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Italy-NATIONAL WOMEN’S DEMONSTRATION
Sunday, November 16, 2008 7:50 AM
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NATIONAL WOMEN’S DEMONSTRATION
AGAINST MALE VIOLENCE
ROME, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
PIAZZA DELLA REPUBBLICA: 2 P.M.
INDECOROUS AND FREE
In Italy, as in the rest of the world, male violence is the number one
cause of death and permanent disfigurement among women. Violence is common
place in our daily lives and expresses itself through the denial of our
rights, the violation of our bodies and is covered up by silence.
They tell us that we must be afraid of the stranger on the street, but
violence exists within our families (83% of the times): husbands,
boyfriends, live-in mates, lovers are the ones responsible for beating,
raping and killing women.
Violence against women is not a Law and Order issue, but a cultural and
political problem.
Violence against women is legitimized by the establishment when free and
legal abortion is questioned, when funds for public health offices are cut,
when school funds are slashed and social security is curtailed. Violence
against women is legitimized by society when the family is exalted, and we
are told that our natural place is ‘at home’, where, by definition, we
are economically dependent on a man and where we take care of children and
elders without pay.
Violence also occurs when others tell us how we must be.
To be free we must be independent , and to be independent we must have
education, health care, income and green cards.
