International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

graphicPrevention is the 2015 theme of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25 and of the UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign’s 16 days call for action. This year, at the official commemoration at UN Headquarters in New York, the first UN Framework on Preventing Violence against Women will be launched.

To galvanize action to end violence against women and girls around the world, the UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign aims to “Orange the world.”

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