International day for Elimination of the violence against women

Global Action: Orange the World

The 25th of every month has been designated as Orange Day by the UN Women campaign Say No, UNiTE launched in 2009 to mobilize civil society, activists, governments and the UN system in order amplify the impact of the UN Secretary-General’s campaign, UNiTE to End Violence against Women. Participants the world over are encouraged to wear a touch of orange in solidarity with the cause - the colour symbolizes a brighter future and a world free from violence against women and girls.

The 2018 theme is Orange the World: #HearMeToo and like previous editions, the date marks the launch of 16 days of activism that will conclude on 10 December 2018, International Human Rights Day.

More videos related to this issue

http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/multimedia.shtml

https://www.irinnews.org/feature/2017/05/15/slave-labour-death-rate-doubles-migrant-domestic-workers-lebanon

Creative writing

One of the following sentences should be included in your writings.

1.  Every morning I walked to the cafe' for my latte' and a glimpse at her/him.
2.  Peter and her friends waited backstage for a chance to meet their favourite singer.
A bit of mistery perhaps...

3.   Betty was hesitant to open the hotel room, scared of what she might find.

4.   Every time I pulled, the ropes seemed to get tighter around my wrists.