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qathet Safe is coordinating the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence in Powell River from November 25, the International Day of the Elimination of Violence against Women, until December 10, Human Rights Day.

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign to bring awareness and strategies for individuals and organizations to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls.

qathet Safe’s community awareness campaign will include a Tree of Purple Lights campaigning the 16 Days of Activism and the Shoe Memorial display at the Powell River Public Library, and a social media campaign to bring awareness to gender-based violence and highlight the support services in the community for families who find themselves in crisis.

The Shoe Memorial exhibit will be on displayed on Dec 6, to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Dec 6 is the anniversary of the 14 women killed in a gender-based act of violence at the École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1989. At the memorial, hundreds of shoes will be displayed and include a short biography of a woman or child who died due to violence or is missing under suspicious circumstances.