Peace Brigades International-Canada recalls that the Mirabal sisters were assassinated for their fight against injustice under Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo on November 25, 1960, and that the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women has been commemorated on this day since 1999.
Photo: The Mirabal Sisters from left, Minerva, Maria Teresa and Patria. Source: Casa Museo Hermanas Mirabal.
Various PBI entities marked this day.
PBI-Nicaragua
PBI-Nicaragua posted on social media:
“#25N
PBI accompanied in San Jose the Women’s March Against Violence in which Nicaraguan refugees in Costa Rica also participate.
Since 2018 Nicaraguan feminists have been articulating with the movement of Tica women to raise their voice against femicides in both countries, for justice and the end of impunity.
This year, displaced indigenous women from their territories were also present, demanding a dignified life, free of all kinds of violence.”
PBI-Mexico
PBI-Mexico also posted:
“25N – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Today we accompany the marches of the 25N in Cuernavaca, Morelos and in Cuetzalan, Puebla, where feminist collectives, women advocates and families of victims of femicide raised their voices to demand justice and a life free of violence.
From PBI Mexico we reaffirm our commitment to accompany those who defend rights and sustain this fight with their strength, their memory and their everyday resistance.
We are still present, walking alongside them.”
PBI-Guatemala
PBI-Guatemala posted on social media an article from Prensa Comunitaria that reported:
“’Alert, alert, alert that walks, the struggle of indigenous and peasant women’ shouted the Q’eqchi’ women of El Estor and Poqomchi’ representatives of the Sierra de las Minas de Panzós, Alta Verapaz, on November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in a walk that traveled the main route of that municipality. The women carried flowers, banners and banners, where they expressed their expressions and demands to ask the State of Guatemala to guarantee their rights and the freedom to live in their communities where extractive and monoculture companies, as well as landowners, dispossess them of their lands.”
PBI-Honduras
PBI-Honduras posted:
“Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, our thoughts are with all the women and women advocates who have had to face acts of violence for the simple fact of being a woman. According to at least 33 countries, it is essential that Honduras take more measures to combat violence against women, including the passing and implementation of several laws.”
PBI-Kenya
And PBI-Kenya posted:
“Fewer than 40% of countries have laws that protect women from cyber harassment or cyberstalking.
This legal gap leaves millions of women and girls vulnerable to threats, intimidation, impersonation, doxxing, and other forms of digital abuse, often with no clear pathway to justice. This 16 Days of Activism, we raise our voices to ask for stronger legal frameworks, platform accountability, and safer digital spaces for all women and girls. Digital violence is real violence.
There is #NoExcuse for failing to protect women online.”
#16DaysOfActivism
Various other PBI entities are also highlighting the sixteen days from November 25 to December 10, World Human Rights Day.
