A activist criticized “White males” who demonstrated against violence against women on the United Nations’ anti-abuse day for “stealing” the occasion and “erasing an event tied to Hispanic women.”
The 25th of November is White Ribbon Day, a day organized by men to condemn male violence against women.
After Marc Lépine murdered 14 female students at École Polytechnique in Montreal on December 6, 1989, a group of pro-feminist males in Ontario created the organization in 1991.
The day is also the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which began as a protest for the 1960 murder of the Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic.
Karen Ingala-Smith, chief executive officer of the domestic abuse charity Nia, stated, ‘That was a celebration of women of color, but a group of white Canadian guys stole the spotlight and erased an event associated with Hispanic women.
The 25th of November is White Ribbon Day, a day organized by men to condemn male violence against women. Tom Meagher is shown beside Blakestown Community School pupils who performed a mime performance for White Ribbon Day.
Karen Ingala-Smith, chief executive officer of the domestic abuse charity Nia, stated, “That was a celebration of women of color, but a group of white Canadian guys stole the spotlight and erased an event associated with Hispanic women.”
The day is also the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which began as a protest for the 1960 murder of the Mirabal sisters (shown) in the Dominican Republic.
The Times noted, “It is beneficial to encourage males to acknowledge that men’s violence against women is an issue, but they might have chosen an other day, such as December 6.”
Since 2019, British writer and activist Ingala-Smith, a self-described “feminist optimistic cynic,” has served as Nia’s chief executive officer.
She has devoted more than a decade to a project titled Counting Dead Women, in which she has documented every women slain by males since January 2012.
Anthea Sully, who manages White Ribbon in the United Kingdom, stated, “White Ribbon Day allows us to highlight what must be spoken 365 days a year: that all men have the power to eliminate violence against women.”
Sully stated that the day was not about men “taking control” but rather about their “accepting responsibility.”
The ‘white ribbon’ is supposed to symbolize the concept of men laying down their guns, and the campaign is active in over 60 nations every November 25.
“Our purpose is to prevent violence against women and girls by addressing its core causes,” the campaign’s website states.
Our objective is to alter the long-standing, destructive ideas, practices, and behaviors around masculinity that perpetuate gender inequity and men’s violence against women.
Anthea Sully, who oversees White Ribbon in the United Kingdom, stated that the day was not about men “taking over” but rather about them “taking responsibility.”
After political activists Patria, Maria Teresa, and Minerva Mirabal were killed in the Dominican Republic in 1960 for protesting Rafael Trujillo’s tyranny, the United Nations created this day. Presented are busts of the sisters
The ‘white ribbon’ is meant to symbolize the notion of men laying down their guns, and the campaign is active in over 60 nations every November 25.
After political activists Patria, Maria Teresa, and Minerva Mirabal were killed in the Dominican Republic in 1960 for protesting Rafael Trujillo’s tyranny, the United Nations created this day.
They were strangled and beaten to death, and then their bodies were driven off a mountain road in a vehicle to make it appear as though they died in an accident.
It follows a string of high-profile court cases in the United Kingdom concerning violence against women.
Friday, 29-year-old Jordan McSweeney guilty to the summertime murder of 35-year-old law graduate Zara Aleena in east London.
And last year’s Sarah Everard tragedy, in which the 33-year-old was abducted, raped, and murdered by Wayne Couzens, has put tremendous pressure on society to effect change.
According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of rapes increased by 20% from pre-Covid levels to a record-breaking 70,600 in the year to June (ONS).
According to Victim Support, the numbers demonstrate that “women deserve better.”
According to the most current data from the Home Office, just nine percent of recorded sexual offenses and one point three percent of rapes result in a charge or court summons.