Henchmen of dictator Rafael Trujillo murdered the Dominican Republic's Mirabal sisters on November 25, 1960. 
The sisters, who were involved in anti-Trujillo movements, were battered and strangled before being put in a Jeep that was driven off a mountain road to make their deaths seem unintentional. 

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1999. On this day, 16 days of activism and memory begin, leading up to International Human Rights Day.

According to the report from the United Nations, 19% of women between the ages of 15 and 49 had experienced physical or sexual violence "by an intimate partner," Sometimes, the victims of this brutality pass away.

Why International Day For The Elimination Of Violence Against Women Is Important?: 

Women everywhere experience violence every second of every day. Observing this day gives us the opportunity to acknowledge the issue and begin taking action to mitigate and, ultimately, eliminate it.

In addition to increasing awareness, this day offers an opportunity to foster a climate in which men and women can band together and take decisive action to stop the scourge of violence against women.

We can only begin to build a society in which every individual is treated with respect and dignity until women are no longer held captive by the dread of cruelty.