Orange the World 2025 – Campaign Against Violence Towards Women
- Date
- Tuesday 25 November 2025 - Wednesday 10 December 2025
- Address
- Leiden and The Hague
Orange the World is an annual global campaign to end violence against women and girls. Discover the activities that will help you, as a university staff member, explore and engage with this urgent theme.
Workshops & courses
Standing together against sexual misconduct at Leiden University
24 Nov - 12 Dec 2025 | The Hague
These series of trainings provide in-depth exploration of how to identify, address, and prevent sexual misconduct.
Looking ahead to 2026: The active bystander
9 Feb 2026 | T.b.a.
This interactive training gives you the skills to challenge unacceptable behaviours, including those which may have become normalised over time.
Exhibition
HEAR ME NOW
24 Nov – 8 Dec 2025 | The Hague
An exhibition about the impact of sexual violence and how together we can prevent it.
Film screenings
The Hague | Free for staff and students
The Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs will screen films on the theme of gender-based violence, followed by (panel) discussions with, among others, the directors.
25 November | 'Blauwdruk' - Sara Kolster
With Blauwdruk (blueprint), director Sara Kolster lays bare the lifelong impact of femicide on the children left behind.
2 December | 'Blauwe ballen en andere verkrachtingsmythes' - Sunny Bergman
In Blauwe ballen en andere verkrachtingsmythes (blue balls and other rape myths), filmmaker Sunny Bergman examines the epidemic scale of sexual violence in the Netherlands and the persistent myths that enable it.
9 December: 'VIVAS' - Angélica Cruz Aguilar
VIVAS examines the feminist wave in Latin America in the face of rampant gender-based violence and femicide, particularly in Mexico.
Reading
How can we make unacceptable behaviour a man’s issue?
Assistant Professor Mischa Dekker specialises in gender-related violence. He speaks about how to prevent unacceptable behaviour among students and staff.
From street harassment to abuse of power: social dynamics of gender-based violence
Assistant professor Mischa Dekker has studied street harassment in the Netherlands and France, and supports institutions and organisations in embedding structural change.