London -- In 1960, the Rafael Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic assassinated the Mirabal sisters-- renowned and respected for their courage and activism against dictatorship. To give their senseless violent death some meaning and to preserve their legacy, in 1999, the United Nations inaugurated November 25--the day of their assassination--as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW).

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Angela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Every 25th of November, throughout the planet, voices resound denouncing violence against women. The choice of this date is not casual. Behind are the Mirabal sisters, three women who faced the bloody dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic and were brutally murdered. This is their story. The shattered bodies of Minerva, María Teresa and Patria Mirabal appeared on November 25, 1960 in a jeep …

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Cada 25 de noviembre, a lo largo y ancho del planeta resuenan las voces que denuncian la violencia contra la mujer. La elección de esta fecha no es casual. Detrás están las hermanas Mirabal, tres mujeres que hicieron frente a la dictadura sangrienta de Rafael Trujillo en República Dominicana y fueron brutalmente asesinadas. Esta es su historia. Los cuerpos destrozados de Minerva, María Teresa y Patria Mirabal …

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The Executive Committee of the Peoples’ United Revolutionary Movement (HBDH) made a written statement on the occasion of 25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The statement on Monday said: “We are going through extraordinary days. The entire globe has become a battlefield. The crisis-depression situation arising from the irreconcilable class contradictions between the peoples and capital in the world and re…

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Every November 25th marks the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a date when millions of voices resound denouncing acts of violence and demanding justice for the victims, but do you know why this date was chosen? The creation of the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women has as antecedent the story of the Mirabal sisters, activists of the Dominican Republic, who were brutally murdered in 1960.

Cada 25 de noviembre se conmemora el Día de la Eliminación de la Violencia Contra la Mujer, una fecha en la que resuenan millones de voces denunciando actos de violencia y exigiendo justicia para las víctimas, pero ¿sabes por qué se eligió esta fecha? La creación del Día de la Eliminación de la Violencia Contra la Mujer tiene como antecedente la historia de las hermanas Mirabal, activistas de República Dominicana, que fueron brutalmente asesinad…

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43 years ago, at the Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Meeting, November 25 was established as the Day of Combating Violence against Women. The story of the Mirabal sisters, the "Fighting Butterflys" against Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. On August 16, 1930, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo began in the Dominican Republic the dictatorship that would extend for 31 years, until May 30, 1961. It passed in 1960 and in the region ther…

Hace 43 años en el Iº Encuentro Feminista Latinoamericano y del Caribe se estableció el 25 de noviembre como el Día de lucha contra la violencia hacia las mujeres. La historia de las hermanas Mirabal, las "Mariposas luchadoras" contra la dictadura de Trujillo en Republica Dominicana.  El 16 de agosto de 1930 Rafael Leónidas Trujillo inició en República Dominicana la dictadura que se extendería por 31 años, hasta el 30 de mayo de 1961. Transcurrí…

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