25N: Sport Unites Against Male Violence

• On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is commemorated on November 25, Spanish sport will be mobilized from this Friday through a campaign led by the Higher Sports Council (CSD) and the Secretary of State for Equality and for the Eradication of Violence against Women.
• Sports federations, professional leagues, clubs, associations and athletes will convey, through different actions during the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of November, an unequivocal message: “There is no place for violence against women.”
• acb, ASOBAL, LALIGA and Liga F will integrate the campaign in their matches this day, highlighting the commitment of professional sport to equality and the eradication of male violence.

Madrid, November 21, 2025.- The Superior Sports Council (CSD) and the Secretary of State for Equality and for the Eradication of Violence against Women launched this Friday the campaign "Sport against male violence", a joint initiative that on November 21, 22 and 23 will mobilize the entire Spanish sports ecosystem.

After its public presentation last Monday, the Spanish sport is now preparing to make visible, in social networks, in broadcasts and in hundreds of competitions and events, an unequivocal message: “There is no place for violence against women.”

Sports federations, professional leagues, clubs, associations and athletes will join this unitary action, which includes the activation in digital environments of the hashtag #Sport25N along with commemorative images.

In competitions at regional and state level, a minute’s silence will be kept and a banner will be displayed with the slogan “Sport against male violence”. In addition, athletes will wear a purple bracelet on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is commemorated on November 25.

Professional sport will be the main speaker of this campaign

Professional sport will be one of the great speakers of this action, since acb, ASOBAL, LALIGA and Liga F will integrate the campaign in their matches of this day, underlining their commitment to equality and the eradication of male violence.

The president of the CSD, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, has stressed that “Spanish sport will once again demonstrate its capacity for unity when it comes to defending essential values”. “Sport is equality, respect and coexistence and we want it also to be a space free of male violence,” he added.

For her part, the Secretary of State for Equality and for the Eradication of Violence against Women, María Guijarro, has insisted on the relevance of this mobilization, because “thousands of young people look every day to their sports referents and, therefore, sport is a privileged platform from which we can contribute to a fairer and more equitable society.” In addition, “gender violence completely contradicts the values of respect, fair play and cooperation that are an essential part of sport,” explained the Secretary of State.
 

The Spanish sport, united this 25N

With this campaign, the CSD and the Secretary of State for Equality reinforce their commitment to awareness and prevention, in a year in which 38 women have been killed by male violence in Spain, 1,333 since official records exist.

“Every gesture counts,” added Rodríguez Uribes, “and the involvement of sport is one more step to say, loud and clear, that male violence is incompatible with the values we defend.”

The launch of this campaign seeks to unite all sports agents around a common message, which will allow courts, stadiums and pavilions throughout the country to become spaces committed to the elimination of violence against women.