International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
2018 in Rome
Significance	Awareness of violence against Women
Date	November 25th
Next time	25 November 2025 (2025-11-25)
Frequency	annual
Related to	The 1960 murders of the Mirabal sisters

The United Nations General Assembly has designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Resolution 54/134).^[1] The premise of the day is to raise awareness around the world that women are subjected to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence; furthermore, one of the aims of the day is to highlight that the scale and true nature of the issue is often hidden.

For 2014, the official theme framed by the UN Secretary-General’s campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women, was Orange your Neighbourhood.^[2] For 2018, the official theme was "Orange the World:#HearMeToo", for 2019 it was "Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands Against Rape", for 2020 it was "Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!", for 2021 it was "Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!", for 2022 the theme was "UNiTE! Activism to end violence against women and girls", for 2023 it was "UNiTE! Invest to Prevent Violence Against Women & Girls! #No Excuse" and for 2024 it is "Every 10 minutes, a woman is killed. #NoExcuse UNiTE to End Violence against Women".

The day got an additional designation in 2011 as the Roses Revolution Day by the namesake movement against obstetric violence, supported by the German National Committee of UN Women.