UPDATE: The Center for Women's Global Leadership is currently undergoing a time of transition. Please be patient with us. We will update when we can. Please see below for the 2022 Campaign materials:

💜 On this Int'l #HumanSolidarityDay, the Global @16DaysCampaign & @CWGL_Rutgers family wants to thank you for #30YearsOfActivism to ensure that a world without violence is possible for all. 💛 Be sure to continue your advocacy from 16➡️365 days, and together, #LetsEndFemicide!

🎉 The petition to declare an International Day to End Femicide is 1! 🫶 Thank you to everyone who continued their activism from 16 ➡️ 365 days to bring us to 2200+ signatures! ✍️ If you haven't already, sign the petition and together #LetsEndFemicide! change.org/EndFemicide

Day 16 – ‼️ Legal protections, gender equality, and women's rights are regressing globally, putting women's lives at risk. – @amnesty 📣 On this #HumanRightsDay, #LetsEndFemicide and keep women safe everywhere! 💻 Read more about what you can do: bit.ly/FemicideGuide

‼️ Different forms of femicide, both direct and indirect, impact women throughout their lives. 💻 Check out the 2022 Global @16DaysCampaign Action Guide to see how you can take action and prevent femicide! bit.ly/2022FemicideActionGui… 🫶 Together, #LetsEndFemicide!

Day 15 – 💡 Did you know: different forms of femicide can impact women at all ages of their lives? 📌 Infancy 📌 Childhood 📌 Adolescence 📌 Adulthood 📌 Old Age ✍️ Sign the petition to help protect women of all ages and together, #LetsEndFemicide! change.org/EndFemicide

❤️‍🩹 In some cultures, the honor of a woman is perceived as directly tied to the honor of her family, and if she acts "dishonorably," she is at risk of death via honor-killing, often at the hands of family. ‼️ #LetsEndFemicide and hold perpetrators of honor-killings accountable.

Day 14 – 💡 Did you know: in some cultures, "older women are more vulnerable to sorcery-related femicide due to their economic dependence on others, or the property rights that they hold" – @UNSRVAW ‼️ Sinister beliefs must not lead to death for women! #LetsEndFemicide

❤️‍🩹 33% of women who experience sexual violence contemplate suicide and 13% attempt it, due to mental trauma – @RAINN ‼️ #LetsEndFemicide on college campuses by holding faculty accountable & protecting young women's mental health after traumatic incidents

Day 13 – ‼️ In the US, ⅓ women experience dating violence, and high school & college aged women experience the highest rate of any group – @TheJusticeDept ❤️‍🩹 If left unchecked, dating violence, a form of IPV, can culminate in femicide #LetsEndFemicide of women in #academia

✍️ Join the Global @16DaysCampaign's call to end femicide by signing the petition to @un to declare December 6 the International Day to End Femicide: change.org/EndFemicide 🫶 Together, #LetsEndFemicide and make a world without violence against women possible!

Day 12 – ❤️‍🩹 Today we remember the 14 women murdered in the 1989 #MontrealMassacre, as well as women who are murdered daily around the globe. ✊ #LetsEndFemicide because gender is not a death sentence!

⚖️ The fall of #Roe will lead to: 📌 an increase in maternal mortality 📌 a public health crisis for WOC in the US 📌 pushback against abortion rights worldwide ‼️ @CDCgov must recognize the impact of the overturning of Roe on women's health #LetsEndFemicide

Day 11 – ‼️ 45% of all abortions globally are unsafe & can lead to death. – @WHO 📌 States MUST ensure that a woman's #SRHR are protected so no abortions are lethal. 💻 Learn more about abortions as a form of indirect femicide: bit.ly/FemicideAbortionFS #LetsEndFemicide

Systemic racism makes Black women: 📌 4x more likely to be murdered than white women 📌 2.9x more likely at risk of #MaternalMortality 📌 20% of women killed by #PoliceBrutality 💻 Learn more about Black Femicide: bit.ly/BlackFemicideFS #LetsEndFemicide of Black women & girls

Day 10 – ‼️ ¾ Black femicides happen via firearms. 📜 Reach out to your elected officials via the letter templates provided to ensure that US laws and policies protect women against gun violence. bit.ly/2022ActionGuideLinks ✊ #LetsEndFemicide of Black women and girls!

❤️‍🩹 Girls with disabilities are “more likely to be subjected to mercy killings” and infanticides compared to “boys of similar age and disability” – @WomenEnabled 📌 #LetsEndFemicide of women and girls with disabilities!

Day 9 – ‼️ In some cultures, disability is seen as a curse and women with disabilities as witches. Killing them is seen as getting rid of a dual burden. – @WomenEnabled ✊ On this Intl Day of Persons With Disabilities, #LetsEndFemicide of women and girls with disabilities!

‼️ Systemic racism contributes to higher rates of #MMIWG and increased difficulty in getting justice for victims. 📣 The government MUST implement and enforce laws to protect #AIAN women and girls! 💻 To learn more about #MMIWG: bit.ly/IndigenousFemicideFS #LetsEndFemicide

Day 8 – 📰 Journalists can help fight femicide and #MMIWG by reporting on cases and shedding light on the prevalence of the issue. 💻 Use these tips from @gbvjournalism and together, #LetsEndFemicide of Indigenous women! bit.ly/MMIWGTips

‼️ According to @UNAIDS, 7000 women & girls of reproductive age get #HIV weekly & victims of #IPV are 1.5x more likely to get HIV but no treatment, which may lead to death. ✊ On this #WorldAIDSDay, #LetsEndFemicide by ensuring women everywhere have the care they need.