World Day against Violence against Women on 25 November
Actions in Chemnitz the day before, 24 November
This year, the network of women's initiatives in Chemnitz is once again taking part in the worldwide campaigns for the International Day of Remembrance and Action to combat discrimination and violence in all its forms against women and girls.
This year, the Chemnitz women's initiatives have decided to draw attention to the problem of violence against women and girls on the day before, 24 November.
At 5.15 pm there will be a street action in front of the TIETZ, for which participants are still being sought. The local participants want to draw attention to the fight against discrimination and violence in all its forms against women and girls by distributing materials and making a statement. This will be followed at 6 p.m. by the author's reading "Bis das Geld euch scheidet" with Katharina Martin in the TIETZ Central Library. Admission is free.
This book is about the fact that women in relationships are impoverished, which unfortunately is hardly ever discussed in public. Many mothers have no income of their own and are financially dependent on their partner. This means that money can easily be used as a means of power. The Berlin journalist Katharina Martin uses her own biography and analyses reports from those affected to raise awareness of a form of structural violence that manifests itself in the withdrawal of money, fraud, coercion and moral blackmail.
Background
At the 83rd plenary session on 17 December 1999, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution without a vote designating 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, also known as the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women". At that time, the General Assembly expressed "concern that women do not fully enjoy their human rights and fundamental freedoms, and concern at the continuing failure to protect and promote these rights and freedoms in cases of violence against women". Every year, the International Day of Remembrance aims to draw public attention to violence against women and to focus on strategies to combat it.
The background to the official initiation of the day of action in 1999 by the United Nations was the abduction, rape and torture of three sisters and their murder in 1960. The Mirabal sisters had been abducted in the Dominican Republic by members of the military of the then dictator Rafael Trujillo.
Since 1981, human rights organisations have been organising annual events on 25 November to put respect for the human rights of women and girls on the agenda. The issues of forced prostitution, sexual abuse, sex tourism, rape as well as genital mutilation, domestic violence and forced marriage take centre stage.
(Source: Federal Working Group of Municipal Equal Opportunities Officers)