CONVOCATION 30 November 2025: Against gender violence in times of rearmament
Against gender violence in times of rearmament
In 2024 the number of female victims of gender violence was 34,684. That is 1.6 for every 1000 women over the age of 14, with 48 women killed. In 2025, up until November 5th, 36 women have been murdered by their partners or ex-partners. Since 2003, 1293 women have died as a result of gender-based violence. If all of these deaths had been due to other circumstances, a national emergency would likely have been declared, or all possible resources would have been mobilized to tackle the problem. However, not only is it not deemed to be an emergency, but we are hearing sexist and patriarchal rhetoric again that we thought was a thing of the past.
Faced with this situation, the state and the European Union, pressured by NATO, consider that our biggest problem is a supposed and unlikely military threat, So while spending on weapons is increasing more than ever, with talk of it rising to 5%, we continue to ignore and brush aside the suffering of thousands of women and their children.
On the international stage, up to 70 percent of women experience sexual violence at the hands of a partner or ex-partner. Yet it seems it is more important for countries to rearm, forgetting that true human security, as recognised by the UN, does not need weapons, but rather a guarantee of access to basic services, housing, food and the means to develop as a free person.
During armed conflict, rape and sexual violence are exacerbated and used as a weapon, with violence against women of all ages, affecting millions of women and girls in order to humiliate and terrorize people and destroy communities.
The violent acts against women are not limited to any specific culture, region or country, nor towards any particular group of women in society. The roots of violence against women lie in persistent gender discrimination. Social militarization, in any context, only increases this discrimination, encouraging reactionary discourses and diverting resources from social purposes, thereby hindering efforts to combat inequality.
On November 25th, declared by the UN as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for life without fear and violence for women, and to achieve this we demand:
♀ Military spending be removed and redirected to social programmes, especially to the eradication of gender violence.
♀ Feminist social policies with equal participation of women.
♀ The promotion of “Education for Peace” from a gender perspective.
Faced with this situation, the state and the European Union, pressured by NATO, consider that our biggest problem is a supposed and unlikely military threat, So while spending on weapons is increasing more than ever, with talk of it rising to 5%, we continue to ignore and brush aside the suffering of thousands of women and their children.
On the international stage, up to 70 percent of women experience sexual violence at the hands of a partner or ex-partner. Yet it seems it is more important for countries to rearm, forgetting that true human security, as recognised by the UN, does not need weapons, but rather a guarantee of access to basic services, housing, food and the means to develop as a free person.
During armed conflict, rape and sexual violence are exacerbated and used as a weapon, with violence against women of all ages, affecting millions of women and girls in order to humiliate and terrorize people and destroy communities.
The violent acts against women are not limited to any specific culture, region or country, nor towards any particular group of women in society. The roots of violence against women lie in persistent gender discrimination. Social militarization, in any context, only increases this discrimination, encouraging reactionary discourses and diverting resources from social purposes, thereby hindering efforts to combat inequality.
On November 25th, declared by the UN as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for life without fear and violence for women, and to achieve this we demand:
♀ Military spending be removed and redirected to social programmes, especially to the eradication of gender violence.
♀ Feminist social policies with equal participation of women.
♀ The promotion of “Education for Peace” from a gender perspective.
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