CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women- Nov 25
- The United Nations General Assembly has designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
- To raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to various forms of violence and true nature of the issue is often hidden.
- Theme for 2021 is “Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!”.
- The day was officially designated by UNGA on December 17, 1999.
- Women’s rights activists have observed 25 November as a day against gender-based violence since 1981.
- This date was selected to honour the Mirabal sisters, three political activists from the Dominican Republic who were brutally murdered in 1960 by order of the country’s ruler, Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961).
