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November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
(11/23/2010)
On the 17 of 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).
The United Nations Development Fund for Women, commonly known as UNIFEM (from the French "Fonds de développement des Nations unies pour la femme") provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's, and human rights, political participation and economic security. Since 1976 it has supported women's empowerment and gender equality through its programme offices and links with women's organizations in the major regions of the world. HRH Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan was appointed UNIFEM Goodwill Ebassador in 1996. On January 26, 2006 UNIFEM nominated Nicole Kidman as its goodwill ambassador.
The current Executive Director of UNIFEM is Ines Alberdi. In January 2011, Unifem will be merged into UN Women, (INSTRAW) the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues (OSAGI), and Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW).
(Stop by The Body Shop and pick up a white ribbon to wear in observance.)
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