1.CHOOSE an issue that is Meaningful to you

• Read through the campaign theme annoucement.
• Download a free copy of the Take Action Kit (available in English, Spanish and French)  The action kit includes:
  - a campaign profile & description of dates
  - a list of participating organizations and countries
  - a bibliography and resource list
  - a list of suggested activities
  - a current campaign announcement
  - supplemental information relevant to this year's theme
• To request a hard copy of the Take Action Kit, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
• For additional resources on gender violence, see the 16 Days Take Action Kit as well as our Resources page.

• Reflect on which issues are most interesting or relevant for you.
• Create clear goals for your campaign activities: 
  • Who do you want to reach?
  • What are the needs of those affected by violence?
  • What changes do you want to make (e.g. changes in or support for laws or policies, funding dedicated to a particular issue, changes in people’s perceptions and attitudes, support for survivors of violence)?
    

2.  ORGANIZE an Activity during the 16 Days Campaign:

• Once you determine the issue you would like to focus on with your campaign activities, consider planning an event or activity. You may also want to partner with organizations or individuals working on similar issues during the campaign. [To look up organizations or activities near you, visit the International Calendar of Campaign Activities.]
• Here are some suggestions on how to get started:  
  • Be creative: Publish a magazine, poetry collection, calendar, or cartoons  • Paint peace murals  • Organize street plays, theater performances, humorous skits, role-playing exercises, festivals, or music or dance performance  • Initiate a poster, essay or public-speaking contest  • Distribute awards for community role models. 
  • Raise awareness: Host a dinner, group discussion, or a film screening  • Give presentations or host workshops in schools and universities  • Distribute leaflets, pamphlets, and books  • Write articles for newspapers, journals, blogs, and newsletters  • Plan an international event or conference where you invite activists from around your country, region or the world to participate  • Reach out to faith-based communities and ask them to share information with their constituents  • Commemorate key international dates during the 16-day time period and highlight their significance vis-à-vis violence against women (see Key Dates document in kit). 
  • Be visible: Take over public spaces by chalking sidewalks and hanging colorful banners, posters, and flags  • Distribute stickers, white or purple ribbons, and other visible symbols against violence to people on the street  • Make silhouettes to represent the number of victims of violence and display them in public  • Utilize slogans, caricatures, and symbols. 
  • Get political: Put pressure on politicians, administrators, and other decision-makers to demand changes  • Organize mass petition drives, letter-writing campaigns, sit-ins, boycotts, student strikes, silent protests, teach-ins  • Write to local leaders and request that they issue a proclamation to officially recognize the 16 Days of Activism in your community  • Remind States that they are bound by international human rights law to ensure that all persons are able to enjoy their fundamental human rights (Check the UN Treaty Collection to see if your government is party to all human rights conventions and covenants and if they are not then lobby them to ratify these treaties without reservations.).
  • Make some noise: Plan public speeches, marches, rallies, protests, or vigils honoring survivors/victims of violence • Use drums and other instruments in your activism • Make appearances on radio and television broadcasts • Take out advertisements in visible, public spaces.

3.  SPREAD the Word:

• Submit your planned activity to the International Calendar of Campaign Activities.
• Talk to Local Media 
  
  • Approach media outlets to ask if they would be willing to run a special series on the 16 Days.
  • Call radio talk shows or create and share podcasts. (For examples and ideas, visit the Feminist International Radio Endeavour or AMARC Women’s International Network)
  • Write opinion pieces for local newspapers
• Create a Buzz Online
  • Write blog articles, opinion pieces, and personal reflections for websites and online information sources. (Note: if you face any risk of threats or harassment you can write anonymously or use fictional names)
• Additional Resources:

Doing Media Advocacy by the International Women’s Health Coalition

Campaign Kit from Take Back the Tech

Reporting Gender-Based Violence: A Handbook for Journalists  

4.  Get CONNECTED to the international 16 Days Campaign:

• Find us on Facebook
  •  Post status updates about the campaign 
  • Change your profile picture to the 16 Days logo

• Follow us on Twitter

• Find us on Flickr, a photo-sharing website.
  • Upload images of campaign posters and photographs taken during the 16 Days campaign. 
  • Tag photographs as "16Days"
• Join the 16 Days email discussion listserve
• Follow our Tumblr to learn more about 16 Days and the UN CSW

5.  DOCUMENT and REFLECT on your Campaign:

• Complete the 16 Days Campaign Questionnaire– let the Center for Women’s Global Leadership know how we can improve the campaign resources we provide!
• Create and share a summary of your campaign activities by posting it on the web, sending it to other organizations, or publishing it in a newsletter.  Remember to send a copy to CWGL, too!
  
  • When documenting your campaign activities, consider these questions:
     Do you think the campaign went well? Why or why not?
     Did you achieve the goals you set in the beginning?
     What was the impact of your actions?
     What would you do differently next time?
     What tools or resources would you require to improve your participation in the campaign?