Feminism will take to the streets on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, like every year, next Tuesday, November 25th. Another day in which women in different cities of Spain will demand an end to sexist violence and inequality. So far this year, 38 women have been killed by their partner or ex-partner; and there are 1,333, since in 2003, when registration began, his murder left 289 minors orphaned. Furthermore, 87 women have been victims of social, sexual, indirect or familial femicides since January 2022, the year this figure began to be collected; and 65 minors have been murdered by indirect sexist violence since data existed, 12 years ago. And all this is only the most extreme violence, but every day, in Spain as throughout the world, thousands of women suffer different types of violence.
In contrast there is this date, recognized on a global scale, and set in honor of the Mirabal sisters, who on November 25, 1960 were tortured and murdered by the dictatorship of General Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. Known as Las Mariposas – their code name in the resistance – Patricia, Minerva and María Teresa Mirabal faced one of Latin America’s longest-running and most repressive regimes in the 1950s.
They defended their principles against Rafael Trujillo’s repression and their bodies were found in a car at the bottom of a ravine, which the dictatorship called an accident. They are recognized as national heroines in their homeland and around the world. As a result of its history, in 1999, the UN established 25N as a date to remember the structural and systematic violence against women which has increasingly faced a breakdown in the consensus that seemed to have been achieved in recent years.
In a recent survey by the 40dB institute, only 35% of men under 29 in Spain responded “very” or “quite a bit” to the statement “there is too much machismo in society”, compared to 82% of women. And the younger they are, the more this perception gap widens, which is more uniform among those over 60.
For this reason feminists will mobilize in several countries. And even for many of them this will be another year in which they will do it in different gears. In Spain this will be the fourth year in which there will be two different calls in some cities such as Madrid. Equality Minister Ana Redondo said she would attend both protests. They will also be divided into places like Mallorca or Seville. In principle, these differences arose around the elaboration of the trans law, by the feminist sector opposed to inclusion in the so-called agenda. queer ―that of minority groups― in general feminism, and from the positions regarding prostitution between the abolitionist part of the movement and the regulatory one.
According to the State Federation of Feminist Organizations, the appeals of this 25N are different, distributed on different days and will be as follows:
Andalusia
In Seville There is a demonstration called by the Unitarian Feminist Assembly at 7pm. by María Auxiliadora and another called by the Seville Feminist Movement at 7.30 pm. in Piazza Nuova. In Cadizthe call is at 6pm. in Plaza Ana Orantes and in Almeria at 7pm in La Estación Park, with a visit to the Amphitheatre. In Cordoba It will be 6pm. in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas. In Huelva The march will start at 6.30pm. from the Fire Brigade Roundabout to the Town Hall. In Jaén It will be 7pm. in Roldán and Marín and in Rum raisin at 7.30pm in Plaza de la Merced. In Grenade There will be a night march days before, Saturday, November 22, at 9 p.m. from Plaza del Carmen and on March 25th it will be at 6pm. from Fuente de las Batallas to Plaza del Triunfo.
Asturias
In Aviles At 7 pm a joint demonstration called by Asturias 8M will take place in Piazza Vaticano.
Catalonia
In Barcelona There will be a night demonstration, on November 24th at 7pm, focusing on sexist violence as a weapon of war. On the 25th at 6.30pm the call is in Plaza Universidad. In Sabadell There will also be a preview on the 24th at 7pm. in Plaza Picasso and on the 25th the rally is scheduled for 7pm. in the Plaza Doctor Robert. Other calls in Catalonia will take place between 6 p.m. and 7pm in Plaza del Vi, a Girona; in the Plaza Lluis Millet, a Sant Cugat Del Vallès; in the Clot de les granotes, in Lleida; and from the Carrilet market, in Reus.
Madrid
For three years, the feminist movement entered Madrid works separately. The 8M Commission has called a demonstration at 7 p.m. from Atocha to Plaza Jacinto Benavente. The Madrid Forum against violence against women (Forum 25N) and the Madrid Feminist Movement have scheduled another meeting which will start at 6.30 pm. from Alcalá-Gran Vía and arrive at Plaza de España.
Valencian Community
In Valencia, The València Feminist Assembly and Comparsa la revoltosa have called a march at 7pm. in the square of the Virgin. In Castle of la Plana It will be 6.30pm. in Piazza Maria Agustina. In Elche, The march will start later, at 8pm, from Plaza de Baix to Centro Plaza del Congreso. In Alicante, The concentration is at 7.30pm. on Avenida Constitution.
Castile-La Mancha
In Guadalajarathe call is for Tuesday at 7pm. at the intersection of via Toledo and via Castilla. And the call Toledo It will depart from Paseo de la Vega at 6pm. and will arrive at Zocodover.
the Basque Country
For November 25th the appeals of Euskal Herriko Mugimendu Feminista are on Bulevar in Saint Sebastian at 7pm, in Plaza del Castillo Irun at 8:00 pm, at Sant’Antonio a Vittoria at 7pm and at Corazón de Jesús in Bilbao to 7:00 pm
Galicia
On the 25th, various demonstrations called by Galician feminism will be held: in In Corunaat the Obelisk, at 8.00 pm; In Santiago de Compostelain Plaza 8M, at 8pm; and in Puentes de García Rodríguez, in the Plaza del Hospital at 8.30pm. There will also be mobilizations in Melide, in Piazza del Convento, at 8pm; In Narón, in the Plaza de Gándara, at 7pm; In Oh Porrino, in Piazza del Consiglio, at 8.00 pm; In Ourense, in Plaza Castañeria, at 8pm and inside Ponteceseso, in Plaza do Receo, at 8.30 pm In Vigo The march will start at 8pm. from the intersection of Urzáiz with Vía Norte.
Canary Islands
For Tuesday at 7pm, the Gran Canaria Feminist Network invites the demonstration from Santa Ana to San Telmo Park in Las Palmas of Gran Canaria. In Port of Rosario The start of the march will be from the government sub-delegation at 6pm.
Aragon
In Huesca, The concentration will be in Plaza Zaragoza at 7pm. and the 8M Assembly of Huesca invites: “Bring your paper butterfly”. In Teruel, The Teruel Feminist Column calls at 7.30pm. in Piazza del Torico.
Balearic Islands
In Majorca On Tuesday there will be two marches: that of the Mallorca Feminist Movement, called at 6.30pm. in Plaza de España, in Palma, and that of the Transfeminist Coordinator 8M Mallorca will start at 6.30pm. from the Plaza de la Puerta Pintada.
Estemadura
In Plasenciathe Feminist Platform has called a demonstration at 7 p.m. in the Plaza Mayor.
Cantabria
The call is for the Open Feminist Assemblies of Cantabria at 7pm. at the Puerto Chico roundabout in Santander.
Castile and León
The mobilization inside Salamanca It will leave at 7.30pm. from Piazza della Concordia. In Valladolid The call of the Women’s Coordinator will be in Plaza Fuente Dorada at 8:00 pm. and inside Segovia It’s 7pm. in San Martín square. In Zamorait will be at 8pm. in the Plaza Mayor. In Burgos, They will march from Plaza del Cid at 8pm, up to Plaza Mayor. In Lionthe call is at 7pm. in Plaza de Guzmán, while inside Soria It’s 7.30pm. in the Plaza Mayor. In Palencia It will be 8pm. from the Statue of the Woman. The march leaves from Paseo de San Roque at 7.30pm. Avila.
Murcia
The Murcia Region Feminist Collectives are calling for a march at 6pm. from Plaza de la Fuensanta to Plaza Martínez Tornel in the city of Murcia.
