INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Other titles on violence against women from UNBISnet [ UN ] | [ Non-UN ]		International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women25 November By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the 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 designated 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).On 20 December 1993 the General Assembly adopted Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (A/RES/48/104). Links to UN and UN System sites: United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women International Women’s Day Women Watch: UN Inter-agency Network on Women and Gender Equality Commission on the Status of Women Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women UN Division for the Advancement of Women Regional Commissions Unidad Mujer y Desarrollo, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe African Centre for Gender & Development, Economic Commission for Africa Gender Activities, Economic Commission for Europe Violence against Women, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Centre for Women, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia  Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Refugee women UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women Ending men’s violence UN Development Fund for Women Violence Against Women UN Population Fund Ending Widespread Violence against Women World Health Organization Violence against Women Violence Prevention Alliance World Bank Group Gender and Development ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: The additional resources links on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not necessarily represent an endorsement by the United Nations. Daphne II – EU Programme to Combat Violence against Children, Young People and Women Derechos Humanos Mujer – Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos End Violence Against Women Face to Face Campaign for Women Female Genital Mutilation Inter-Parliamentary Union Human Rights Watch – Women’s Rights International Center for Research on Women – Violence against Women International Women’s Tribune Centre Stop Violence against Women Amnesty International White Ribbon Campaign WomenAid

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