Tarr Town, Old Road, Montserrado – November 25, 2025 – ActionAid Liberia (AAL) joins the global ActionAid Federation and the world at large in commemoration of this year’s 16 Days of Activism. AAL therefore announces the commencement of a series of activities and engagements highlighting the importance of girls and women’s digital safety, their empowerment and advocacy for safer digital spaces everywhere and against gender-based violence.
ActionAid Liberia as a leading human rights and social justice organization, the work we have and continue to do for over two decades and half, dedicated to advocating for the voiceless, the marginalized, protecting girls and women and working towards, policy reforms, poverty reduction, has been through the building stronger networks and movements.
It is against this backdrop that this year, AAL is collaborating with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and other partners to fully observe this year’s 16days of Activism against Gender Based Violence at the national and sub-national levels.
Additionally, ActionAid Liberia is also in collaboration with other national networks and organizations such as the; Female Journalist Association of Liberia, County Rural Women Structures, National FGM Working Group; as well as with our implementing partners Domafeign, NATPAH, LIWEN, SAIL, and WOCDAL working with community and grassroots communities to carry out county-level activities.
This year, we celebrate this 16 Days of Activism under the global theme “Unite to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls”, emphasizing the growing threat of online and technology-facilitated abuse with a national theme “Unite to End Violence: Protecting All Women and Children, In Our Communities and Digital Spaces.”
AAL’s key goals and objectives of the 16days Campaign are to empower young urban women movements, young people and people living with disabilities with knowledge and understanding on cyberbullying, cyber security, protecting social media and digital safety, provide practical tools, digital security tips and reporting mechanisms that help young women protect themselves online and use digital spaces confidently, as well as raise awareness in communities and mobilize action against digital violence.
To achieve this, this year, we are using through creative digital campaigns and partnerships and engaging men and boys as allies in ending GBV and promoting positive masculinity as well as fostering coordination among women’s rights organizations, youth networks, and government stakeholders to sustain advocacy beyond the campaign period.
Calendar of Activities observance the 16 Days of Activism
On November 25, 2025 ActionAid Liberia joined the Ministry of Gender for the official commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism, we ActionAid is launching our Digital Campaign Against Online Abuse. Across our various social media platforms, within young feminists, and across other networks using infographics, short videos and storytelling to create more awareness about gender-based violence online.
On November 27 and 28, AAL will host the Young Urban Women’s Movement capacity building training, bringing together 100 young women aimed at feminist movement building to collectively take national action including demanding gender responsive public services from a decolonial lens, sharpen critical perspectives and alternatives, and feminist macroeconomics to explore systemic change and solutions that challenge the structures holding us back.
Also, as part of this year’s celebration, on December 5 and 10, AAL will host a Digital Awareness with 100 young people and a Regional Webinar on Digital Safety for Girls and Women, benefiting young women from our Young Urban Women’s Movement and from across communities. While the regional webinar will be done in conjunction with ActionAid Federation members, ActionAid Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ghana.
Having said that, we cannot go into celebrating this year’s 16 days of activism leaving out recently alarming wave of violence, accounting for over three thousand-five hundred cases documented by the Ministry of Gender, children and social protection that needs intentional action and holistic approach to reduced incidents of abuse which predominant impacts girls, women and children.
The fight against domestic violence, rape, digital violence, online bullying call for all hands-on deck.
Today, ActionAid reaffirms its commitment and renews its call to recognize that the rights of girls and women are human rights. We must work together to protect girls and women from all forms of violence whether in communities, schools, workplaces, or any other space.
This call is reinforced by alarming data from UN Women, which confirms that digital violence against girls and women is a growing and urgent threat. According to recent reports, 38% of women have experienced digital abuse, while 85% of online users have witnessed it. UN Women further highlights that 98% of deep fake pornography targets women without their consent, demonstrating the profound gendered nature of online harm.
Here in Liberia, we are witnessing a troubling rise in digital violence and online attacks against women, acts that are gradually becoming normalized. This must stop. Everyone has a responsibility to join the campaign and say no to digital violence, because any of us or someone we know could be the next victim.