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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign

Crime, Education, Gender equality, Health, India, international, News 13 December 2022

How Violence against women and girls is not a cultural but a criminal act?

Is Violence against women and girls cultural or criminal? Violence against women and girls remains the most pervasive human rights violation around the world. It manifests itself in many forms: sexual violence, physical violence, emotional and psychological violence, harmful traditional practices, socio-economic violence, and other forms of gender-based violence. Explicit and implicit cultural legitimation for violence against women and girls has to end if we are to deliver on the promise of a socially just and ecologically sustainable world order for everyone. Do you know? One-third of women continue to experience gender-based violence during their lifetime Despite years of unending struggle to end all forms of gender-based violence, more than 1 in 3 women continue to experience gender-based violence during their lifetime, a figure that has largely remained static over the last decade. This becomes even more alarming when we realise that the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by all countries globally in 2015, calls for the elimination of violence against women and girls (by 2030) – namely through target 5.2 under SDG-goal 5 on gender equality and women’s empowerment. International day for the elimination of violence against women theme 2022 The annual observance of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign that began on Friday, 25 November 2022 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) ended on Saturday, 10 December 2022 (Human Rights Day). Led by civil society, and managed by UN Women, the campaign is supported by the United Nations through the Secretary General’s UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women initiative that was launched in 2008. This year’s theme was “UNiTE! Activism to end violence against women and girls”. Against the Pushback, We #PushForward | 16 Days 2022 Is femicide data, the tip of the iceberg? According to a study, of the estimated number of 81,100 women and girls killed intentionally in 2021 worldwide, 45,000 (55%) were killed by intimate partners or other family members. In other words, more than 5 women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family. While these numbers are alarmingly…

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Big news of 21 October 2022, Top 10 headlines 21 October 2022, Breaking news of 21 October 2022 PM Modi to visit Ayodhya on 23rd October, on the eve of Diwali Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on 23 October, on the eve of Diwali. The Prime Minister will have darshan and worship of Lord Shri Ramlala Virajman at around five o’clock in the evening and after that, he will inspect the site of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra. National Tribal Dance Festival to be held in Raipur The National Tribal Dance Festival will be grand in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. This program will be organized from November 1 to 3 at Science College Ground. 75 trees will be cut at IIT Delhi IIT Delhi will soon get a new building for lab and research. 157 trees will be removed and transplanted for the project, but in lieu of this, 1570 new trees will be planted inside the campus. The engineering block and mini academic complex being built on the campus will be used for lab and research work. Commerce Department launches Special Drive 2.0 to clear pending cases A special drive is being run in the Department of Commerce for the settlement of pending cases from October 2 to October 31, 2022. This campaign is being implemented in the Department of Commerce as well as attached/subordinate/field offices. The main focus areas of this campaign include effective disposal of public grievances, instructions from MPs, assurances given in Parliament, cleanliness drive, disposal of scrap and removal of files. Petition seeking ‘fact check’ of history of Taj Mahal dismissed in Supreme Court According to the information received, the Supreme Court has rejected a petition seeking directions to ‘fact-check’ the history of the Taj Mahal and ‘open 22 rooms’ in the monument’s premises. The monument is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Congress committed to giving special status to Andhra: Rahul Gandhi Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, completing the Andhra Pradesh leg of his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, reiterated that his party is committed to granting special status…