IT IS nearly three decades since the United Nations first initiated the global campaign of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. It runs from 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to International Human Rights Day on 10 December.
Despite the groundswell of public support for this campaign and many others like it, we are still unfortunately a long way from realising a world free of sexism, discrimination and violence against women and girls.
Despite our best efforts as the international community, as national governments and as civil society, gender-based violence remains a feature of the lives of millions of women and girls around the world.
The reality is that legislative and policy measures instituted by governments cannot alone rid us of this problem.
The 16 Days of Activism campaign affirms the need for all sectors of society to play
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