16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

UNiTE! ACTIVISM TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS!

25 November – 10 December 2022

Bandana Rana

Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

“Each one in the society or everyone in the society has an important role to play and we must work together across all sectors [to end gender-based violence against women and girls].” 

Melissa Upreti

Member of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls

“it’s important to draw everyone’s attention to reprisals faced by women human rights defenders. [….] They are our champions, agents of change and hope for a just and more equal future.”