Day 6: Strengthening the campaign to end VAW with the First Lady’s call for protection and the SK Federation’s stand for solidarity

𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 2, 2025

We are now on 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟔 of the 𝟏𝟖-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧, and our commitment to dismantling outdated stigmas remains strong!

We may have achieved significant strides in gender equality, but the 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦-𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 surrounding sexual harassment and abuse remain a powerful challenge. It’s time to 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 asking, “𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔?”

𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟔 was significantly strengthened by the messages delivered by our dedicated partners and leaders, 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚, 𝐌𝐬. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐦, delivered an inspiring message, underscoring the city’s commitment to 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝑺𝑲 𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝐌𝐫. 𝐑𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐎𝐛𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐚, also provided a heartfelt message, emphasizing the strong 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 in the 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐕𝐀𝐖.

The 𝐋𝐆𝐔 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐆𝐀𝐃) 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, in coordination with the 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫, invites you to 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 our powerful and impactful exhibit:

“𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧”

This impactful exhibit showcases the actual clothing worn by women during incidents of harassment and abuse, compelling us to focus on the act itself 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. It strongly rejects the idea that a woman’s attire invites or justifies violence.

𝑾𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒙𝒉𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒕!

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆: 𝑀𝑒𝑧𝑧𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑦 𝐵𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑜, 𝑇𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑠 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦.

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐀𝐖 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲!

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