The Zonta Club of Parma, Italy, organized an online interview with Sonia Montegiove, one of the 100 most influential women in the digital space, as part of its Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women campaign.

Topics included the gender pay gap, gender inequality and gender violence. Sonia was interviewed by Matilde Perego, third-year medical student at the University of Pavia, and Allegra Semenzato, third-year student at the International Relations and Organizations Faculty at Leiden University.

The interview was broadcasted via Facebook Live on 21 November.

As part of efforts to commemorate Zonta International’s 101st birthday and mark the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism and Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women campaign, the Zonta clubs of Lagos I, Ibadan I and II and the Zonta e-Club of West Africa organized an online dialogue titled “From Awareness to Accountability.”

The theme is apt considering how significant happenings in 2020 has played out with the COVID19 pandemic, #StateofEmergencyonGBV, #EndSARS Protests and other campaigns pushing for awareness and accountability on multiple issues.

The two-hour virtual event included keynote speakers and a three-person panel.

The Zonta Club of Roma Parioli III, Italy, conducted their Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women campaign via social media.

On 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the club posted the above photo on their Twitter and Facebook pages with a message about gender-based violence and the 16 Days of Activism. The club hopes this will bring attention and awareness to the issue of violence against women and to Zonta.

Following last year’s campaign, the Zonta Club of Punta del Este-Maldonado, Uruguay, is supported by the Navy Coast Guard men of their city. The campaign was shown on local TV channels and all media.

On 9 December, both the Zonta Club of Bombay I and Zonta Club of Bombay III, District 25, joined with the NGO Save the Children India to host a talk and workshop .

The workshop was conducted by the Counselor Ms. Reshma and her team and it focused on sexual harassment at home and outside the home, as well as legal and social recourse to combat the issue. A few Bolllywood songs were shown to the girls and questions were asked and they were made to understand the reality of violence against women and girls. The presidents of the clubs shared the importance of changing their point of views or understanding of the situation in the community.

The participants of the event were girls under 18 from four community centers and shelter homes in Mumbai. It was a very interesting and interactive session with active participation from all, including the Zonta members.

On 10 December there was session focused on sex and gender and for the finale, both clubs sponsored gifts which were distributed to about 130 girls from their shelter homes and community centers.

As part of Zonta International’s 100 years of empowering women, the Zonta Club of Trenton/Mercer, USA, District 3, purchased an ad to be displayed on a shuttle bus that services Trenton, New Jersey, and surrounding towns.

The club wanted to help empower women and children by providing a hotline number for victims of violence while also providing information for those who want to join Zonta in the fight to end violence against women and children. The ad will run for four weeks.