Femicide commission at Venice Film Festival on September 8

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 30 - The parliamentary commission of inquiry into the phenomenon of femicide in Italy will be present at the Venice International Film Festival on September 8, the members said on Wednesday.
    "I know that we will be going to Venice on the September 8, they have dedicated a red carpet to us precisely because of the femicide phenomenon and to show how important it is for Italy on an international level," said Rita Della Chiesa of centre-right majority party Forza Italia.
    "Together with (Commission) President (Martina) Semenzato we will try to understand how to put an end to all this," she added.
    Commission colleague Cecilia D'Elia of the centre-left opposition Democratic Party (Pd) said the members would be in Venice "to say political things".
    "It's an initiative of the President that we have joined," she added.
    In July the Italian parliament set up a parliamentary commission of inquiry into femicide, a chronic phenomenon in Italy in recent years.
    The panel will assess all forms of gender violence and is bicameral for the first time. (ANSA).