Today the Office of the Special Envoy for Women and Children and the Women's Department launched the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence. The initiative, which is part of a greater UN campaign, aims to end violence against women and children through awareness of the issues and education. At a candle light vigil ceremony which had to be held indoors this evening, Kim Simplis Barrow, the Special Envoy for Women and children, as well as former victims of domestic violence took to the podium to encourage the public to speak out and act against gender based violence. Here's what they told us about ending domestic violence...
The 16 Days of Activism is held under the theme, "unmasking the many faces of gender based violence."
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