Since its creation 14 years ago, this action campaign has sought to “shed light on the trivialization and recurrence of gendered discrimination, and to root out its origins by giving discriminated women back the power to express themselves”.
The 12-Day Committee is coordinated by the Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ). It’s a coalition of some twenty organizations joining forces to fight pervasive violence by organizing numerous activities, speaking engagements and actions. To find out about and follow the activities on offer throughout this period, consult the constantly updated program.
The Conseil du statut de la femme (CSF) is also taking part in this annual campaign to raise awareness of the various forms of violence against women. This year, the campaign focuses on these well-known, but also often unrecognized, real and often insidious forms of violence. This explains the theme “Refusing all forms of violence”.
The campaign, also known as the “White Ribbon Campaign”, takes off on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25) and ends on the day of the commemoration of the victims of the École Polytechnique (Montreal), December 6 (1989). Activities will be held on that day at Place du 6 – December 1989.
