消除性别暴力，传递爱与温暖 | 王府师生参加“点亮橙色 16 日行动启动仪式”

11月27日，“点亮橙色 16 日行动启动仪式——平等的一代：反对性别暴力”活动在北京三里屯CHAO酒店启动。 作为联合国妇女署的重要合作方，北京王府学校的高一年级学生方尧天和高二年级学生单欣在学校老师的带领下应邀参加了会议。 

联合国妇女署中国办公室国别主任安思齐女士（Smriti Aryal)，联合国妇女署国别亲善大使、中国著名演员海清及来自多家驻华使馆、联合国机构、公益机构及媒体的100余位嘉宾出席了会议。

此次活动旨在通过更具艺术与设计的表现形式，引起社会各界人士针对妇女与儿童性别暴力问题的关注与思考。学生们认真聆听并观看了现场的发言、圆桌对话及各类艺术表现形式，对性别暴力有了更加深刻、直观的认识。 

在谈到参加此次活动的感想时，学生单欣说，“今天的开幕式让我受益匪浅，尤其是吕律师的讲解让我联想到了最近新闻中所发生的家暴事件。任何基于性别的暴力形式，我们都要去保持敏感和充分重视”；学生方尧天则表示，“这次让我印象最深刻的就是那位盲人女士能够勇敢的说出自己曾经遭受过的不平等的待遇。这次活动还让我意识到，往往家庭中也会遇到性别暴力事件。通过这次活动我觉得，我们应该从自身做起，做到性别平等杜绝性别暴力。” 

通过参加活动，学生们从中充分感受到了性别平等的重要性，强化了杜绝各种形式性别暴力的思想观念，并学会了如何用有效的方式进行自我保护，由此，对普及性别暴力常识、提升隐形暴力警惕意识、正确推广自我保护措施等具有十分重要的教育意义。 

On November 27th2019 UNiTE ‘16 Days Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands Against Violence’ was launched to eliminate all forms of violence against women in CHAO Sanlitun, Beijing. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign that kicked off on Nov. 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until Dec. 10, Human Rights Day. As BRS is an important partner of UN Women, two students from BRS, Fang Yaotian from Grade 10 and Shan Xin from Grade 11 along with their teachers were invited to attend this event.  

Smriti Aryal, Head of the Office for UN Women China, Hai Qing, a well-known Chinese actress and UN Women China Goodwill Ambassador, and more than 100 guests from various embassies, UN agencies, nonprofit organizations and the media attended this event. 

The event aimed to call on people from all walks of life, particularly youths, to learn about the prevention of and response to gender-based violence and take action to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls. BRS students gained a deeper understanding and had meaningful insights with regards to understanding gender-based violence through speeches, panel discussions, performances and artistic works. 

When talking about her experience of attending the event, Shan, Xin said, “I benefited a lot from the launch event, particularly from the presentation of Lawyer Zhang reminded me of the recent domestic violence issues in media. We all need to be sensitive and be fully aware of all forms of gender-based violence”. Meanwhile, Fang, Yaotiao echoed, “What impressed me most was that the visually impaired lady who bravely shared her personal story of overcoming challenges against gender violence. The event made me aware that the gender-based violence also often occur in families. Thus, we should start with ourselves by standing up for gender equality and eliminate gender-based violence.”  

By joining this activity, students have understood the importance of gender equality, strengthened the ideology of ending all forms of gender-based violence, and learned how to protect themselves in an effective way.