The University of Jaén commemorated November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, with a program of activities under the slogan "Let's raise our voices, let's silence the violence ." Conferences and roundtables, as well as a performance, made up the bulk of the program, which culminated on November 25th with an awareness day against gender-based violence.

The Vice-Rector for Equality, Diversity and Social Responsibility, Pilar Fernández, explained that, through the chosen motto, they intended to convey the ideas of collective unity, solidarity, proactivity and visibility.

“Silence was not an option, nor was it acceptable to assume that the fight against violence against women and girls had been completed; on the contrary, we had to continue raising our voices, making ourselves heard, and being the voices of other women who have been and are silenced,” she declared.

In this sense, the program of activities aimed to commemorate and remember during the month of November, around 25N, "the importance of visibility and the fight against the social scourge that constitutes violence on and against women and girls, in our case, from the University of Jaén."

In addition, Pilar Fernández pointed out that there had been many political, legislative and social events at the international and national levels that combined efforts to demonstrate that violence against women and girls still existed and, therefore, "the violation of the fundamental rights of half of the world's population continued."

The director of the Equality Unit of the UJA, Nieves Moyano, was in charge of presenting the content of the program organized for the year 2024, which started on Tuesday, October 29 with the conference entitled “Violence against women and law: towards a full citizenship of women” , by Juana Mª Gil, professor of Philosophy of Law at the UGR.

On Tuesday, November 5th, the conference “Silenced Voices: The Erasure of Women in Afghanistan” was held , presented by Afghan activist, journalist, and presenter Khadija Amin. That same day, UniRadio Jaén broadcast a special program about November 25th, titled “Let’s Raise Our Voices, Let’s Stop the Violence . ”

On Tuesday, November 19, the round table discussion “Approaching Gender Violence through Final Degree Projects” was held . On Wednesday, November 20, the lecture “Anthropological History of Childbirth and its Consequences for the Pelvic Floor” was scheduled , given by gynecologist Margarita García Carriazo.

Also on Wednesday the 20th, the round table “Engineering and technology, keys to research on gender violence” was held , featuring Ana B. Anquela Julián, university ombudsperson at the UPV, and Lidia D. Tapia Mariscal, electronic engineer and winner of the Córdoba Equality Award 2023. The winners of the poster competition against gender violence were also announced.

On Thursday the 21st, the round table “Combating gender violence from the university environment: experiences and intervention models” took place , as well as a performance against gender violence by Ana Ifigenia.

Finally, on November 25, an awareness day against gender violence was held, and a rally and reading of the 25N manifesto took place in front of the Rectorate of the Las Lagunillas Campus.