Today is the international day against violence against women and Franca Rame will be remembered in Naples
La International day for the elimination of violence against women it was established in 1999 by the UN General Assembly in 1999 and the designated day is November 25 of each year. The date recalls the three o'clock murder Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic, who were tortured for their opposition to the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
On this day, events and initiatives by various central and local governments are organized all over the world to raise awareness on the issue. The word that this year distinguishes the event in Italy is "strike". Strike because it is a protest with a very deep and incisive political and social value.
This is because it is not enough just to discuss and debate on the subject of femicide (the killing of women for reasons of gender, that is because women), or send alarm messages. In the first 6 months of this year alone, 81 women were killed in Italy, while at least 1 in 3 women (31,9%, according to Istat), between the ages of 16 and 70, suffered some form of violence. They are equivalent to 6 million and 743 thousand women.
Faced with these figures, the national strike of today wants to invite women “a stop for 24 hours from everything they do "and, once again and even more, reiterate that they do not want and must no longer be discriminated against at work, must not be discriminated against at work, do not want to be discriminated against in society, nor in the family.
Events will also be organized in Naples. First of all, today 25 November, in the Sala dei Baroni of the Maschio Angioino the meeting is taking place "No more violence against women", A debate between local women's associations, trade unions, the Local Health Authority, the Federico II University, the departments for social policies, education, young people, the council of elected representatives, the Municipal and Municipal Councilors and individual women on the synergy between anti-violence policies and practices that must be concretely applied to give them an effective follow-up.
We also remember that the Municipality of Naples has long ago created three anti-subsidy doorsto and listening centers in the ten municipalities in the city.
Concerning theatrical performances, al San Carlo this evening a great woman will be remembered: Franca Rame. With a show directed by Laura Angiulli and carried out by the actresses Licia Maglietta and Rosaria de Cicco, the monologue that Franca Rame she thought in the seventies following the rape she suffered by some neo-fascist exponents. It will be the "the" to begin a reflection on the condition of women in the South and in Campania.
A situation in which, as recalled by the councilor for Welfare of the municipality of Naples Roberta Gaeta, "women are not only victims of husbands, companions and fathers but also victims of a culture which still struggles to give it a space despite the weight that women actually have in everyday life ”.
Finally, we remember that the 24 November took place, at the Pio Monte della Misericordia, the show Captivi, a piéce conceived to raise awareness of the theme of violence, torture and slavery.
