Standing With Survivors - 16 Days of Activism

Every year, from 25 November to 10 December, individuals and organisations worldwide unite under “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” - a call to shine a spotlight on violence experienced by women and marginalised genders. At Amirrah, we believe that activism isn’t just a slogan: it’s woven into every service we offer. This year, we reaffirm our commitment to walk with survivors, to provide care, dignity, and hope.

1. Why GBV affects reproductive and mental health

• Gender-based violence often intersects with sexual and reproductive health - from coercion to unsafe abortion, to lack of access to prenatal or postnatal care.

• Survivors may suffer from trauma, anxiety, depression, or post-trauma stress, especially after sexual violence or unplanned pregnancies.

2. How Amirrah's programmes respond to these overlaps

• Through our sexual and reproductive health programmes, we offer safe, confidential guidance - ensuring access to contraception, safe abortion options, and prenatal/ postnatal support. This gives women the power to make informed choices over their bodies.

• Our mental health programmes is especially crucial - we provide individual and group therapy for post-abortion and postpartum anxiety, healing spaces for women who have experienced trauma.

• For mothers and newborns, our Early Childhood Development Programme helps ensure that children grow up healthy - breaking cycles of trauma, neglect, or instability that often accompany situations of violence or economic vulnerability.

• Finally, when financial hardship adds further stress, our Grants Programme can offer a lifeline - helping ensure basic needs are met, reducing risk factors related to poverty and vulnerability.

3. Supporting survivors means more than immediate aid - it's about dignity, long-term healing and empowerment

• Emotional and psychological recovery is just as important as physical safety. Through therapy and support networks, survivors can reclaim their agency and rebuild self-worth.

• By offering reproductive justice and choice, we affirm that every woman deserves control over her body and future.

• Helping mothers and children thrive ensures that the next generation doesn’t inherit cycles of fear, violence or marginalisation.

4. Your role: how supporters, volunteers and community can join in during 16 Days of Activism

• Share the stories: Help amplify messages of solidarity, rights, and healing. Use the hashtag #16DaysofActivism and tag @ngo.amirrah to spread awareness.

• Contribute: Whether through donations, volunteering your time or professional skills (e.g. mental-health counselling, medical advice, parent training), you help strengthen our support base.

• Advocate: Talk about reproductive rights, mental health, consent, safe parenting and gender equality in your communities — activism isn’t just for one date, it’s ongoing.

• Build safe spaces: Help create environments — online or offline — where survivors feel heard, respected, and supported, without stigma or judgement.

At Amirrah, we know that the fight against gender-based violence isn't just about addressing immediate crises - it's about transforming lives. During the 16 Days of Activism, and every day beyond, we recommit ourselves to care, compassion, confidentiality and empowerment. We stand with survivors. We believe in their worth. And we believe in a future where every women - and every child she holds - can live with dignity, safety and hope.

Join us. Share this post. Volunteer. Donate. Spread awareness. Together, we can make a difference not just for 16 days but for a lifetime.

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