Zonta Club of Caboolture - Advocacy
Our Advocacy
Advocating for women and girls
A key part of Zonta's work is advocating for change to improve the lives of women and girls locally and globally. Our advocacy starts at home, here in Caboolture. Recently in Australia, in the last 30 days (June-July 2023) nine women died as a result of domestic violence. That is the very reason that the advocacy of Zonta is so important.
Be awareViolence against women is a human rights abuse. Zonta advocates to raise awareness about violence against women and girls including intimate partner abuse and forced/child marriage, especially during the 16 Days of Activism campaign. |
Make a standClimate change and digitisation exacerbate the risk of violence against women and girls. We call for bystander action (speak up) and intervention to support the person experiencing violence to seek professional help and to discuss the options they have. |
Empower changeEducation empowers people to create change. We can influence first, our inner circle, and then the broader community. Through small but connected efforts new attitudes can be developed and fostered for the greater wellbeing of all women and girls. |
Our Causes
One of our causes is Zonta Says No to domestic violence and coercive control. Also, Zonta Says No to child and forced marriage. Love is not control and Zonta advocates for the safety of women and children. No women and child should feel threatened, coerced or intimidated in their home. And no child or women should be forced or coerced into marrying someone without their consent or understanding of the situation.
We also advocate for gender equality. In every society, women experience gender inequality in many areas of life. Women also suffer socioeconomic implications as a direct result of gender inequality and climate change. Floods and fires destroy homes, employment opportunities and access to education. Women are underrepresented in political leadership. Women are paid less than men performing the same job. Women do three hours more unpaid domestic duties and care than men per day. This directly impacts their time for education, self-care, paid work and leisure activities.
Zonta Says NO
Zonta Says No to domestic violence and coercive control against women and children. |
Zonta Says NOW
Zonta Says Now to gender equal climate action. Women need equality. |
End Child Marriage
Zonta Says No to child and forced marriage affecting women and girls in Australia and internationally. |
16 Days of Activism
25 November to 10 December
The 16 Days of Activism is our main advocacy event held every year.
Zonta Club of Caboolture advocates during the 16 Days of Activism campaign to end gender violence against women in Caboolture, Australia and globally. The 16 Days of Activism starts on 25 November on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and finishes on 10 December, International Human Rights Day.
The 16 Days of Activism Blogs
Day 1: What is the 16 Days of Activism
Day 2: Why doesn't she just leave him?
Day 3: Climate Justice
Day 4: How digitisation is creating more problems
Day 5: Supporting Survivors
Day 6: Bystander Action
Day 7: Calling on Men and Boys
Day 8: Challenging Misogyny
Day 9: Speak Up
Day 10: Ending Child Marriage
Day 11: Better services mean better responses
Day 12: Teaching the next generation
Day 13: What can I do?
Day 14: Women's movement on the rise
Day 15: Can a text message be a form of domestic violence?
Day 16: What is my government doing about this?
Day 2: Why doesn't she just leave him?
Day 3: Climate Justice
Day 4: How digitisation is creating more problems
Day 5: Supporting Survivors
Day 6: Bystander Action
Day 7: Calling on Men and Boys
Day 8: Challenging Misogyny
Day 9: Speak Up
Day 10: Ending Child Marriage
Day 11: Better services mean better responses
Day 12: Teaching the next generation
Day 13: What can I do?
Day 14: Women's movement on the rise
Day 15: Can a text message be a form of domestic violence?
Day 16: What is my government doing about this?
