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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November

  Remembering Women in our Database for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November has been declared the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by the United Nations. Sadly, history contains many examples of violence against women, and our database is no exception. As the United Nations describes: Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread,  persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today  r emains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma  and shame surrounding it. In general terms, it manifests itself in  physical, sexual and psychological forms. To further clarify, the  Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women   issued by the UN General Assembly in 1993, defines violence  against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or sufferi