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Today marks the end of the official 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which falls on International Human Rights Day. This year’s theme was ‘Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!’ We spoke to some of our Members of the Human Rights, Refugees and Violence Against Women Committee about the activities they carried out to ensure that awareness around the theme of the 16 Days was increased and to increase commitment to the elimination of this tragedy.
Dr Diana M. Galimberti from Argentina, tells us how, alongside colleagues, they committed to addressing violence against women in Latin America.
“Dr. Miguel Gutiérrez Ramos and I committed to address the topic of sexual abuse and violence throughout Latin America when in Istanbul. Although in El Salvador, Guatemala and Argentina we received immediate support for our activities, the worldwide quarantine impeded continuation of this project until mid- 2021. However, Dr. Gutiérrez has actively participated in several meetings that were nevertheless held: at the University of Santa Fe in October of this year, where I acted as coordinator; once at a nation-wide course for obstetricians in Peru, and he will be a speaker at a meeting on sexual and reproductive rights in Arequipa, Perú shortly. He habitually represents the topic of GBV from FIGO perspective at the professional meetings he attends.