{"id":490,"date":"2011-11-24T18:38:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T15:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=490"},"modified":"2019-07-15T22:40:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T19:40:02","slug":"november-25-2011-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=490","title":{"rendered":"November 25, 2011: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Message of the Secretary-General for 2011<\/strong>: Violence against women and girls takes many forms and is widespread throughout the globe.  It includes rape, domestic violence, harassment at work, abuse in school, female genital mutilation and sexual violence in armed conflicts.  It is predominantly inflicted by men.  Whether in developing or developed countries, the pervasiveness of this violence should shock us all.  Violence \u2013 and in many cases the mere threat of it \u2013 is one of the most significant barriers to women\u2019s full equality.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The right of women and girls to live free of violence is inalienable and fundamental.  It is enshrined in international human rights and humanitarian law.  And it lies at the heart of my UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign.  Since its launch in 2008, the campaign has galvanized governments, civil society, the corporate sector, athletes, artists, women, men and young people around the world.  The social mobilization platform \u201cSay NO-UNiTE\u201d has recorded more than 2 million activities worldwide \u2013 from protest marches to public awareness campaigns, from legislative advocacy to help for victims.<\/p>\n

Many of these activities have received support from the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women.  Since it was founded 15 years ago, the Fund has delivered grants worth $77 million to 339 initiatives in 126 countries and territories.  We would like the Fund to be able to do even more, but demand for support continues to outstrip resources.  This year alone, the Fund has received more than 2,500 applications requesting nearly $1.2 billion.  I appeal to all our partners to help us meet this vast unmet need.<\/p>\n

Our challenge is to ensure that the message of “zero tolerance” is heard far and wide.  To do that, we must engage all of society \u2013 and especially young people.  In particular, young men and boys must be encouraged to become the advocates we need.  We need to promote healthy models of masculinity.  Too many young men still grow up surrounded by outmoded male stereotypes.  By talking to friends and peers about violence against women and girls, and by taking action to end it, they can help break the ingrained behaviour of generations.<\/p>\n

On this International Day, I urge governments and partners around the world to harness the energy, ideas and leadership of young people to help us to end this pandemic of violence.  Only then will we have a more just, peaceful and equitable world.<\/p>\n

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
\nMessage<\/a> for the International Day for the
\nElimination of VIolence against Women
\n25 November 2011<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>By resolution 54\/134<\/a> 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).<\/p>\n

On 20 December 1993 the General Assembly, by resolution 48\/104, <\/a>adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/p>\n

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  1. http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/endviolenceday\/sgmessages.shtml<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. http:\/\/www.un.org\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/RES\/54\/134<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. http:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=351<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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