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The Initiative coordinates with the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers University.  The theme of this year's campaign is:  Commit ▪ Act ▪ Demand:  We CAN End Violence Against Women!<p>਀ഊThe women leaders of Las Mujeres Hablan are:  Marian Naranjo, Honor Our Pueblo Existence; Sheri Kotowski, Embudo Valley Environmental Monitoring Group; Kathy Sanchez and Beata Tsosie-Pena, Tewa Women United; Holly Beaumont, New Mexico Conference of Churches; Paula Garcia and Quita Ortiz, New Mexico Acequia Association; Clarissa Duran, Community Service Organization del Norte; and Joni Arends, CCNS. <p> ਀ഊFor the past 19 years, tens of thousands of activists from every region of the world have taken part in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign.  The central messages of the campaign are that women's rights are human rights and violence against women constitutes a violation of human rights.  Recognizing that violence against women affects people from every country, race, class, culture, and religion, the 16 Days Campaign provides an opportunity for activists to work together in solidarity and draw upon this period of heightened international attention to gain support for their local efforts.<p>਀ഊIn celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights during last year's 16 Days Campaign, millions of people pledged their support for ending violence against women and upholding human rights.<p> ਀ഊIn Northern New Mexico, Las Mujeres Hablan has been working to end the violence against those living both down wind and down stream of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).  Since 1943, LANL has occupied the sacred ancestral homelands of the Pueblo Peoples and displaced Hispanic homesteaders with the establishment of the Manhattan Project on the Pajarito Plateau in the Jemez Mountains.<p> ਀ഊOver the past decade, the U.S. Department of Energy, which owns LANL, has pushed to expand manufacturing of plutonium triggers for nuclear warheads to 450 per year.  Las Mujeres Hablan played a pivotal role in mobilizing the disenfranchised downwind and downstream communities to successfully limit production to 20 triggers per year.  Nevertheless, LANL is the only U.S. facility that manufactures plutonium triggers.<p>਀ഊIn their statement, Las Mujeres Hablan said, "Much of our success we attribute to self-training on the technical issues of the nuclear weapons industry.  This knowledge has been essential for building working relationships and influencing key federal and state decision makers. Our work looks not only at the impacts of LANL today, but on future generations.  As women, we are not afraid to take comfort in what we know and to speak it and be true to our spirituality."<p>਀ഊ਀ഊ ਀㰀瀀㸀 ഊ਀ഊ਀㰀瀀㸀  ഊ਀ഊ ਀㰀瀀㸀ഊ਀ഊ਀㰀瀀㸀 ഊ਀ഊ <p>਀ഊ <p>  ਀ഊ਀ 㰀瀀㸀 ഊ਀ഊ਀ഊ਀ഊ<p>਀ ഊ<p>਀ഊ਀ഊ ਀ ഊ਀ഊ਀         ഊ਀ഊ਀㰀瀀㸀㰀⼀昀漀渀琀㸀㰀⼀猀洀愀氀氀㸀㰀⼀昀漀渀琀㸀ഊ਀ഊ਀ഊ਀ഊ਀ഊ਀ऀऀऀऀऀ㰀戀爀㸀ഊ਀                    㰀戀爀㸀ഊ਀                  㰀䈀刀㸀ഊ਀                㰀䈀刀㸀ഊ਀                㰀䄀 䠀刀䔀䘀㴀∀⸀⸀⼀椀渀搀攀砀⸀栀琀洀氀∀㸀㰀䤀䴀䜀 匀刀䌀㴀∀⸀⸀⼀最爀愀瀀栀椀砀⼀爀愀搀⸀最椀昀∀ 圀䤀䐀吀䠀㴀㘀㜀 䠀䔀䤀䜀䠀吀㴀㘀㜀ഊ਀ഊ਀䈀伀刀䐀䔀刀㴀　㸀㰀⼀䄀㸀 ഊ਀              㰀倀㸀㰀䈀刀㸀ഊ਀                㰀愀 栀爀攀昀㴀∀椀渀搀攀砀⸀栀琀洀氀∀㸀㰀戀㸀䈀愀挀欀 琀漀 一攀眀猀 䤀渀搀攀砀㰀⼀戀㸀㰀⼀䄀㸀 ഊ਀            㰀⼀吀䐀㸀㰀⼀吀刀㸀㰀⼀吀䄀䈀䰀䔀㸀ഊ਀ഊ਀㰀⼀搀椀瘀㸀㰀⼀吀䐀㸀㰀⼀吀刀㸀㰀⼀吀䄀䈀䰀䔀㸀ഊ਀ഊ਀㰀⼀䈀伀䐀夀㸀㰀⼀䠀吀䴀䰀