The campaign, which will be held from November 25 to December 10, will be commemorative of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It will focus on domestic violence and women's legal rights and attempt to influence public opinions and attitudes, policies, practices and legislation, to facilitate a life free of violence for women and girl children in the region.

In India, the campaign will run across several cities and major towns like Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Lucknow, Bangalore, Itanagar, Guwahati, Madurai, Dindugal and Trichy. A range of activities like symposia, meetings, debates, film screenings, rallies, marches, poster and signature campaigns, will be organised duringthe 16 days.

Educational institutions, Residents Welfare Associations, NGOs, women's groups and clubs will be active partners in the campaign. UNFPA, UNICEF and the UN Resident Coordinators' Office will be supporting and collaborating with UNIFEM in this global campaign.

During the campaign, gender sensitization workshops for police personnel from 100 police stations in Delhi, in close collaboration with the office of the Commissioner of Police, and a Gender Training Institute will be held on November 9 and 10.

There will also be an awareness generation programme, through posters on the legal rights of women, vis--a--vis all the police stations in India. These posters are being developed by MARG, a specialist NGO.

The film `Bol Basanto', produced by MARG, will be screened in slums and JJ colonies, villages and educational institutions. The film has Basanto, a utensil seller, as the central character and depicts how to tackle violence in domestic life and outside, through a series of interestingstories.

Another film `Nasreen O Nasreen', produced by the Indian Social Institute, will also be screened. It has touching narrations by survivor--victims of violence on how to combat violence and demand one's rights.

Major clubs like the Rotary, would undertake a series of awareness programmes to highlight the issue of gender--based violence, in particular at the work place and the need to combat the same.

On December 10, a march will be organised at the India Gate where both men and women from various walks of life, including educational institutions, slums, villages, NGOs, women's groups, Residents Welfare Associations and clubs will participate. The march will reaffirm the statement that `Women's Rights are Human Rights.'