November 25th has become a key date on the educational and social calendar: the educational community mobilizes to work on prevention and awareness of gender-based violence in the classroom. In recent years, various organizations have developed comprehensive materials for all levels, with ready-to-use classroom activities and printable PDF resources. These updated teaching units, with a co-educational approach, offer activities, guides and dynamics that facilitate teaching planning around November 25th.
This compilation brings together in detail the resources that have been disseminated by trade union organizations and public administrations, with special attention to the proposals for 2025, as well as a look at the slogans and thematic lines of previous years. You will find materials for Preschool, Primary, Secondary and Special Educationas well as documents with multilingual activities and direct links to download in PDF and take them to your classroom.
Why is it important to discuss November 25th in class?
November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, promotes sustained educational action that transcends the commemoration. School is a key space for building egalitarian relationshipsIdentifying stereotypes, raising awareness of different forms of violence (physical, sexual, psychological, economic), and promoting a culture of respectful treatment are key objectives. From a pedagogical perspective, November 25th provides an opportunity to integrate equality into the curriculum, address coexistence, and strengthen sex education from a rights-based approach.
The proposals included here have been designed with clear guidelines for the classroom, with worksheets, activities and assessments adapted to different age groups. Many of them are printable and are designed to be used in tutoring, core subjects and school projects, making it possible for the entire faculty to join in a coordinated and effective manner.
Materials 2025: updated teaching units ready to print
For this academic year, the Intersindical Women's Organization has published a new booklet with activities to commemorate November 25th in educational centers. The document is offered in downloadable PDF format. It maintains the line of work that the union has been developing for years, with a co-educational approach, active proposals, and a critical perspective. You can access the official download here: Download PDF (Intersindical ā 25N 2025).
In parallel, the Asturian Institute for Women and the Ministry of Education of the Principality of Asturias have made available to the centers a set of specific materials for 25N. The publication includes proposals for all educational stages and activities available in German, English and PortugueseThis allows the topic to be addressed in a cross-curricular way, also in the language classroom. The document is designed to be printed and used directly in class. Download PDF (Principality of Asturias ā 25N 2025).
These 2025 materials continue a consolidated trajectory. They include co-educational activities, teacher guides, and content focused on prevention.emphasizing the identification of myths, the detection of warning signs, and the promotion of healthy relationships. The possibility of working in different languages āāalso facilitates a competency-based approach and interdisciplinary treatment.
If you work in the first cycle of Secondary Education or in Baccalaureate, you will see that there is no shortage of proposals for the critical analysis of language, media and social networks. The gender perspective is applied here in a practical and very current way, encouraging reflection on cyberbullying, digital violence or misinformation that perpetuates roles and violence.
Resources by educational stage: Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary and Special Education
The General Directorate for Equality of the Principality of Asturias has reported that the leveled materials for each stage can be distributed to schools through the Ministry of Education. The aim is for teachers to have proposals tailored to the cognitive and emotional development of students.with different activities for each section.
In Early Childhood Education, the work focuses on stories, symbolic games, and classroom routines that promote respect, listening, and emotional expression. Through simple activities, gender stereotypes are dismantled. associated with toys, colors or roles, and the use of inclusive and affectionate language is promoted.
In Primary school, the activities focused on reading comprehension, cooperative projects and artistic challenges that help to highlight female role models and challenge prejudices are noteworthy. Students are encouraged to research, discuss and produce creative materials (murals, podcasts, posters) that reinforce meaningful learning.
In Secondary Education, the methodology usually moves towards guided debate, news analysis and the exploration of discourses on networks. Concepts such as consent, healthy relationships, and normalized violence are addressed., promoting critical thinking and active student participation.
For Special Education Centers, accessible and adapted proposals are included, with visual supports and simplified sequences. The idea is that anyone can participate safely and play a leading role, maintaining the objectives of respect, self-esteem and personal autonomy.
Trajectory of the proposals: from 2007 onwards and recent slogans
The Women's Organization has been publishing educational units on November 25th for many years, with a historical series that spans from 2007 to 2022. In their compilations, access to the materials is achieved by clicking on the covers.This facilitates the downloading of PDFs and their immediate use in the classroom. This continuity has allowed for the consolidation of a valuable pedagogical bibliography for the educational community.
In the most recent stage, the latest materials coexist with proposals from previous years, allowing for the planning of medium-term itineraries. For example, the publications from 2024, 2022, and 2021 are included with printing instructions. and with activities tailored to the realities of each course. This continuity helps to repeat what works and introduce new elements without losing coherence.
Regarding the slogans of previous years, 2020 focused on the pandemic context: it was emphasized that Covid was not the only threat, and that gender violence was still present beyond the virus. That edition emphasized that the health emergency should not overshadow other forms of violence.Therefore, specific proposals for detection and support were activated.
In 2019, a resounding and combative message was launched against gender terrorism; 2018 highlighted unity and joint action against patriarchal violence; and 2017 focused on institutional violence with a clear demand for justice for all. The 2016 edition, for its part, championed the right to live free and with the power to decide., a key idea that remains relevant today in awareness-raising materials.
