Every year, CWGL composes a Campaign theme in consultation with women's human rights advocates worldwide and then circulates an announcement for the campaign as widely as possible. Over the years, Campaign themes have included:
- "Violence Against Women Violates Human Rights" (1991/1992)
- "Democracy without Women's Human Rights . . . is not Democracy" (1993)
- "Awareness, Accountability, Action: Violence Against Women Violates Human Rights" (1994)
- "Vienna, Cairo, Copenhagen and Beijing: Bringing Women's Human Rights Home" (1995)
- "Demand Women's Human Rights in the Home and in the World" (1997)
- "Building a Culture of Respect for Human Rights" (1998)
- "Fulfilling the Promise of Freedom from Violence" (1999)
- "Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Campaign" (2000)
- "Racism and Sexism: No More Violence" (2001)
- "Creating a Culture That Says 'No' to Violence Against Women" (2002)
- "Violence Against Women Violates Human Rights: Maintaining the Momentum Ten Years After Vienna (1993-2003)" (2003)
- "For the Health of Women, For the Health of the World: No More Violence," (2004-2005)
- "Celebrate 16 Years of 16 Days: Advance Human Rights ‹—› End Violence Against Women" (2006)
- "Demanding Implementation, Challenging Obstacles: End Violence Against Women!" (2007)
- "Human Rights for Women ‹—› Human Rights for All: UDHR60" (2008)
- "Commit ▪ Act ▪ Demand: We CAN End Violence Against Women" (2009)
- "Structures of Violence: Defining the Intersections of Militarism and Violence Against Women" (2010)
and in 2011:
