Say NO - UNiTE is a global platform that aims to trigger and highlight actions on ending violence against women. It provides tools to initiate or join advocacy and awareness raising activities around the world, and counts and communicates them in real time.

What are “actions”?

To end violence against women, we must engage people at all levels, transform beliefs and attitudes, and ensure laws, programmes and services are implemented and well resourced.

Actions can range from

• Petition drives for legislation
• Reaching out to students at schools
• Volunteering at local shelters or women’s organizations
• Spreading the message through blogs and tweets
• Donating funds towards programmes that protect women and girls from violence

To get inspired and start an action, look at the Action Ideas section.

How to count “actions”?

• Every name added to the Say NO global call is an action. By adding your name to Say NO, you are sending a message to governments around the world that you want them to make ending violence against women a top priority.
• Start a petition drive for a new law that addresses the issue, and every signature gathered is an action. Build your Action Page here and collect signatures offline, as well as online!
• You can hold workshops, art competitions and awareness raising events - on your Say NO Action Page, add each attendee as an action!
• When you raise funds or donate to the UN Trust Fund to Eliminate Violence against Women, which supports local organizations and national projects to implement laws and provide critical services to survivors of violence, each dollar/pound/franc/dinar… is one action!
• If you volunteer at a women’s shelter, or with a local organization to build safe spaces for women and girls, every hour you contribute is an action! Violence against women and girls is still a silent pandemic.
• You can make a difference by raising the profile of the issue – every letter of support you send to a news agency, every blog entry that you make on the issue is an action!
• Remember to communicate your actions through www.saynotoviolence.org.

To count offline actions that you generate:

Log in to www.saynotoviolence.org. The Say NO website hosts your profile and action pages, where you can upload the number of actions, your action stories, photos and videos.

You can also contact the Say NO team at saynotoviolence@unifem.org or contact the nearest UNIFEM country/regional office if you are unable to access the website and report your actions. We will collect your action stories and communicate them to a global audience.

To count online actions that you generate:

For the initiatives that allow virtual participation, you can use your action page on www.saynotoviolence.org to collect online signatures/participation. When people add their names in support of your initiative, the Say NO website counts and reflects them automatically through the live action counter on your action page!

Say NO also provides a widget that you can personalize to feature your action, and it counts and reflects the total number of actions you have raised until date.

These are just some ideas of actions; we know that you have many more activities in mind. Take an action now and let us count you in!