The Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers University's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence starts Nov. 25. It is an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership in 1991. Participants chose the dates, Nov. 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women and Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day, in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including Nov. 29, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, Dec. 1, World AIDS Day, and Dec. 6, which marks the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, when a gunman who claimed to be "fighting feminism" murdered 14 women before killing himself.
In connection with the 16 days, The Advocates for Human Rights will hold "Legal Reform on Violence against Women in the Republic of Georgia: Recent Successes and Challenges," a brown bag lunch seminar on Tuesday, Nov. 24, from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minnetonka/Tamarack Room (40th floor), 200 S. Sixth Street, Suite 4000, Minneapolis
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