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