What is White Ribbon Day? Events taking place across the UK to combat male violence

It was formed by a radical of pro-feminist men successful Canada successful 1991, with hopes of raising awareness, promoting steadfast relationships, campaigning for sex equity, and creating a compassionate imaginativeness of masculinity.

They chose a achromatic ribbon arsenic their symbol, to correspond men giving up their arms.

Every twelvemonth successful November, White Ribbon activists invitation the full satellite to travel unneurotic and instrumentality a stance against antheral unit against women together.

Here is everything you request to cognize astir the peculiar day.

Every year, connected November 25, the satellite celebrates White Ribbon Day, which is besides United Nations’ Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

During the week starring up to the peculiar day, men and boys are encouraged to deterioration achromatic ribbons to amusement their absorption to unit against women and solidarity.

This year, the consciousness day’s slogan is It Starts with Men. Organisers are calling for men to clasp themselves accountable - to women and to each different - truthful that affirmative behaviour alteration tin alteration civilization which perpetuates unit towards women and girls.

“Violence against women and girls is rooted successful harmful masculine traits,” the White Ribbon Day 2024 run briefing reads. “Starting with men, we indispensable code the attitudes and behaviours that lend to a fearfulness of unit for women successful their day-to-day lives.”

The connection added that sex equality was captious successful making this civilization alteration possible, and that it could lone beryllium achieved if men and boys recognised their behaviour and assumed their work arsenic allies to women and girls.

To people the occasion, a bid of events are held crossed the UK successful the coming days betwixt November 25 and December 10 – and anyone tin be astir of them due to the fact that they're virtual. The play marks 16 Days of Action to extremity unit against women and girls.

Here is simply a little look astatine immoderate of the planned events crossed the UK:

Between 8 americium and 3 p.m. connected November 25, Devonshire Square volition big a pop-up lawsuit successful its Western Courtyard to rise consciousness for the day. Events marking the juncture volition besides instrumentality spot successful Enfield, Merton and Sutton.

There are a fig of pop-up assemblage events happening crossed Cornwall, including nationalist transport bystander grooming successful Truro, St Just, Penzance and Camborne, a vigil and march successful Penzance and a webinar connected economical and fiscal abuse. You tin find the afloat calendar of events with links to publication connected here, provided by Safer Cornwall. There are besides events planned successful different areas of the UK, including Northumberland and Worcester.