December 2016 23_NEWSLETTER December: Final of the 16 days of activism against genderbased violence campaign The 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (November 25th – December 10th 2016) Education gives voice to the girld – Safe education for all children Az oktatás megerősíti a lányokat – Biztonságos oktatást minden gyereknek O 3anglipen si e vakh e chajenqi – Educacia p-e thanes0e an0ar savorre chavorren0e
Discrimination against girls and women is reflected and perpetuated through the various types of gender-based violence. Limiting girls’ access to education represents a result of structural inequality and manifests on multiple levels: societal, by tolerating living in segregated areas, and/or forced evictions, systemic support of domestic violence and trafficking for sexual exploitation and work. Moreover, limiting girls’ access to education is associated with decreased opportunities and social resources for girls. These are known risk factors for different types of exploitation and constitutes a reproductive mechanism of their poverty from one generation to another. The Pata-Cluj project joined, for the second year in a row, the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence campaign 2016 whose theme is dedicated to girls’ education. We wish to send a supportive message for all children’s access to quality education and to highlight the active and protective role of education against all forms of violence. The message we display in our events raises awareness on the negative consequences which ensue when the access of all children to education is limited, and on the risks it entails, which are multiple in the case of children, especially girls living in vulnerable environments. Our attention is on all children and especially those in marginalized communities, with special focus on girls from Pata Rât. Girls coming from vulnerable, segregated communities are confronted with much higher impediments in accessing education and not being dropped out from the education system. On this occasion we organized a series of activities and events presented below. The 16 days of activism is an annual, worldwide series of events, which is organized in Cluj-Napoca as well since 2000 (http://16dayscwgl.rutgers.edu). The campaign starts on November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and ends on December 10th, on International Human Rights Day. This year the focus of the campaign is on the role of safe education in the life of women and girls.
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