Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
| By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designed to raise public awareness of the problem on that day. Women's activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960, of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961). |
and kicks off 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the ensuing 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence are commemorated every year around the world to raise awareness and trigger action on this pervasive human rights violation.
Femicide ─ the murder of women because they are women
Take the Pledge:
| I PROMISE NEVER TO COMMIT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN; NEVER TO EXCUSE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN; NEVER TO REMAIN SILENT ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. THIS IS MY PLEDGE. THIS IS MY COMMITMENT.
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