Italy is gearing up to mark the
International Day for the elimination of violence against women
on Saturday against the backdrop of ongoing public anger over
the femicide of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin, who was murdered
by her ex boyfriend on November 11.
Planned events include processions, runs, walks, flash mobs,
sit-ins, free gynaecological examinations and, above all, a lot
of noise in a bid to break the silence on gender-based violence
and patriarchy.
In Rome the feminist movement Non Una Di Meno has organised a
demonstration march starting in Circo Massimo at 2:30 pm local
time and ending in Piazza San Giovanni, where participants will
rattle their keys.
The Lower House and Senate have also organised open-door events
with the testimonies of women survivors of violence, and on
Saturday evening the facade of the upper house of parliament
will be lit up in red in memory of victims.
In San Paolo station at 7 pm there will be a free solidarity
tango event at which dancers are expected to wear red shows.
In Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala will be present at an event title
'Patriarchy Kills' and a red bench will be unveiled in the
garden of the Sormani Library in memory of women victims of
violence, followed by the theatrical monologue 'Rape' by Franca
Rame.
In addition, 80,000 bread bags carrying the emergency numbers
of the Hara-Bollate and Rho Anti-Violence Centre will be
distributed under the initiative 'Violence cannot be daily
bread' involving more than 100 bakers in 17 municipalities in
the Milan area.
In Turin, Non Una Di Meno has organised a procession starting
from Piazza Carlo Felice at 3 pm and pass under the Mole
Antonelliana, which will be illuminated in red for the day.
Many other events have ben planned in Genoa, Bologna, Florence,
Cagliari, Bari, Naples, Messina, Palermo and many other towns
and cities up and down the country.
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