The COVID-19 crisis has resulted
in a spike in violence against
women. In response, activities
created by the 16 Days of
Activism against Gender-Based
Violence, which will run from 25
November to 10 December, will
take place under the 2020 global
theme: Fund, Respond, Prevent,
Collect. All over the world
different activities are
planned, including the
following:
Inspired by the UN Women campaign
16 Days of Activism against
Gender-Based Violence, the
Kering Foundation has launched
the short film festival, 16 DAYS
16 FILMS. The festival is an
initiative that highlights
filmed content addressing
violence against women. Each
year the jury selects 16 films
by female filmmakers from
hundreds of submissions that
explore, emote or educate on a
form of violence against women.
The short films will be shown on
the Kering Foundation and Modern
Films websites.
This year, the 16 Days of
Activism against Violence
against Women event in
Switzerland will focus on
motherhood and violence. Various
events in different locations
are planned, including flash
mobs, exhibitions, city tours
and discussion meetings.
SDC’s different actions for the
16 Days of Activism against
Gender-Based Violence
25.11.2020: To
open the 16 days,
Patricia
Danzi launches
a video tool to support
sensitization and training of
SDC staff about how can we make
ourselves fit for PSEAH?
Prevention and Protection from
sexual exploitation, abuse and
harassment (PSEAH) is one
important measure to contribute
to the reduction of violence
against women and to act against
abuse of power and gender
inequality in international
cooperation. SDC firmly promotes
zero tolerance of inaction
against SEAH and has set clear
signs by introducing guidelines
and instruments for addressing
and responding to SEAH. On the
occasion of the International
Campaign against Violence
against Women, SDC director
Patricia Danzi will launch the
Kick Off for the next level of
implementation of PSEAH
sensitization and capacity
building in Swiss
representations abroad with the
support of a new interactive
video tool “Fit for PSEAH?”. The
tool consists of situations of
sexual misconduct in daily work
situations in the field and
supports staff to reflect on
appropriate ways of response by
the affected persons, bystanders
and management.
25.11-10.12.2020:
SDC will also host a social
media campaign (and an in-house
poster campaign) during the 16
days of Activism against
Gender-Based Violence, starting
the November 25th with the
International Day Against
Violence Against Women until
December 10th with the
International Human Rights Day.
During 16 days, SDC will show
different types of Gender-Based
Violence to raise awareness
about this issue and its
multiples faces, and how does
Switzerland engage against GBV.
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10.12.2020: 10th
of December, the last day of the
16 days campaign, and the
international human rights day,
the SDC Gender Unit and the
Gender Focal point of the
Humanitarian Aid Department will
conduct a virtual workshop and
peer learning event on
experiences with applying a
community-based psychosocial
approach in SGBV work. The focus
here is not on individual
support to survivors of SGBV,
but on psychosocial support and
trauma healing for the community
as a whole. Community members
and groups support SGBV
survivors and address the
effects of the violence on
relationships in the community,
thus strengthening collective
coping capacities, resilience
and solidarity. Participants
will gain insights from SDC
experience in the Great Lakes
region, learn from an expert
view, listen to peers
experiences from other regions
and engage in joint discussion
about proven practice and
challenges, minimal requirements
and joint ambitions to promote
such approach in the SDC.
You are kindly invited to
register for the
workshop
until 20.
November 2020 to
nadia.amri@eda.admin.ch.