ULFA Statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women:
The United Nations has designated November 25th as the day to mark the ongoing campaign to eliminate violence against women and girls. The global figures are staggering: in 2023, a woman or a girl was killed, on average, every 10 minutes by a partner or family member, and one in three women is likely to experience gender-based violence in their lifetime. Further, violence against women and girls has only accelerated during and since the Covid 19 pandemic. 2025 will mark the 30th Anniversary of the UN’s Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a blueprint for advancing women’s rights, and this year’s UNITE campaign is intended to draw attention to the extensive work still to be done to address systemic violence against women and girls. The campaign will run until December 10th, International Human Rights Day, and will overlap with Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (December 6th), marking the day, in 1989, when 14 women were murdered at the Polytechnique Montréal.
More information about the UNITE campaign and the Beijing Declaration can be found here:
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