To say no to violence against women, people dance in Piazza di Spagna in Rome.
It is the flash mob organized by One Billion Rising (Obr), founded by the playwright Eve Ensler, author of the vagina monologues, which since 2013 every February 14th has met in the streets and squares of 190 countries around the world to dance together , to the tune of "Break the Chain", demonstrating against violence against women and girls.
Without forgetting international emergencies, this year Obr is looking at home - explain the promoters - "at the European Council's attempt to question
the text of the Istanbul Convention
, ratified by Italy in 2013, stripping it of its most urgent and current meaning Having entered into force for the EU last October 1st to protect women from all forms of violence and implement global and coordinated policies, less than six months later the convention risks seeing its structure overturned and emptied, since the new version of the European directive, if approved by the European Parliament, would no longer consider the crime of rape to be based on the absence of the explicit consent of the victim".
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Also for this reason, Obr also returned to the streets in Italy, with the patronage of Amref and Amnesty International Italia, in the week from 11 to 18 February, with flashmobs, readings, initiatives, and a special participation of secondary schools in each region , in particular 18 events in Sicilian comprehensive schools and over 50 in as many cities involved.
In Rome the event took place at 12 in Piazza di Spagna, in collaboration with Differenza Donna and with the patronage of the Municipality of Rome and the Municipality I Roma Centro, together with the young people of the Molinari Art center and the Dante Alighieri high school with the direction art by Linda Foster.
The president of Differenza Donna Elisa Ercoli, the councilor for Equal Opportunities of Rome Capital Monica Lucarelli, the president of the first municipality Lorenza Bonaccorsi and Luisa Rizzitelli of the coordination of One Billion Rising participated.
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