Dutch city halls lit up in orange to protest violence against women

Over the two next weeks, buildings and other objects in the Netherlands will be colored orange to draw attention to violence against women. The 10th annual "Orange the World" campaign starts on Saturday in Amsterdam, on the International Day against Violence against Women and Girls, the organization reports. The city halls of Delft, Utrecht, and The Hague, among others, will also be lit up in orange.

Het stadhuis kleurt oranje, want Delft zegt NEE tegen geweld tegen vrouwen en meisjes met de wereldwijde campagne Orange the World. 🧡

Lees hier wat we in Delft doen tegen geweld tegen vrouwen⤵️https://t.co/BW4CPSAZTL#OrangetheWorldNL #Delft #gemeenteDelft pic.twitter.com/s3m5HhszlN

— Gemeente Delft (@GemeenteDelft) November 24, 2023

Vandaag start de campagne #OrangeTheWorld waarin aandacht wordt gevraagd voor #GeweldTegenVrouwen. Thema: Veiligheid, overal en altijd. Uiteraard doen wij hier ook aan mee en is Cultuurhuis Garenspinnerij oranje uitgelicht. Doe jij ook mee? #preventie #Gouda #medestander pic.twitter.com/0CEaUevbJx

— Cultuurhuis Garenspinnerij (@Garenspinnerij) November 25, 2023

The theme of this year's United Nations campaign is "safe, everywhere and always". "This year, we want to raise awareness of the fact that violence can happen anywhere," said Marije Cornelissen, director of UN Women Netherlands. "In the workplace, when going out, at the sports club, on public transport, in education, in healthcare, in student unions, at festivals, on the beach, and not to forget in cyberspace. This can take many forms, from sexual harassment to femicide".

Presenter Olcay Gülsen is an ambassador for the campaign, which runs until December 10, on International Human Rights Day. Debates, exhibitions, and demonstrations are taking place and money is being raised for a global fund to prevent and end violence against women and girls.

According to “Orange the World”, one in three women worldwide experience violence. Taken together, this means that one billion women and girls have been confronted with physical, sexual or psychological violence in their lives, the international organization reported. In the Netherlands, this is 45 percent of women and girls.

The initiative was launched in 2008 under the leadership of the UN Secretary-General and has been taking place worldwide ever since. According to UN Women Netherlands, it was launched to support civil society in protesting against gender-based violence.

The 10th-annual Color The World Orange for CRPS/RSD Awareness is here!
The easiest way to participate is to wear orange and post a picture to social media with the hashtag: #CRPSORANGEDAYhttps://t.co/iuvlKIG8pB#CRPSORANGEDAY#CRPSORANGE10YEARS pic.twitter.com/R8C4zSM9ah

— Color The World Orange™ for CRPS/RSD Awareness (@CRPSOrangeDay) November 6, 2023