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

White Ribbon Day – Media CoverageAround 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%2F08&date_toWhite Ribbon Day website http://www.nzfamilies.org.nz/white-ribbon.phpStuffBig action for White Ribbon Day (News - Wellingtonhttp://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 violencehttp://www.stuff.co.nz/4772331a11.html New Zealand HeraldRibbons strive to knit fabric of societyhttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10544852 Leave abusive relationships, women toldhttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10544855Google Newshttp://news.google.co.nz/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=nz&q=white+ribbon+day&btnG=Search+News