Akhaltsikhe Joins the Campaign against Gender Violence
Samtskhe-Javakheti. A meeting was held on December 7 in
the Akhaltsikhe Civic Engagement Center to support the international 16-day
campaign against gender violence. Organizations working on violence and the
Akhaltsikhe residents, mainly women, have attended the meeting. The experts
spoke about the statistics on violence and the film on domestic violence
provided by NGO "House" and the advertising videos of hot line for
abuse victims were shown.
The international 16-day campaign
against gender violence dates back to 1991. It was founded at the initiative of
the "Women's Global Leadership Center". November 25 is selected as
the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and
December 10 - as the International Human Rights Day. Thus, the combination of
these two dates symbolically underlines the link between gender violence and
human rights violations. Worldwide campaign includes various activities against
gender violence.
