The 16 Days of Activism is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. The campaign was started by activists at the inauguration of the Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991. It is used as an organizing strategy by individuals and organizations around the world to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls (UN Women). This year the Violence, Conflict, and Gender Research Cluster organised a wide range of events, including the following:
- Tuesday 28 November: Anti-femicide crafting
- Wednesday 29 November: Reading group led by Dr Máirín MacCarron. Victoria Leonard, “Looking up, Looking Online: Gender, Representation and Bias in Classics,” (Routledge 2023).
- Friday 1 December: PGR research coffee morning led by Noreen Kane
- Monday 4 December: Stitch and bitch, led by Brenda Mondragón Toledo and Claudia Hernández Espinoza
- Tuesday 5 December: Anti-femicide crafting
- Wednesday 6 December: Storytelling as a methodology with Wuraoluwa Ayodele and Diletta Panero
- Friday 8 December: “Researching Femicide: Ethical Challenges” led by Professor Nuala Finnegan.