16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

The 16 Days of Activism campaign calls for action against one of the world’s most persistent violations of human rights: violence against women. During the campaign -- which commences on 25-November for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) -- people around the world unite to raise awareness about gender-based violence, challenge discriminatory attitudes and call for improved laws and services to end violence against women for good.

Culminating on 10-December for International Human Rights Day, the campaign advocates for a future where human rights are enjoyed by everyone, everywhere. When harmful stereotypes and structural inequities are eliminated, everyone can thrive and we will all benefit from our diversity.

Updated October 29, 2025
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The handmaid's tale
Atwood, Margaret
Paper Book
The stunning graphic novel adaptation * A must-read and collector's item for fans of "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times).   Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale   In Margaret...
The testaments
Atwood, Margaret
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE * The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale. More than fifteen years after the events of...
The gift of fear : survival signals that protect us from violence
De Becker, Gavin
Paper Book
Protect yourself by learning how to trust -- and act on -- your instincts with the "empowering" #1 bestseller from personal safety expert Gavin de Becker (Boston Globe). A carjacker lurking in a shopping mall parking lot. An...
Unbound : my story of liberation and the birth of the Me Too movement
Burke, Tarana
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Searing. Powerful. Needed." --Oprah "Sometimes a single story can change the world. Unbound is one of those stories. Tarana's words are a testimony to liberation and love." --Brené Brown From...
Invisible women : exposing data bias in a world designed for men
Criado-Perez, Caroline
Paper Book
The landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women. #1 International Bestseller * Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award *...
Wifedom : Mrs. Orwell's invisible life
Funder, Anna
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR * WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST * This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century --and a probing consideration of what it means to be a wife and a writer in the modern world<...
Nobody's victim : fighting psychos, stalkers, pervs and trolls
Goldberg, Carrie
Paper Book
Nobody's Victim is an unflinching look at a hidden world most people don't know exists--one of stalking, blackmail, and sexual violence, online and off--and the incredible story of how one lawyer, determined to fight back, turned her own hell into a revolution.    ...
The will to change : men, masculinity, and love
hooks, bell
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author, feminist pioneer, and cultural icon bell hooks, an evergreen treatise on how patriarchy and toxic masculinity hurts us all. Feminist writing did not tell us about the deep inner misery of men. Everyone...
Hunchback
Ichikawa, Saou.
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE, THE PRIX MÉDICIS ÉTRANGER AND THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL * A bombshell bestseller in Japan, a defiant, darkly funny debut novel about a young woman in a care home seeking autonomy and the full possibilities of her life--"not...
Waiting to be arrested at night : a Uyghur poet's memoir of China's genocide
Izgil, Tahir Hamut
Paper Book
Winner of the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing Winner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, awarded to the best first book of the year Named one of the best books of the year by: THE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST * THE...
We will be jaguars a memoir of my people
Nenquimo, Nemonte
Paper Book
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Named one of the Best Nonfiction Books of the Year by Library Journal "An unforgettable memoir about fighting for your home and your heart." --Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club November '24 Pick) ...
We Should All Be Feminists
Ngozi Adichie, Chimamanda
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The highly acclaimed, provocative essay on feminism and sexual politics--from the award-winning author of Americanah "A call to action, for all people in the world, to undo the gender hierarchy." --Medium<...
Liliana's invincible summer
Rivera Garza, Cristina
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * "A searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister's murderer to justice years after the fact" (The Boston Globe), from "one of Mexico's greatest living writers" (Jonathan Lethem)....
Women talking
Toews, Miriam
Ebook
The basis of the Oscar-winning film from writer/director Sarah Polley, starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand.INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER"This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a real-life event, could be right out of The...
Technofeudalism : what killed capitalism
Varoufakis, Yanis
Ebook
"Blending intellectual memoir, history, and economic and technological history, Varoufakis creates an intimate atmosphere that is a genuine pleasure to read ... It's hard to read this book and deny its power ... illuminating." - The Washington Post In a revelatory...
I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban
Yousafzai, Malala
Paper Book
A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman "I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday." When the Taliban took control of the Swat...

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