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What do we commemorate? / 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

25th November marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It commemorates the anniversary of the assassination of Mirabal sisters. Minerva, María Teresa and Patria Mirabal, known as ”the Butterflies”. They were brave, persistent women who defended freedom in Dominican Republic, their country. They faced dictator Rafael Trujillo who ordered their assassination.

Three butterflies in different colours

OpenClipart-Vectors, Butterfly, (CC0)

Choose the right option.

1. Patria, Minerva and María Teresa were the Espazos (1): sisters.

2. They were from Espazos (2): Republic.

3. People called them the Espazos (3):

4. They were Espazos (4): and persistent.

5. They wanted to get Espazos (5): in their country.

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