Palermo observes day against femicide

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For one full week the city of Palermo organized debates and events to raise awareness on the issues of femicide and violence against women.

02/14

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Over 100 women were killed in 2012 in Italy, murdered by boyfriends and husbands just because they were women.

03/14

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About twenty young women of the collective Anillo de Fuego exposes a banner in the international day for the elimination of male violence against women a few meters from the stand of the Democratic Party.

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"They teach women to avoid being raped. They do not teach men not to rape, "said one of the placards displayed.

05/14

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Women do not always realize the violence suffered is a complex problem, refuges play an important role because it is important that women know they are not alone. Violence is not due in any situation.

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About twenty young women of the collective Anillo de Fuego exposes a banner in the international day for the elimination of male violence against women a few meters from the stand of the Democratic Party.

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The problem is cultural. Not just a trend patriarchal society but also for the use of images that civilization is the female body.

08/14

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The slogan of the campaign against violence against women is: "Not one more".

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The slogan of the campaign against violence against women is: "Not one more".

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The activists planted flowers that would make the inscription: "Not one more.".

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The activists planted flowers that would make the inscription: "Not one more.".

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One hundred and thirteen women are killed in Italy only in 2012 (and 73 from your partner) from January to date: a massacre, perpetrated a violation of human rights "must be addressed in a political way, as a social evil," not as episodes of crime.

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On 25 November, the International Day Against Violence Against Women, established by the UN in '99 in memory of three sisters killed in 1960 in the Dominican Republic for political reasons.

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The International Day Against Violence Against Women, established by the UN in '99 in memory of three sisters killed in 1960 in the Dominican Republic for political reasons.