A River of Women Protested Against Violence in Rome

A river of women who say no to violence. “We are 150,000 people”. Activists marching in Rome on November 25, the international day for the elimination of violence against women, made publicity with a megaphone. Currently the demonstration is moving towards Via Labicana.

“What a shame, let’s move on.” The protesters, who argued with the police who barricaded themselves on the street where Pro Vita’s headquarters is located, changed the direction of the march to prevent passage in front of the anti-abortion association in Viale Manzoni. «Pro ​​Vita offices are closed by fire but there is Pro Vita inside, otherwise there is very little going on. “When we call 1522, you don’t even answer and you block a street in Pro Vita,” shout some protesters, some very young. “I decide which situation, which God, my body. Tell me why I can’t pass. We are 106 dead, where were you?” some girls repeat to the police. «Hypocrites. First you said burn everything for Giulia Cecchettin, now? “There are 50 people in front of the shutter.” Some police riot vehicles and water cannons were used.

The “Nothing Less” demonstration was requested and organized with the aim of combating gender-based violence. The march has begun We will depart from Piazzale Ostiense at 14.30 and arrive at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele.. There is a parallel march in Palermo.

«Disarm the patriarchy»: With this slogan, the movement took to the streets.

The march began with thousands of protesters sitting on the ground for a “silent scream” that turned into a shout. And we set out with the slogan “we started together, we will return together”. Not one is missing».

Minister Valditara objected and paint was thrown at the city council

a photograph Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara It was burned in front of the Ministry of National Education before the march started. “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 wrote on a poster: “104 state deaths. “The problem is not immigration, it is your education.”

«How can we expect to teach children anything if their mothers burn the minister’s photo in front of the Ministry of National Education and Merit? “In this gesture lies the explanation of many problems we face at school,” he says Anna Maria De Luca, principal of Montessori High SchoolThe school was at the center of controversy due to the sanctions imposed on two children who gave the fascist salute.

However also the centre-left administration led by Roberto Gualtieri was taken under fire. Fuchsia paint was thrown at the door of the social policies department of the Roman Capital. After setting off some smoke bombs, protesters reiterated that the shelter network for victims of violence in Rome was inadequate.

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Rome, Nothing Less: walking route

Demonstration started in the capital Piazzale Ostiense At 14:30. Fuchsia color wave (thousands of people 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. The march to Rome was led by feminist anti-violence centres. “One year after the femicide of Giulia Cecchettin and the transfeminist wave that invaded Rome with the cry of Inexhaustible, 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 murderers, the violent, the abusive are the children of our society, and they almost always have the keys to the house,” the movement emphasizes.

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

Anti-abuse smartwatch: how does it work?

in Rome, 21 smart watches will soon be available to protect women victims of violence. The ‘Mobile Angel’ project, which emerged from the cooperation between Soroptimist International’s gendarmes and Rome clubs and is fully supported by the Lottomatica Foundation, is now operational in the capital. These are state-of-the-art devices directly linked to the operations center of the Rome gendarmerie Provincial Command. worn by victims of harassment or gender-based violencecan send a request for help.

The alarm is triggered automatically as well as being activated by the woman In case of an attack 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, introduced this morning, is being implemented following the technical protocol signed between the Gendarmerie 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, which was launched in 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, was later expanded to include the cities of Milan, Turin and Ivrea, thanks to agreements signed with the relevant Prosecutors, who appreciated, above all, the functionality of the device as a method of protection. Fighting against 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 even possible to arrest a man who, he said, had already been removed from the family home and banned from seeing his former partner. The suspect, who went under the woman’s house to steal the money needed to buy drugs, started shaking the woman when she refused, snatched the smart watch from her wrist and threw it to the ground. Since the smart watch has motion sensors, the alarm system was inevitably activated and our patrol quickly intervened and the person was arrested.”