White Ribbon Day
White Ribbon Day – 25 November - Men say no to violence against women
The White Ribbon Campaign is the first male lead campaign to end violence against women in the world. Men are encouraged to take a stand and say that violence, in any form, is never acceptable.
The White Ribbon Campaign represents the convergence of two global campaigns focused on violence against women. Its origin was in 1991, on the second anniversary of the massacre of 14 women by a lone gunman in Montreal, Canada, when a handful of Canadian men initiated a
White Ribbon campaign to urge men to speak out against
violence against women. In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly declared November 25 the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) and the White Ribbon has become the symbol for the day.
Today hundreds of thousands of white ribbons are worn by men and women across Australia - men at work; men and women in all Australian police forces; men in national and local sporting matches and organisations; men in the media; men and women in politics; men in the defence forces; men and women in capital cities and in rural and regional Australia.
Contact information
White Ribbon Campaign
Tel: (02) 9045 8444
Email: admin@whiteribbon.org.au
