The rebellion of the

butterflies
In 1960, the Mirabal sisters confronted the dictatorship of Rafael
Leonidas Trujillo in the Dominican Republic.
the first time Minerva and
Minerva, María Teresa y Patria known as “las
mariposas” Maria Teresa were arrested,
they were tortured and
raped

In 1949 Minerva had a first On November 25,

confrontation with Trujillo at a 1960, while returning
party where she later went to jail.. from visiting their
In the late 1950s, they played a key
comrades in prison, the
role in the June 14 group, a
movement that sought to end the
sisters were ambushed
dictatorship and whose members and brutally executed
were imprisoned and tortured. by Trujillo agents.
1981, First Latin American and Caribbean
The crime feminist meeting, held in Bogotá, chooses this
brought about date in her memory to denounce violence
against women. In December 1999, the UN
the fall of declared November 25, commemorating the
Trujillo's memory of the three Mirabal haermanas, as the
regime International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women
(assassination)
“If I am killed, I will take my arms out of the grave and be
stronger”
The Trujillo regime Rafael Leonidas Trujillo’s was one of the most egregious dictatorships in
Latin America. It lasted between 1930 and 1961, when the military warlord
is characterized by was finally killed. His regime was authoritarian because:
militarism, • His authority is respected above any other law, "rewarding"
unipersonalism and • those who obey and are not against him as an authoritarian leader above
despotism. He got the democratic values of justice, freedom or plurality, while any form of
away from his dissent is punished.
• Power is concentrated in a single figure, as he was " the benefactor of
enemies by sending the homeland", "Chapitas", "The Chief", "Generalissimo“
them to jail and
torturing them. The name Revolutionary Movement 14J was born from the
Political and inspiration of the Glorious Gesta of Constance, Maimon and
Estero Hondo of June 14 and 20, 1959, which was an
military power, a expedition formed by 198 men, Dominicans in exile and a
major instrument of group of foreigners, of diverse ideologies, That they supported
personal the Dominican Liberation Movement with the interest of
ending the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. This
enrichment. He expedition, which did not succeed in the military order, planted
used the army to the seed of freedom and inspired the creators of the
impose his rule on Revolutionary Movement June 14 to place that name in honor
of the heroes and martyrs of that gesta. It was a leftist
the dominican movement in the Dominican Republic that fought against the
population through dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo and was led by
What Trujillo was looking for
was to silence the rebels,
mainly the Mirabal sisters, by
rebellion and their opposition,
because Minerva continued his
studies and the women did not
have allowed him, because the
women before the dictator were
to satisfy their pleasures, She
was also the most activist of her
sisters but ended up aggravating
the problem and increasing
pressure against her regime,
which generated discontent
from Dominicans and ended up
killing Trujillo.
Because they never gave up, and it was an event that was reflected in history, besides
that we can not only overcome them as women in studies that were not allowed for
women and broke the traditional stereotype of women, but they also supported the
liberation of their country, their homeland.
I think I would start by listening to the stories and experiences of women who have
survived gender violence and so on, then or at the same time I would continue with the
education of children, so that when they are adults they teach the same way to other
generations, in addition, i believe that everything is based on the stereotypes and
ideologies that we create and foster in girl, because by giving a girl a kitchen, a toy
baby, princesses, a child "things of children“ Unconsciously we are telling you what
role is in life, with the classification we make this problem grow, because even in
drawings, in princesses, one example, Cinderella, received violence not from men but
from women themselves, there is a dance for the blue prince to choose a maiden, as if it
were to choose a cattle, of course it was a different time, although almost all princesses
look for a blue prince, but the same pattern is always followed in cartoons. Domestic
chores are for women and adventures for men, who break these ideals and stereotypes
are two princesses I admire, Mulan and Tiana, pushed his nation forward and overcame.
They would also be like an example similar to the Mirabal sisters because they were
also somewhat discriminated against because they were women.
Turning to the subject, we would talk to the children about the fact that we are all equal,
we are human beings with the same abilities, some of us will have talents in some other
things, but that is diversity, it is what makes us human, it is also about the fact that any
Women in the Dominican Republic spend 20
hours more than men on housework and care
Hours of the week devoted to unpaid work

men Women
9,6 31,2
The Dominican Republic has a gender gap of 70.3%. With this percentage, the Dominican
Republic is ranked 84 in the ranking of the gender gap, then the differences between men and
women should decrease to be at least in the average.
The number of femicides and femicides in Latin America are
very high, so much so that DR has low percentages compared to
others such as Argentina
There have been some advances such as the principle of
equality, the right of women to a life free from violence, the
recognition of the productive value of domestic work, the
recognition of de facto union, equal pay for equal work, the
popular legislative initiative, gender language throughout the
text
Well, among the causes of why violence against women are:
gender inequality and discrimination that are the root causes of
violence against women, influenced by historical and structural
imbalances of power between women and men that exist to
varying degrees throughout all communities around the world.
 Elimination of
violence against
women