Guide to commemorating November 25th: demonstrations, manifesto and struggles

BarcelonaTuesday is 25-NOn the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the feminist movement is once again calling for demonstrations in major cities to denounce the rise of sexism and violence against women in a world where patriarchy has gained new strength with the rise of far-right political parties worldwide. The UN General Assembly established this day of protest in 1999 to commemorate the murders of women. Dominican sisters Patria, Minerva and María Teresa Mirabal committed by the regime of dictator Trujillo on that same day in 1960.

In Barcelona, as already happened on March 8thOn that day, the movement will demonstrate separately, divided by issues such as the recognition of trans people or prostitutionThe event expected to draw the largest crowd is the one organized by November Feminist CollectiveAt 6 p.m. in Plaça Universitat, a demonstration will proceed along Ronda Universitat and Ronda Sant Pere to Plaça Urquinaona, then down Via Laietana to Plaça Antoni Maura. There, around 8 p.m., several activists will read the manifesto entitled Let's weave resistanceThe impunity surrounding gender-based violence in all areas, such as healthcare, digital violence, violence perpetrated by the administration, and vicarious violence, is denounced. This year, special remembrance is given to Andalusian women who suffer from... Disruption due to the delay in notifying mammogram resultsas well as for the victims of wars around the world. At 8:30 p.m., it will be the turn of activists from Palestine, Afghanistan and SudanThe music of Escandalera, Donabeet, Masta Quba, Ketekalles and the #MeToo Choir will liven up the route of the demonstration.

The manifesto confirms how, despite laws, gender-based violence is a structural scourge that intersects with forms of racist, economic, institutional, digital, and colonial violence. The movement also raises awareness of often invisible forms of violence, such as...exploitation in care, the attacks perpetrated by members of the Church and other religions, hidden pedophilia and the impact of economic inequalities, which They place the burden of precarity on women. and the child poverty.

The manifesto also accuses institutions of systematically failing victims, pointing to judicial revictimization, the collapse of social services, and the lack of implementation of protocols. In this regard, it denounces the lack of diligence in cases of institutional violence or against childhood, including those linked to the former DGAIA.

Among the main demands, feminists demand responsibilities from the administrations, the regularization and full rights for migrants and the effective recognition of all forms of gender-based violence, including digital, labor, institutional either obstetrics

They also demand a feminist justice system that prioritizes reparations, listens to women, and does not reproduce patriarchal structures; as well as the active participation of young women, their leadership, and access to safe spaces. The movement warns about the rise of hate speech from the far right, which attack consent and the sexual and reproductive rights and They criminalize feminism"We are not afraid. We stand up against violence. Let's build resistance. Because there is no peace without feminist justice," they conclude.

The other event is organized by the 8M Feminist Coordinating Committee, with a rally in Plaça Sant Jaume starting at 6:30 p.m. The slogan for this demonstration is "Fed up with impunity," a cry demanding "justice for the victims and punishment for the perpetrators." The protesters denounce the "ridiculous" sentences imposed by the courts on rapists, as well as the Ministry of Equality's failure to provide an accurate count of femicides and the lack of explanation for the errors in the electronic monitoring bracelets used to track abusers.