Orange the World: End Violence Against Women!
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence runs from November 25th (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to December 10th(Human Rights Day). This is a global campaign to take clear and decisive actions that will end violence against women and girls around the world. This year’s theme is Orange the World: End Violence Against Women Now! Every year, we at The Hunger Project join with global citizens, grassroots organizations, UN agencies and governments in this global movement and demand for the protection of women and girls.
At the heart of our work is our commitment to gender equality, which places an emphasis on promoting education and access to vital resources for women and girls. Women engaging within our programs are empowering themselves everyday and improving women’s rights and safety in their communities. While women face persisting obstacles such as discrimination and gender inequality, there is a significant connection between women’s empowerment and food security. Understanding and addressing gender issues are paramount to ending hunger.
The Hunger Project firmly believes that encouraging women to be key change agents is an essential element to achieving the end of hunger and poverty.
According to the World Health Organization, 1 in 3 women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence inflicted by an intimate partner or non-partner at some point in their lifetime. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, emerging data has shown that the pandemic has intensified violence against women and girls. Known as the “shadow pandemic” the very measures that are in place to protect people from the virus, such as lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, have had a devastating impact on women and girls living in high-risk environments with their abusers.
“The UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign, a multi-year effort aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls, focuses on amplifying the call for global action to bridge funding gaps, ensure essential services for survivors of violence during the COVID-19 crisis and focus on prevention and collection of data that can improve life-saving services for women and girls.”
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At its core, putting an end to gender-based violence means working for a world in which women and men have equal rights and where women are empowered to be the leaders of their own change:
Since 2008, The Hunger Project has trained 1,937,301 new leaders through our Vision, Commitment and Action Workshops. VCA Workshops combine leadership training with a public commitment to realize that vision and the identification of a clear set of actions necessary to achieve the vision.
In 2020 in Africa, 56,723 people (34,533 women and 22,190 men) participated in our Women’s Empowerment Program, which works with women as they become e advocates for human rights and gender-based issues within their communities. At The Hunger Project, we believe that if gender equality is to be fully realized, both women and men need to be involved in the conversation.
We encourage girls to go beyond their comfort zones and challenge existing barriers and stereotypes. In 2018, THP-India led a group of visionary young girls on a life-changing journey from India’s state of Bihar to the state of Rajasthan. On their journey, the group promoted the women and girl’s empowerment and shared stories and experiences about the negative effects of child marriage, which leaves girls vulnerable to many forms of violence.
