INTRODUCTION

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign which takes place each year and runs from 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day. Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa has used this campaign to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls. The 2017 global campaign theme was: “Leave No One Behind: End Violence against Women and Girls”.

OUR GOALS

1. Advocate for inclusive programs and policies that address the barriers faced by the most under-served and disadvantaged groups of women and girls in Ghana.
2. Call for the sustainable and robust financing for efforts to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls on all levels in Ghana, Africa and the diaspora.

ADVOCACY OBJECTIVES

1. Focus government attention first on the most under-served and disadvantaged groups of
women and girls in efforts to prevent and end violence against women and girls;
2. Call for concrete action on inclusive policies and programming that address marginalization, discrimination and chronic deprivation in the context of SDG target 5.2. on violence against women;
3. Call for adequate financial commitments to prevent and end violence against women and girls in Ghana.

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