Rome Hosts ‘Non Una Di Meno’ March Against Gender-Based Violence

The ‘Non Una Di Meno’ demonstration, organized to combat gender-based violence, has started in Rome. The march has begun It will arrive at Piazzale Ostiense and Piazza Vittorio Emanuele at 14:30. There’s a meeting halfway At 16:30 in Piazza Indipendenza. It is organized by the Non Una Di Meno association of the same name. There is a parallel march in Palermo.

«Disarm the patriarchy»: With this slogan, the movement takes to the streets on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Gender.

Thousands of demonstrators sitting on the ground turned into screams because of the ‘silent scream’. We set out with the slogan “We started together, we will return together.” The march with the slogan “Not a single one is missing” was held on the eve of November 25, the international day of elimination of violence against women.

Before the march started, the photo of Minister of Education Giuseppe Valditara was burned in front of the Ministry of National Education. “We burn Minister Valditara before he reaches the square against gender-based violence,” reads a story published on Instagram by the feminist movement ‘Aracne’ and collectives. Activists later wrote on a poster: “104 deaths by the state. “The problem is not immigration, it is your education.”

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Rome, Non Una Di Meno: walking route

Demonstration started in the capital Piazzale Ostiense At 14:30. The fuchsia wave (where thousands are expected) will pass Piazza di Porta San PaoloIt will end at Viale della Piramide Cestia, Piazza Albania, Viale Aventino, Piazza di Porta Capena, Via di San Gregorio, Via Celio Vibenna, Piazza del Colosseo, Via Labicana, Via Merulana, Via dello Statuto Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II. Various actions are planned along the route. Feminist anti-violence centers will lead the Rome march. “One year after the femicide of Giulia Cecchettin and the transfeminist wave that invaded Rome with the cry of Non Una Di Meno, 106 more names that were left unnamed were added. Minister Valditara’s words confirm the urgency of taking to the streets: There is patriarchy, not ideology, and the solution is not institutional racism. “The murderer, the violent person and the abuser are the children of our society and almost always have the keys to the house,” the movement emphasizes.

Information on where to find decompression areas and accessible toilets was shared on the movement’s social page.

Anti-abuse smartwatch: how does it work?

Soon, 21 smart watches will be on sale in Rome to protect women victims of violence. The ‘Mobile Angel’ project, which emerged from the cooperation between the Roman clubs of the Carabinieri and Soroptimist International and is fully supported by the Lottomatica Foundation, is now operational in the capital. These are state-of-the-art devices directly connected to the operations center of the Carabinieri provincial command in Rome. worn by victims of stalking or any form of gender-based violencecan send a request for help.

The alarm not only can be activated by the woman, but is also triggered automatically. In case of aggression such as being pushed or if it is torn from the wrist. The smartwatch is also equipped with a microphone and geolocation device. The project presented this morning is being implemented following the technical protocol signed between the Carabinieri provincial command and the Rome Prosecutor’s Office in the past months. It was also launched in other cities, especially Naples, Turin and Milan.

«The project, whose construction started in the city of Naples in 2018, is currently 71 devices were assigned. Specifically, there are 15 in the city of Naples, 15 in the city of Milan, 15 in Turin, 5 in Ivrea and 21 in the city of Rome. The initiative, which first started in Naples, later spread to the cities of Milan, Turin and Ivrea and was expanded, in particular, thanks to the agreements signed with the relevant Prosecutors, who appreciated the functionality of the device as a method of combating terrorism. The phenomenon of gender-based violence”, Lieutenant Colonel Gennaro Petruzzelli told Adnkronos. «In some cases, activation of the alarm system by the victim allowed the patrol to intervene immediately and the pursuer to quickly escape. In one case in Milan, it was also possible to arrest a man who, according to his account, had already been removed from the family home and banned from seeing his former partner. He went under the woman’s house to steal the money needed to buy drugs. When she refused, he started shaking her, ripped the smart watch off her wrist and threw it on the ground. “The alarm system of the smart watch, which has motion sensors, was inevitably activated, which led to the timely intervention of our patrol and the arrest of the person.”