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The 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence is an international campaign that commences on 25 November—the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women—and ends on 10 December, Human Rights Day. Originally created by activists, it continues to be coordinated each year by the Center for Women's Global Leadership.The UN supports this civil society-led campaign through the “United Nations Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign (UNiTE)”. The UNiTE campaign utilizes the colour orange to represent a brighter future, free from violence against women and girls, as a unifying theme running through all of its global activities.Orange the WorldThe involvement of all stakeholders in the mobilization against violence against women, especially in the current context of the COVID pandemic, is essential. This year, the theme set by the Secretary General’s UNiTE campaign was Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect, with a focus on gender-based violence (GBV) in the context of COVID-19.Our office worked alongside and supported the media to promote campaigns, including on social networks, and awareness-raising sessions for the general public or target groups. The objective was to promote behavioural change by emphasizing positive masculinities and promoting gender equality norms in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.Due to the lockdowns, services wer forced to define new working modalities to meet the specific needs and expectations of survivors, victims, and people at risk of gender-based violence. UN Human Rights worked with national and local actors to support victims and provide essential services, including the criminal justice system.Finally, the COVID pandemic has highlighted the need for GBV development programmes to respond to the real and expressed needs of women and girls, which is possible through data collection and flexible funding that prioritizes GBV prevention in the COVID-19 budgetary stimulus packages for women’s organizations.