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25/11/2015 - RMG - The Salesian Family for an end to Violence against Women
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(ANS - Rome) - On 25 November we celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Established by the General Assembly of the United Nations, it urges people to work and to raise awareness around the world for an end to the violence that is still inflicted on women.

Society and the Church would not be the same without the contribution that so many women make; but this contribution is possible only when women are truly recognized and their rights protected.

Unfortunately, however, violence against women is a daily reality in all parts of the world. It is seen in physical, sexual, or psychological coercion by men against their sisters, daughters and companions, in stark contrast to the vocation to love and protect which belongs to every person.

The Salesian Family, started by Don Bosco "cannot be understood without Mamma Margherita", as Pope Francis said in Turin last June. It is strongly committed to promoting the protection and development of women and the effective exercise of their rights.

In Sierra Leone, for example, the Salesians run a refuge for girls who are victims of violence. The girls are protected and accompanied as they try to work though the trauma and rebuild their lives.

In India, the Catechist Sisters of Mary Immaculate Help of Christians (SMI) - the 17th group of the Salesian Family – conduct raids, together with the police, on the brothels of Calcutta, to free women and girls from the clutches of their exploiters.

The voice of the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians is brought also to the institutions of the UN, to establish partnerships in collaboration with other institutions and work together against this social scourge.

Aware of the value of female education to break the vicious circles of violence and denial of rights, the various branches of the Salesian Family often operate worldwide to promote the education of women, women in business, activities and conferences to make women aware of their rights, training of women as leaders of local communities, and so on.

The Salesian Family, in communion with the whole Church, "gives thanks for all women and for each: for mothers, sisters, wives; for women consecrated to God in virginity; for women dedicated to the many, many human beings who await the gratuitous love of another person; for women who watch over the human in the family, which is the fundamental sign of the human community; for women who work professionally, and who at times are burdened by a great social responsibility; for women 'perfect' for women and 'weak' for all as they have come forth from the heart of God in all the beauty and richness of their femininity" (Mulieris dignitatem, No. 31)

Published 25/11/2015

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