White Ribbon Day (From Western Telegraph)

White Ribbon Day

3:01pm Friday 5th December 2008

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Recently I held an event in the Senedd in conjunction with Welsh Women’s Aid to raise awareness of violence against women. November 25 is the international day for the elimination of violence against women (also known as white ribbon day) and to mark the date I handed out white ribbons to Assembly Members so that they could wear them in Plenary that afternoon. Wearing a White Ribbon is symbolic of a promise to never commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women. As I’ve mentioned previously I’ve been calling on the One Wales Assembly Government to fund an awareness raising campaign to challenge attitudes towards violence against women, both domestic abuse and otherwise. During the event the Minister for Local Government and Social Justice announced that government would contribute £1.5 million towards domestic abuse projects across Wales. This is a start but there is a lot more still to do.