International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

In Australia, a campaign has formed around International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Since 2002, the Philippine government has been actively participating in the global activism against gender-based violence from November 25 to December 10 of each year.[9] In 2006, through a presidential proclamation, the Philippine campaign was extended to until December 12, which is known as the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Day.[10] The country's commitment to the observance was strengthened when a law was made declaring November 25 of every year as the "National Consciousness Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Children."[11]

Marches attracted hundreds of participants in Bogota,[12] Paris, and Rome.[13] Thousands marched in San José, Costa Rica and Lima.[12] Over 1,000 Turkish protesters turned out for a banned march in Istanbul; police cut off the end of the march and dispersed the marchers peacefully.[13]

According to the organizers, around 150 thousand of participants in Rome[14] for the third Non Una Di Meno (Italian chapter of Ni Una Menos association) march for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and against Pillon decree,[15] which took place from Piazza della Repubblica to Piazza San Giovanni. Among the participants, the former president of the Chamber of Deputies, Laura Boldrini.[16]

A March 2013 article on The Conversation featured an article entitled "Ending violence against women is good for everyone" in relation to the observance of International Women's Day on that year. The article states that, while a general Australian belief exists that violence against Australian women is less severe in comparison to other nations, the Australian Bureau of Statistics had revealed in a report that "one in three Australian women will experience physical violence in their lifetime, while 23% to 28% will experience sexual or emotional harm."[17] The statistics were taken from a report, published in 2005 (reissue), entitled "Personal Safety Survey Australia".[18]

The Conversation article by Linda Murray and Lesley Pruitt then provided further Australia-specific data: "Violence is the leading cause of death, illness and disability for Australian women aged 15 to 44. It’s responsible for more illness and premature death than any other preventable cause, such as hypertension, obesity, or smoking."[17] The article refers to The National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 that was published by the Australian government in September 2012[19]—the foreword of the Plan states:[19]

The National Plan sets out a framework for action over the next 12 years. This plan shows Australia’s commitments to upholding the human rights of Australian women through the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Declaration to End Violence Against Women and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

In September 2014, Australia's VicHealth released the results of the National Community Attitudes towards Violence Against Women Survey. This was the third of a series of such surveys, the first dating from 1995, and the second from 2009.[20][21] The information was gathered by telephone interviews with over 17,500 Australian men and women aged over 16 years, and indicated a continuing need for future prevention activity.

The latest data from the Italian Institute of Statistics point out that of the over 49,000 women who asked for help from the anti-violence centres in 2017, 64% had children, almost all of them minors, and 27% were foreign citizens. Of these, more than 29,000 have started their journey out of violence.[22]