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| Ending gender violence: who is your inspiration? | Ending gender violence: who is your inspiration? |
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| Tackling gender violence is one of the major issues of discussion this year. On Thursday, One Billion Rising hopes to mobilise thousands of people to dance, strike and demand an end to violence against women. Next month the UN Commission on the Status of Women will discuss the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls. | Tackling gender violence is one of the major issues of discussion this year. On Thursday, One Billion Rising hopes to mobilise thousands of people to dance, strike and demand an end to violence against women. Next month the UN Commission on the Status of Women will discuss the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls. |
| Gender violence, often sidelined as a ''women's'' issue is beginning to top global agendas. But how do we prevent violence at the community level? Which initiatives work? And who can make a difference? | Gender violence, often sidelined as a ''women's'' issue is beginning to top global agendas. But how do we prevent violence at the community level? Which initiatives work? And who can make a difference? |
| Malala Yousafzai received global support for her activism around girls' education, which led to an assassination attempt by the Taliban. But there are millions like her speaking out against violence every day. We want to hear from you. Who are your heroines and heroes? What ideas have inspired you and why? We'll be collecting your messages until the Commission on the Status of Women and will highlight some of them on the Guardian's Global development site. | Malala Yousafzai received global support for her activism around girls' education, which led to an assassination attempt by the Taliban. But there are millions like her speaking out against violence every day. We want to hear from you. Who are your heroines and heroes? What ideas have inspired you and why? We'll be collecting your messages until the Commission on the Status of Women and will highlight some of them on the Guardian's Global development site. |
| There are two ways to get involved: | There are two ways to get involved: |
| By photo | By photo |
| Send us an image of your message. Be creative. Write a message on a postcard. Create of picture of your hero. | Send us an image of your message. Be creative. Write a message on a postcard. Create of picture of your hero. |
| Upload a photo to our Flickr group, Twitter or instagram and tag the photos #globaldevwomen | Upload a photo to our Flickr group, Twitter or instagram and tag the photos #globaldevwomen |
| Here are a few examples of readers' messages from a previous project, Rio+20 – your sustainable development messages. | Here are a few examples of readers' messages from a previous project, Rio+20 – your sustainable development messages. |
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| By text | By text |
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