16 Days of Action Against Gender Based Violence

This international campaign runs from 25 November to 10 December each year and encourages action and awareness against all forms of violence against women and girls.

Forms of violence can be:

  • rape and sexual assault
  • domestic abuse
  • child sexual abuse
  • child sexual exploitation
  • sexual harassment
  • stalking
  • female genital mutilation
  • forced marriage
  • child marriage
  • sex trafficking
  • pornography
  • prostitution
  • and other forms of commercial sexual exploitation

Imagine Dumfries and Galloway without domestic abuse and violence against women!

16 Days programme

Each year, the The Violence Against Women and Girls Subcommittee of the Dumfries and Galloway Public Protection Partnership organise events to raise awareness over a 16 day period.

All the events are free of charge, but booking is required.  For bookings, please follow the links provided. 

The programme for this year will be posted on this page.