The United Nations General Assembly established the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in 1999. November 25 was selected to honor the Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic, who were brutally murdered in 1960. This day serves as a tribute to their memory and calls for worldwide awareness of gender-based violence.
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