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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence: Global
Mothers’ Union campaigns around the world, through our 4 million members in 84 countries, for an end to gender-based violence – violence carried out most often against women and girls because of their gender

Mothers’ Union and United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW)
Global Advocacy to Raise the Status of Women and Eliminate Discrimination: Mothers’ Union and UNCSW
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Mothers' Union speak about war widows in rural communities at UNCSW
Mothers’ Union member Marthe Vira, from DR Congo, was on Wednesday 14th March one of the speakers for the National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (NAWO) panel event “Child widows and young widows” at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). Marthe presented on her experiences with war widows in her country’s rural communities
'It is my prayer that this practice is soon a thing of the past'
Mothers’ Union members are fighting to stop female genital mutilation and other forms of violence against women in their communities

MU in Grahamstown came together in solidarity against GBV
During the 16 Days of Activism hundreds of members of the Mothers’ Union in Grahamstown came together in solidarity to bring attention and awareness the fact that gender based violence will not be tolerated.