Zonta Club of Ibadan II branded a Town transit bus through major streets for 30 days. Zontians also rode on the bus on the 26th November stopping at major markets and the police station for drama sketches and distributing awareness pamphlets against gender violence.

From: KTVQ.com:

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Eleven women expressed themselves each week in November. It was therapy. The art that followed not only provided a piece of mind, but tangible evidence of a change in mentality.

The Zonta Club of Billings paired with Angela’s Piazza and artist Julie Pederson to give 10 women the chance to utilize art therapy in the month of November.

Their pieces were on display Monday night at Billings Clinic in the No More Empty Shoes Art Show, kicking off the 16 Days of Activism aimed to raise awareness about gender-based violence.

Among the art, shoes — heels and flats — represented those who have been killed due to domestic violence. Startling statistics show every nine seconds a woman is battered and one in three experience domestic violence.

In Billings, the Zonta Club not only provides service to the community through domestic violence awareness, but grants for community agencies, scholarships for students and volunteer labor for local non-profit organizations.

Comprised of 45 members, the group also donated more than 50 blankets to the Billings Police Department to provide to victims involved in a domestic disturbance.

http://www.ktvq.com/news/club-s-art-show-takes-stand-against-gender-violence/

The Zonta Club of Hamburg, The Zonta Club of Hamburg-Elbufer, The Zonta Club of Hamburg-Alster, The Zonta Club of Hamburg-Hanse and The Zonta Club of Hamburg Hafen were recently featured in a news broadcast for their actions within the Zonta says NO campaign.

The Zonta Club of Dothan was featured in two news videos on WTVY in Dothan, AL, USA.
 Speakers at the rally included – Dothan Mayor Mike Schmitz, State Senator Harri Anne Smith, DV Survivor Kathy Wells, House of Ruth Director Beverly Youse, The Exchange Center Director Pam Miles and Candidate for State House District 93 Dr. Jennifer Marsden. 

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Marietta Meachan, a member of Zonta Club of Fort Myers, holds a sign alongside her daughter Julie. / photos by GUY TUBBS/THE NEWS-PRESS

From news-press.com:

Orange was the new black Monday for about a dozen area residents out to take a stand against violence toward women and girls.

Led by Southwest Florida Zonta clubs, the women and a few men dressed in orange and armed with orange signs, spent the morning tying orange ribbons to power poles and streetlights near the intersection of U.S. 41 and Cypress Lake Drive.

“Globally, gender-based violence is the most pervasive and least recognized human rights violation, Sanibel resident Karen Pati said. “It affects women of every race, class, culture, age, ethnicity and country.”

Zonta International, an organization with more than 30,000 members in 65 countries, is dedicated to advancing the status of women worldwide.

Pati serves as the lieutenant governor for Zonta’s District 11, which includes clubs in Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Sanibel, Naples and Port Charlotte.

The event was part of the Zonta Says No campaign, a global initiative to raise awareness and help end violence against women and girls.

Zonta chose Monday and the color orange for its initiative to mirror the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

“We’d like to prevent all kinds of violence, but it’s particularly an issue with women,” she said.” Pati said

Pati said Monday’s event was about awareness, and referenced the recent arrest of a FGCU student on sexual assault and battery charges related to incidents of three FGCU students.

“A boy went to a girl’s room, and she said no, but he didn’t know no means no,” she said.

Fort Myers resident Marcie Kaveney said she attended the event because she wants victims of abuse to know there is support.

A survivor of abuse, Kaveney works at Abuse Counseling and Treatment Inc., a not-nonprofit agency that serves victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.

“Our message is we will always be here,” she said.

Bill Buhler greeted morning commuters at Cypress Lake and U.S. 41 on Monday. ‘Zonta says No’ is a campaign created by Zonta International to raise awareness and bring an end to violence against women and girls across the globe. (News-Press)

http://www.news-press.com/article/20131126/VOLUNTEERING/311260021/Good-News-Southwest-Florida-campaign-against-hurting-women

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Twenty Zonta Club of Chatham-Kent members and citizens marched across the Third Street bridge in Chatham, On., over the noon hour Monday Nov. 25. The group hoped to bring attention to the Say No Violence against Women campaign and mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence towards Women. Diana Martin/Chatham Daily News/QMI Agency

From the Chatham Daily News

Battling against chilling winds, a group of 20 people spent the lunch-hour Monday marching along the Third Street Bridge to bring awareness to violence against women.

Terry Finley, wrapped head to toe to keep warm, was overwhelmed by the experience.

“I’m a victim of sexual abuse and emotional and psychological abuse as a child. I came out because I want to raise awareness that there are people out there this has happened to,” Finley said. “To let people know you don’t have to be a victim, you can overcome.”

The Zonta Club’s Say No campaign march marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence towards Women and kicked off 16 days of activism which will end Dec. 10 on International Human Rights Day.

“I think we’re inclined to think it happens in other parts of the world, but not in our own neighbourhoods,” said Hilary Henley, past-president of the Zonta Club of Chatham-Kent. “It is as much an issue here as it is throughout the world. In Canada, every six days a woman is killed by her intimate partner – that’s one woman a week.”

Finley said at first she didn’t see the warning signs in her relationship and felt unable to leave as it escalated.

“When I got out of the relationship I started to go to counselling and my eyes started to be opened,” she said. “I’m starting to see it in other areas, not just in peoples’ relationships and childhoods, but in public society there is a lot of manipulation and intimidation making you feel low, your self-esteem is coming down.”

The group chose the bridge because it’s a high-traffic area for cars and pedestrians.

“Part of the Zonta mission is to improve the status of women in our own communities and internationally, and violence against women is a huge issue,” Henley said. “We want people to think about it. Thinking about it might lead to a change in behaviour.”

Making strides against violence | Chatham Daily News.

To kick-off the 16 days of activism, the Zonta Club of Hilo hosted an event to say thank you (mahalo) to organizations within their community that help to prevent domestic violence and violence against women and girls all year long.

Members invited the prosecuting attorney, his staff, a representative from the mayors office, local police and fire crews and workers at agencies like DFS and others to come and have some food and learn about our Zonta Says No campaign.

They also created a business card with tips for the holidays to help prevent stress and provide information and resources available within our community and included our Zonta Says NO ribbon. Also at the event were displayed a shoe tree with each pair of shoes representing someone in the community who lost their life from domestic violence. The goal was to thank the community, increase awareness about our campaign, Zonta Says No and to provide encouragement and empowerment as we enter the holiday season.