Orange pinwheels decorate the lawn in front of the Boone County Courthouse, representing every person who has died as a result of domestic violence since 2014.
About 29 pinwheels were placed on the lawn by the Zonta Club of Lebanon in the hopes of raising awareness for the number of cases of domestic violence in Indiana each year.
A sign stands among the pinwheels displaying a number for a national hotline for domestic violence victims.
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All Zonta clubs in District 17’s Area 6 held a parade that marched through a famous shopping mall in the heart of Bangkok, Thailand, as part of the Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women campaign.
Students from Asa Witthaya School Z Club and Bangkok University Golden Z Club joined Zontians in the parade, carrying handmade signs.
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The Zonta Club of Rockhampton Inc. mounted displays at the busy Rockhampton Airport and the local Yeppoon library in Queensland during the 16 Days of Activism and as part of the Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women campaign.
To promote awareness of the campaign and provide a range of information about local services and Zonta membership, club members mounted the displays as well as lit local monuments orange.
Two tourist locations, the Wreck Point lookout and the Singing Ship on the Capricorn Coast, as well as Riverbank lights in Rockhampton, were lit orange to symbolize the 16 Days of Activism campaign.
The Wreck Point Lookout overlooks the Pacific Ocean and the Singing Ship monument, which honors Captain James Cook, the man who discovered and named Keppel Bay in 1770, overlooks Keppel Bay in Queensland.
The Zonta Club of Veszprem Area held a benefit concert and art installation to promote the Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women campaign.
To kick off the 16 Days of Activism campaign, the Hungary club welcomed local artist Kitti Tarcsa to share her work that focuses on examining violence against women.
Tarcsa was inspired by the Zonta Club of Veszprem Area to choose violence against women as the theme for her university thesis. Her work strives to describe violence against women by using three different faces that symbolize emotional abuse, sexual violence, and domestic violence.
Her work describes the violence against women symbolically by using a stencil technical on Plexiglas, lighting her work from behind. She also placed a reflective surface behind each piece so people viewing the art could see themselves in her work.
Tarcsa is a 24-year-old ceramic artist and interior designer and studied interior design at the University of Nyíregyháza in Hungary from 2013 to 2016.
In 2016 she won a school competition for her work in graphic design to raise awareness for violence against women and in 2017 she took part in the Hungarian national competition to symbolize violence against women.
Luke Howarth, Federal Member for Petrie, holds one of the Zonta Club of Redcliffe Area Inc’s signs with Gail Symons, the club’s vice president.
The Zonta Club of Redcliffe Area Inc, Australia, in District 22, is involving its community in the 16 Days of Activism.
The club had Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women signs installed on the doors of each cubicle in female public toilets in the Redcliffe Region.
The signs are a prominent orange color and list the toll-free phone number for DVConnect Womensline, the only statewide telephone service in Queensland that offers women who are experiencing domestic or family violence 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
The Moreton Bay Regional Council installed 100 signs for free during the 16 Days of Activism last year. The Zonta club is extending the initiative this year and has begun installing the signs in sporting clubs and a hotel.
“I am proud to support the Zonta Club of Redcliffe,” says Luke Howarth, Federal Member for Petrie. “They are a great support network for our community.”
He continued: “Real men don’t hit women. Real men don’t abuse women. I am calling for men in our community to be real men and take responsibly for their thoughts, their words and their actions.”
Zonta club members also marched in a local White Ribbon Day march on Friday, 24 November, and held a free breakfast on Saturday, 25 November.
Members of the Zonta Club of Porterville, USA, in District 9, along with members of one of the three Z clubs, participated in the town’s annual Christmas parade.
The Zonta Says NO-themed float was decorated by two of the members of the club’s Advocacy Committee, Adonas Nuckols and Mickie Manning.
Club members Sharon Scarbrough and Valerie Simonich led the team with a bright yellow banner that displayed the name of the club in big bold letters. The Z club members sat on the flatbed, holding messages against violence and for gender equality.
The back of the truck displayed a “Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women” banner. The parade draws more than 10,000 people from the city and Zonta members took the opportunity to address the captive audience with its message.
The Zonta Club of Gawler Inc, Australia, in District 23, is supporting the Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women campaign in multiple ways.
Club members are distributing white ribbons to local businesses for them to hang in their windows to support ending gender-based violence and continuing its project with local schools where students create art about expecting respect.
Wearing orange Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women t-shirts, the club recently met at a local cafe, joined by Mayor Karen Redman.
“It is such an important message to get out, and we need to change our culture as Australians, because the statistics are terrible surrounding domestic and family violence,” Redman told The Buniyip.
“One of the biggest groups of rising homelessness is women and children, who are fleeing violence, and that it is not okay.
“A really important role of the connected local council is to advocate for issues that are important, and need advocating for, and this is one.
“I (also), certainly, feel as a female mayor that it resonates in a very powerful way for me.”
Gawler Mayor Karen Redman (back row, left) joined the Zonta Club of Gawler Inc during its Zonta Says NO activities.
The Zonta Club of Tacloban, Philippines, in District 17, spread awareness of gender equality and violence against women during the 16 Days of Activism.
Members of the club gathered and lectured 100 11th graders from Leyte National High School in Tacloban City to educate them on preventing early marriage and teen pregnancy.
“Together as Zontians, we will continue to raise our voice and be active,” says Club Treasurer Aegina Ruiz. “We solidly support saying NO to violence against women and girls.”
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