White Ribbon Day – communities mobilise to speak out about violence against women

White Ribbon Day – Media Coverage
Around the country, communities have been showing their support for White Ribbon Day, an International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

The campaign was introduced to New Zealand by the United Nations Development Fund for Women, and has been adopted by a range of community groups, government agencies and businesses.

For more information and some of the coverage and media releases see:

Scoop
http://search.scoop.co.nz/search?q=white+ribbon+day&date_from=25%2F11%2F...

White Ribbon Day website
http://www.nzfamilies.org.nz/white-ribbon.php

Stuff
Big action for White Ribbon Day (News - Wellington
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4771434a23918.html
Men urged to wear white ribbons (Stuff - Lifestyle)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4771510a19716.html
Men mobilise to fight violence against women (NZ NEWSPAPERS - Northland)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4770984a6015.html
White Ribbon - in defiance of violence
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4772331a11.html

New Zealand Herald
Ribbons strive to knit fabric of society
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10544852
Leave abusive relationships, women told
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10544855

Google News
http://news.google.co.nz/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=nz&q=white+ribbon+day&btn...