Violence against women, 75% victim of partner or ex. UN: 'We are all feminists'

"We proudly declare

".

The Secretary-General of the United Nations ,

writes this in a tweet on the occasion of the

"We take a stand and raise our voices in support of women's rights.'' Guterres also calls on governments to increase

. 

On Friday's International Day to End Violence Against Women, I call on governments to increase funding by 50% by 2026 to women's rights organizations & movements.

Let's take a stand and raise our voices in support of women's rights.

Let's proudly declare: We are all feminists.

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— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) November 25, 2022

"Exercising violence against a woman or exploiting her is not a simple crime,

", the Pope also underlines in a tweet.

In view of today's celebrations, the Senate unanimously approved the establishment of a parliamentary commission of inquiry into feminicide, as well as all forms of gender-based violence.

One hundred and four women have been killed since the beginning of the year in Italy, until November 20, 2022. Their names projected on the facade of Palazzo Chigi illuminated in red.

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Femicide, Meloni: 'Names of 104 women screened at Palazzo Chigi' - Politics

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: 'United against femicides'.

Ok of the Senate, the bicameral against femicides starts.

The government in front of Palazzo Chigi illuminated in red, the names of the 104 victims of 2022 projected. The special against violence against women (ANSA)

"Violence against women is an open violation of human rights, unfortunately widespread without geographical, generational or social distinctions. Significant efforts have been made in recent decades to recognize, eliminate and prevent it in all its forms. However, for too many women, the right to a life free from violence is not yet a reality. The daily news bear sad witness to this and remind us that there are countries where even those who report are subject to serious and extensive forms of repression".

Thus

, on the occasion of the International Day against violence against women.

"End violence against women, recognizing their capacity for self-determination are questions that challenge the freedom of all".

Denouncing "is an act that requires courage. An effective action to eradicate violence against women must be based on the dissemination of prevention of the structural causes of the phenomenon and on a culture of respect that invests in the younger generations, through education to equality, mutual respect, the refusal of any form of oppression", affirms the President of the Republic.

"This government is on the front line to fight violence against women and the terrible scourge of feminicide. We owe it to the many victims, often without justice, and to those who are still forced to suffer this barbarity today".

"The data concerning violence against women continues to represent a national drama. As a Government - she reiterates - we intend to focus our efforts on three pillars of action: prevention, protection and certainty of punishment".

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Istat: '3 out of 4 women have suffered violence from a partner or an ex' - Chronicle

29% of the authors have been reported at least once.

Most are found among people with whom women have important emotional ties 

One hundred and four women have been killed since the beginning of the year in Italy,

until November 20, 2022. From Guglielmina, suffocated by her husband on January 6, to Vera, stabbed to death by her ex only four days ago.

This out of a total of

Where people die the most is in the family.

There are

.

Of these,

The numbers are those of the report released by the Interior Ministry.

In general, as far as violence is concerned, '3 out of 4 women suffer it from a partner or an ex' and 29% of the perpetrators have already received a complaint.

This is confirmed by Istat data and

Of the 104 victims in 2022, 35 were over 64, most of them, according to Eures data.

There were 109 deaths in the same period last year. A slight drop that does not change the facts: women continue to be killed in buildings in Rome or burned inside cars in the provinces.

In the last week alone, November 14-20, there were ten murders in Italy.

Seven victims were women, two were killed by partners or exes.

Most of them were killed with knives, at least 37 out of 104. Another 23 with firearms.

And then there are the feminicides with bare hands - 24 women killed in this way

- and by beatings: eight died in this way.

The last three modes are up from last year.

According to Istat data, in 2021 there were 139 victims killed in a couple or family relationship: 39 men and 100 women.

Of these, 58.8% are victims of a partner or an ex.

Worldwide, according to the UN, every hour more than five women and girls died in their families.

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Istat: '60% of women are victims of a partner or an ex' - Chronicle

"The victims killed in a couple or family relationship are 139, 100 are women. 58.8% of women are victims of a partner or ex partner. The decline in victims of feminicides has stopped".

This is the picture that emerges from the Istat data on 2021 (ANSA)

A problem that does not only concern Italy: 45,000 victims worldwide at the hands of husbands, boyfriends or other relatives, as reported by the Guardian.

According to Un Women these numbers are "alarming" but the figure could be even higher.

Although even in Italy deaths occur mainly within the family, in Central Italy more than one in four victims was killed in the context of common crime, as reported by Eures. This is the case of the three women - one Colombian and two Chinese - killed in the Prati district, in Rome, by the alleged killer Giandavide De Pau within a few meters and a few minutes.

Also in the capital, women said they did not feel safe at all hours of the day, when walking in some streets and in some places.

85 percent of them explained that they only walk streets or parks with sunlight.

They also feel this lack of safety on vehicles and in shopping centres.

