Step up campaigns to end violence that stalks our women and girls

When women are brutalized, their economic activity levels are lowered and this affects whole societies, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. [iStockphoto]

Today is International Human Rights Day and also the end of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which began on November 25.

The 16 Days of Activism Campaign is a civil society-led annual international campaign started in 1991 by the Centre for Women's Global Leadership, and the participants of the first Women's Global Institute on Women, Violence and Human Rights.