On the 25th of each month, known as Orange Day, is a date to remember the importance of eradicating violence against women. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), 41.8 percent of young people aged 15 and over said they had lived some situation of violence in their childhood. Furthermore, in 2023, Mexico registered 827 femicides, with the State of Mexico being the entity with the highest number of cases.
“The ‘Unite’ campaign declared the 25th of each month as Orange Day, a day to raise awareness and take action to end violence against women and girls. Orange is a vibrant and optimistic color, and represents a future without violence,” says UN Women in an article.
The United Nations states that Orange Day calls on activists, governments and UN partners to mobilize the population and highlight issues related to preventing and ending violence against women and girls, not just once a yearNovember 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women), but every month.
However, not only the UN is part of this message, but also schools. The National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) urged academics and students to dress in orange clothing or wear a ribbon of that color to raise awareness. Meanwhile, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) shared on networks the issue of objectification, another form of sexist violence that involves treating or thinking about women as if they were a thing and not a person with an identity, ideas, feelings. , will and own needs.
THE ORIGIN OF ORANGE DAY
For its part, the Secretariat of Urban Development and Housing (Seduvi) recalled that in any situation of violence you can call the SOS Women Line: *765, where experts will provide advice and support.
According to the Institute of Health for Wellbeing, Orange Day has its origin in the Dominican Republic when on November 25, 1960, the sisters and activists Patria, Minerva and María Teresa Mirabal were murdered by orders of then-president Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. The three women were brutally beaten and then thrown into a ravine inside a van where they were ambushed.
Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in the world today. In general, violence manifests itself physically, sexually and psychologically. N
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