForward
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Day 9 –
‼️ In some cultures, disability is seen as a curse and women with disabilities as witches. Killing them is seen as getting rid of a dual burden. – @WomenEnabled
✊ On this Intl Day of Persons With Disabilities, #LetsEndFemicide of women and girls with disabilities!
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Day 8 –
📰 Journalists can help fight femicide and #MMIWG by reporting on cases and shedding light on the prevalence of the issue.
💻 Use these tips from @gbvjournalism and together, #LetsEndFemicide of Indigenous women! bit.ly/MMIWGTips
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‼️ According to @UNAIDS, 7000 women & girls of reproductive age get #HIV weekly & victims of #IPV are 1.5x more likely to get HIV but no treatment, which may lead to death.
✊ On this #WorldAIDSDay, #LetsEndFemicide by ensuring women everywhere have the care they need.