For those looking for documents prior to 2018, there is specific access to the older units. You can find previous proposals in the union's archives.: Materials from November 25th prior to 2018In addition, proposals from 2016 to 2020 have been compiled in various institutional spaces for download and consultation.
Some recent documents feature a strong editorial line denouncing the magnitude of violence against women, explicitly stating that it is a systematic and structural reality. From this perspective, being a woman places millions of people in a position of risk and vulnerability.And schools cannot ignore this fact. This clarity provides solid frameworks for discussion when working with adolescents and young people.
Downloads and access: printable documents and activities by level
To facilitate the teaching work, here are the direct links to the official PDFs mentioned in this guide. They are all designed to be printed and used in the classroom, with activity scripts, worksheets and methodological guidelines:
- Teaching Units 25N 2025 ā Women's Organization (PDF) (coeducation and prevention)
- Proposals 25N 2025 ā Principality of Asturias (PDF) (Infant, Primary, Secondary and Special Education; also in DE/EN/PT)
- Activities for Primary Schools ā 25N (PDF, SATE) (practical ideas for CEIP)
- Historical records of materials prior to 2018 (access to past proposals)
As you will see, the different documents encourage working from various areas: tutoring, linguistic subjects, Social Sciences, Art Education or Languages. The cross-cutting approach is one of the strengths of these guidelines., which allows the 25N not to be limited to a single session or a single subject.
Suggestions for classroom use: methodology and assessment
When planning for November 25th, a good practice is to start with a diagnostic activity: brainstorming, a short questionnaire, or a thinking routine. This helps to detect prior ideas and adjust the level of depth. of what you will do next. In Primary school, for example, it works very well to start with stories, comics or cartoons; in Secondary school, with news or audiovisual pieces.
The key is dynamism: alternate individual tasks, cooperative work and moments of sharing. The official proposals include clear instructions and reusable materials.This makes it easier to apply them in heterogeneous groups with different learning paces.
Regarding the evaluation, it is advisable to combine instruments: checklists, observation scales, self-evaluations and final products (posters, podcasts, presentations, micro-essays, exhibitions). The goal is not to memorize concepts, but to develop attitudes, socio-emotional skills, and critical thinkingTherefore, formative assessment and metacognition (thinking about how we learn) become especially relevant.
Another interesting idea is to coordinate actions at the center level. A visual campaign in hallways, a manifesto reading, or a collective art installation They can involve the entire community. In such cases, downloadable materials serve as a common basis to ensure a shared and pedagogically sound approach.
And don't forget to pay attention to particularly vulnerable students. The documents propose activities with different entry pointsso that everyone finds a safe space from which to participate. If you are working with diverse groups, choose tasks with visual aids, response options, and flexible time limits.
Approaches and content: equality, rights and a critical perspective
The teaching units for 25N integrate content ranging from the identification of stereotypes to the analysis of how the media construct gender imaginaries. Concepts such as equality, co-responsibility, respect, and consent are addressed.All of this is adapted to the educational level. In higher grades, hate speech and its impact are also addressed.
One point that appears strongly in recent proposals is the approach to digital violence: control on networks, non-consensual dissemination of images, cyberbullying and emotional blackmail. The goal is to offer tools to identify and stop abusive behaviors., strengthening the autonomy and digital security of students.
From a rights perspective, intersectionality is also considered: how gender intersects with age, functional diversity, origin, socioeconomic status, or other dimensions. This approach allows us to understand violence as a complex phenomenon, not reducible to a single factor, and opens the door to fairer and more effective educational responses.
Finally, some frameworks adopt a particularly firm stance on the seriousness of violence against women, describing it as a systematic reality on a global scale and emphasizing its different manifestations. That forceful tone translates into well-founded awareness-raising activities, suitable for discussion with adolescents and young people from an ethics of care.
Coordination with the center's equality plan
The activities of November 25th should not be isolated from the rest of the course activities. It is advisable to link them with the Equality Plan, the Coexistence Plan and the tutorial actionensuring coherence, continuity, and annual evaluation. In this way, the lessons learned from November 25th are sustained over time and generate a real impact on the school's culture.
In practice, this translates into programs that include objectives, specific skills, evaluation criteria, and final products associated with the activities. Downloadable materials make this task easier because they are already structured.with descriptors by course or stage, and with resources ready to be reproduced in the classroom.
A good approach is to select a common theme for the 25N (for example, debunking myths of romantic love in Secondary Education and promoting good treatment in Primary and Infant Education), and adapt it to each level. In this way, each group contributes a piece to the overall project, and the collection can be displayed in an exhibition or in a digital repository of the center.
With these official resources and the experience accumulated since 2007, the teaching staff has a very solid basis for planning November 25th with a pedagogical sense and visible results. PDF downloads, step-by-step activities, and availability in multiple languages They make implementation agile, consistent, and tailored to the realities of each classroom. If your goal is to raise awareness, prevent problems, and educate for equality, here are some proven materials to get you started.