November 25, 2023 12:44 PM EST
1000’s of protesters took to the streets of Italy’s largest cities to voice outrage at violence towards ladies days after the violent homicide of a younger pupil shocked the nation.
Italians gathered in Rome, Milan and different cities in assist of Worldwide Day for the Elimination of Violence towards Ladies, amid shock and anger after a 22 year-old college pupil from the Venice space, Giulia Cecchettin, was killed shortly earlier than her commencement. Her former boyfriend and alleged assassin was on Saturday extradited from Germany the place he had fled, in keeping with a report by Italian information company Ansa.
“I need to inform Italian ladies that they’re not alone,” Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s first feminine prime minister, stated in a Fb publish. In 2022, 106 ladies in Italy fell sufferer to femicide, up from 104 in 2021, in keeping with estimates by the Italian nationwide institute of statistics. Greater than 3,000 ladies are killed every year in Europe by companions or members of the family, the European Fee stated in a assertion on Friday.
“Globally, the rights of ladies and women have confronted threats, reductions, or full elimination, considerably impeding progress achieved over many years,” European Union international affairs chief Josep Borrell stated in keeping with an announcement. European Union President Ursula von der Leyen known as for a regulation to fight violence towards ladies in a publish on social media platform X.