{"id":4314,"date":"2025-11-14T06:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T06:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/?p=4314"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:18:08","slug":"25th-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comprodiverso.com\/en\/ephemerides\/25th-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"25N: Context and labor violence experienced by women in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"
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November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, here we tell you the relevance of this event and explain what types of violence exist in the workplace.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Any woman can be exposed to violence at some stage of her life.<\/strong>, regardless of their social, cultural or economic context. However, situations may be more recurrent if they are refugees, migrants, indigenous, living with a disability, LBTQ+ or because of their age.<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we take a look at this subject to explain relevance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women<\/strong>, which has been commemorated every November 25 since the <\/strong>The United Nations (UN) designated this event in 1999. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why is there an International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As context, this day exists to honor the memory of activists Patria, Minerva and Mar\u00eda Teresa Mirabal, who were assassinated on November 25, 1960. <\/strong>in the Dominican Republic on the orders of then President Rafael Trujillo. These women opposed to the Trujillo dictatorship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UN defines violence against women as: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00abAny act based on belonging to the female sex that results in or is likely to result in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, as well as threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.\u00bb.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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In what environments does it occur and what are the types of violence that exist?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The UN points out that there are various settings in which physical, sexual and psychological violence can occur.<\/strong> towards women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n