19 Days of Activism for prevention of abuse and violence against children and youth 1-19 November

The 19 Days Campaign is a WWSF initiative launched in 2011 by the Children-Youth Section and sponsored by the Women's World Summit Foundation - WWSF and other partners.

As a multi-issue coalition of diverse partners using the 19 Days Campaign as an organizing strategy in the fight against at least one of the 19 abuse/violence issues presented in the list of campaign themes, you help create a world fit for children by:

     Raising public awareness of the multi-faceted problem of abuse and violence
     Mobilizing agents for change, organizations, institutions and grassroots faith-based groups
     Educating for better prevention measures
     Strengthening local, national and international initiatives
     Establishing collaboration with other campaign partners
     Creating support at the national, regional and international level
     Linking prevention with the Convention on the rights of the child and the UN Study on violence against children
     Lobbying governments to implement UN Study recommendations and in particular "prioritize prevention"

The 19 Campaign themes

   - Children involved in armed conflict (2012 main theme) 

    -Sexual abuse

    -Bullying

   - Neglect

   - Child labor

    -Corporal punishment (2011 main theme)

   - Sale of children (2013 main theme)

   - Child prostitution (2013 main theme)

   - Child pornography (2013 main theme)

    -Child trafficking

    -Child sex tourism

    -Harmful traditional practices

    -Street children

    -Discrimination based on health conditions

   - Addiction and substance abuse (2014 main theme)

    -Malnutrition

    -Dangers of ICTs

    -Abduction

    -Juvenile death penalty

 

In 2014, the main theme of the annual 19 Days campaign is “Addiction and substance abuse”. The theme and ideas for action are presented in the 2014 Prevention Kit.

http://19days.woman.ch/index.php/en/about-the-19-days-campaign/the-19-campaign-themes