We often take it for granted that everyone knows and understands what the 16 Days of Activism campaign is about and why the campaign was initiated in the first place. However, one of the most common questions from communities is why we conduct the campaign, and I’ve heard so many different responses that it dawned on me that each time I write about this event I should start with a brief history of it.
The 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence is a global campaign which begins on November 25 and concludes on December 10 each year. The campaign was initiated by activists at the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991, triggered by the Montreal massacre in Canada, where on December 6, 1989, Marc Lépine entered the École Polytechnique engineering school and shot dead a group of female engineering students before shooting himself.
When asked why he was shooting them, Lépine said he was fighting feminism as he hated feminists and female engineering students were feminists because they thought they could do what men could do.
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Deputy minister recalls rape ordeal as 16 Days of Activism campaign kicks off | IOL NewsFor her, making a difference during and beyond the 16 Days of Activism Against GBV goes beyond the call of duty of her ministry. Hard to believe her because they literally lie about everything
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