16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. The campaign runs every year from 25 November, the Internatinal Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women , to 10 December, Human Rights Day. It was initiated in 1991 by the first Women's Global Leadership institute, held by the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) at Rutgers University.

Currently, more than 3,700 organizations from approximately 164 countries participate in the campaign annually.

UNiTE Campaign’s global advocacy theme this year is: Orange the World: #HearMeToo

for details visit: http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/take-action/16-days-of-activism

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