ANSA. it

"A survivor of violence, I want to speak for those who are no longer here and for those who are locked up at home" - Italy

"Grace" tells his story: "The important thing is to ask for help and break the mental cage" (ANSA)

This is what emerges from the

report .

Furthermore, the city recorded the highest number of victims in the first eleven months of 2022. Eight women were killed in the capital.

While the North is confirmed as the geographical area most at risk with 56 deaths: 53.8% of the victims of femicide are in the North of the country.

The South follows with 30 deaths and the Center with 18. This is confirmed by the Eures report which also traces the profile of the perpetrators of feminicides: in over nine out of ten cases they are men.

The Istatt data on 2021 also paint a dramatic picture. Of the

victims killed in the family or in a relationship, "

58.8

of women are victims of a partner or former partners (57.8% in 2020 and 61.3% in 2019). Minors are killed by people they know".

In the same period there were 4,416 sexual assaults (+9% compared to 2021);

92% of the victims are women, according to the joint report

edited by the Central Directorate of the Criminal Police.

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Meloni: 'The Government will always be at the forefront to combat violence against women' - Politics

Video message from the premier (ANSA)

Why November 25th?

November

,

,

It is the memory of a

that took place in 1960 in the Dominican Republic, at the time of the dictator Trujillo.

Three sisters, surname Mirabal, considered revolutionaries, were tortured, massacred, strangled.

By throwing their bodies into a ravine an accident was simulated.

Not always, not everywhere, things have changed since that day: just think of the little girls in India who are raped and killed almost every day, but also in our home, where violence against women is often hidden in the domestic sphere.

The Day was established by the UN with resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999. The matrix of violence against women can still be traced today in the inequality of relationships between men and women.

And the same Declaration adopted by the UN General Assembly speaks of violence against women as "one of the crucial social mechanisms by which women are forced into a subordinate position compared to men".

'Love doesn't do this': the song by Valentina Ambrosio for November 25th

A commission of inquiry

In the light of these data, the

unanimously approved the unified text to set up a

and all forms of gender-based violence. 

The House and the Senate unanimously approved

the joint motion linked to the prevention of the phenomenon of violence against women.

In the document, the Government undertakes to give priority to the "continuation of policies to combat domestic violence".

Among the other most important points we find "the implementation of resources destined for the Fund for equal opportunities policies" and a Fund for "victims of international violent crimes".

Finally, the document invites the Government to set up a vast awareness campaign aimed at men.

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Last year, the UN killed 5 women every hour in the family in the world - World

More than five women and girls were killed every hour by a family member in 2021, according to new UN data on femicides.

A report, released today, shows that 45,000 women and girls - more than half (56%) of the 81. (ANSA)

The initiatives

In view of 25 November, the international day for the elimination of violence against women, various aid and awareness-raising initiatives are being put in place in various cities.

Among these are the

, symbol of the scourge of feminicides, which will be exhibited in numerous streets and squares.

In Catania, the

, in collaboration with Flai CGIL and the Thamaia anti-violence center, has started printing receipts with the telephone number for the victims.

The 1522 also appeared on

's milk cartons , for a project created with

Tomorrow Palazzo Chigi will be illuminated in red.

There will also be seminars, moments of discussion, film screenings or presentations of themed books.

The

national procession of the Nonunadimeno transfeminist association will also be held in Rome on

"Enough wars on our bodies. Transfeminist revolt" is the slogan.

The demonstration will start from

, will cross the streets of the center touching "some symbolic places", and will end in

.

Inside - it is explained by the organizers - flags, slogans, institutional banners of party and trade union organizations will not be accepted, but as usual it will be characterized by the

"We call everyone to take to the streets - they say - to stop the wars on our bodies, to oppose the militarization of lives, the transfeminist revolt against violence, oppression and poverty. To make self-determination a battlefield forward , to make self-defense a collective practice of resistance to violence".

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Few and poorly represented women in culture in Italy - Lifestyle

No women among the directors of stable theatres.

Feminine monuments (very few) that portray the protagonists even topless even where there really isn't a reason.

(HANDLE)

Why November 25th?

November

,

,

It is the memory of a

that took place in 1960 in the Dominican Republic, at the time of the dictator Trujillo.

Three sisters, surname Mirabal, considered revolutionaries, were tortured, massacred, strangled.

By throwing their bodies into a ravine an accident was simulated.

Not always, not everywhere, things have changed since that day: just think of the little girls in India who are raped and killed almost every day, but also in our home, where violence against women is often hidden in the domestic sphere.

The Day was established by the UN with resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999. The matrix of violence against women can still be traced today in the inequality of relationships between men and women.

And the same Declaration adopted by the UN General Assembly speaks of violence against women as "one of the crucial social mechanisms by which women are forced into a subordinate position compared to men".

Gender-based violence, the video appeal of the Carabiniere