NOVEMBER 25. DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Today, on the occasion of the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women" , the Fraisoro school has joined in observing a minute of silence in honor of all those who have been victims of this violence.
Expressing our firm condemnation of all expressions of sexist violence and our commitment to building an egalitarian society free of violence against women.
It is absolutely necessary to remind ourselves that the basis of this violence is the inequality between women and men, and therefore, in order to build a society free of violence against women, it is essential to work on equality; together.
Since we can only pay such humble tributes to those who are no longer with us, let us fight so that we do not have to pay tribute to any of them.
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Did you know why November 25 was designated as the official International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women?
The Mirabal sisters were three political activists from the Dominican Republic; Partria, Minerva and María Teresa.
In the late 1950s, they created a radical leftist and revolutionary party, after the success of the revolutions against dictatorships in several South American countries. The party was called "June 14" , and it opposed the dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo (president from 1930 to 1961).
As a result of their activism, the three sisters were subjected to torture and imprisonment on several occasions,until they were kidnapped and beaten on November 25, 1960, on the orders of the dictator Trujillo.
Their murder sparked protests across the country and, particularly in South America, they became a reference point in the fight against gender violence.
Various militants and activists who carried out protests against gender violence, in 1981, chose this day (November 25) as the date to (unofficially) make this declaration, in honor of the Mirabal sisters.
However, it was not until 2000 that the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was officially established, by the UN.