White Ribbon Day 25 November

White Ribbon Day is the international day when men wear a white ribbon to show they don't tolerate or condone men's violence towards women.

Date: 25 November 2008
Time: All day
Location: Nation wide
Cost: Free

The White Ribbon campaign was started by a group of men in Canada in 1991 in response to the killing of 14 female students at Montreal University. In 1999, the United Nations officially adopted 25 November as its International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

This is the second year that dozens of government, social service and voluntary agencies as well as UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) are working together to raise awareness of White Ribbon Day and the week leading up to it. The Families Commission has ordered 400,000 ribbons and already 40 kilometres of white ribbon has been cut to size.

Wearing a white ribbon is a personal pledge to not commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women and children.


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