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 been:
- From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let's Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women! (2011-2012)
- Structures of Violence: Defining the Intersections of Militarism and Violence Against Women (2010)
- Commit ▪ Act ▪ Demand: We CAN End Violence Against Women (2009)
- Human Rights for Women ‹—› Human Rights for All: UDHR60 (2008)
- Demanding Implementation, Challenging Obstacles: End Violence Against Women! (2007)
- Celebrate 16 Years of 16 Days: Advance Human Rights ‹—› End Violence Against Women (2006)
- For the Health of Women, For the Health of the World: No More Violence (2004-2005)
- Violence Against Women Violates Human Rights: Maintaining the Momentum Ten Years After Vienna, 1993-2003 (2003)
- Creating a Culture That Says 'No' to Violence Against Women (2002)
- Racism and Sexism: No More Violence (2001)
- Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Campaign (2000)
- Fulfilling the Promise of Freedom from Violence (1999)
- Building a Culture of Respect for Human Rights (1998)
- Demand Women's Human Rights in the Home and in the World (1997)
- Bringing Women's Human Rights Home: Realizing Our Visions (1996)
- Vienna, Cairo, Copenhagen and Beijing: Bringing Women's Human Rights Home (1995)
- Awareness, Accountability, Action: Violence Against Women Violates Human Rights (1994)
- Democracy without Women's Human Rights . . . is not Democracy (1993)
- Violence Against Women Violates Human Rights (1991/1992)
