16 D4 Days of Advocacy Calendar
From Global Women’s Leadership (From Awareness to Accountability | Global 16 Days Campaign)
Inspired by the original vision and history of the Campaign, which focused on raising awareness about violence against women (VAW), and considering the continuing impunity for femicide, this year’s Unite theme is “Ending Femicide” or the gender-related killing of women.“UNiTE! Activism to end violence against women and girls”
The following are suggestions of things that you can do personally or as a club to participate in the 16 Days Campaign. Daily actions have been taken from the ZSN Toolkit with minor variation to align November 28 as “Giving” Tuesday and the Canadian Day of Remembrance on December 6th. Feel free to make these days work with you club and that daily activity is not necessary. Pick one, pick a couple to engage your club and community.
November 25th
Envisioning
Download this message of intent. Write down how you or your club would like to participate in the 16 Days and post your picture to social media
November 27th
Orange
Orange action can be big or small:
Work with local government or groups to orange a building in your city
Wear orange and take a picture and post it to social media
Use the “Zonta Says No” frame on your picture on Facebook: sign into “My Zonta” and then go to this link – Public Relations Tools
November 28th
Giving Tuesday
Attend the Zonta Says No to Violence Against Women Summit
Follow this link to the Events page to register:
November 29th
Listening
Host a speaker with the topic of GBV in intimate partner relationships or in the workforce
Share one or more of these TED talks on GBV: Let’s end the silence around abuse | TED Talks
November 30th
Allyship
Reach out to organizations that share similar goals to Zonta International, especially those that engage men and boys to advocate for the end of GBV.
Some suggestions for allyship include sharing the following campaigns:
HeForShe | Global Solidarity Movement for Gender Equality | HeForShe
WHITE RIBBON – Home (Canada)
WHITE RIBBON — WhiteRibbon Women Empowerment Campaign (womencampaign.org) (USA)
December 3rd
Awareness
Bring awareness to your message for the Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women campaign. Actions can range from a quick, cost-effective chalk message on a walkway to a semi-permanent billboard campaign. The image is the Zonta Club of Corry’s street banner.
December 4th
Tribute
Give voice to survivors of gender-based violence. You can share more of the TED Talk videos from November 28th(Let’s end the silence around abuse | TED Talks) or share the work of groups that have a similar goal to Zonta International, such as Unchained at Last or Timea Nagy
December 5th
Student Engagement
Work with students in local high schools, colleges or universities to increase awareness about gender-based violence on campus and/or cyberviolence.
December 6th
Remembrance
Create a display in your community or virtually to remember the women in your community, province or state who passed away in the past year due to GBV. Vigil held by ZC of Niagara Falls, ON and lighting of the Falls in Orange.
December 6th is also a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. Check out this site for details about this day. Clubs may wish to host or coordinate a vigil with another local group to pay tribute to the women who lost their lives on December 6, 1989.
December 7th
Outreach
Coordinate a letter-writing campaign to legislators about issues related to gender-based violence.
You can use this postcard template from Zonta International to write your letters.
December 8th
Community
Organize an in-person or virtual march to promote the 16 Days of Activism and Zonta Says No. ZC of Kitchener-Waterloo Annual March.
Take lots of pictures of the events or, if virtual, have those participating send in pictures of them marching and make a montage to share on social media
Connect with community partners that address gender-based violence, such as police and shelters. Find out what difficulties they are facing and how your club might be able to help out.
December 9th
Service
Work to support those leaving situations of domestic violence. If you are planning a holiday gathering this year (if safe to do so), take the opportunity to put together BOLT bags for victims of domestic violence. BOLT bags contain the necessities needed to quickly leave a situation. Items may include:
mini shampoo and conditioner, mini deodorant, tampons, maxi pads, toothbrush and toothpaste, mouthwash, brush/comb, soap or mini body wash, lotion, wet wipes, mini first aid kit.
December 10th
Reflection
You made it to the last day!!
Now, share all of the great things that you and your club did with Zonta International.
Click “Share your Story” either within the footer of www.ZontaSaysNO.com or visit www.zonta.org/shareyourstory.
Fill in all the fields, giving as much information about your story as possible and make sure to check the activity box, “Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women Action.” Don’t forget to submit pictures that accompany your story; the link can be found on the bottom of the same page that you use to submit your story.
Content developed from Zonta International 16 Days of Activism Toolkit and D4 Advocacy Committee Kathi Scanlon and Julie Brown.