Day against violence against women , the events . " 24-hour national strike "Throughout Italy shows, debates and meetings to commemorate the 25th November. Among the actions planned , one stop from performing any work to say "enough to all forms of abuse and oppression ." Europauditorium of Bologna, Lella Costa brings to the stage the play " Wounds to death " that will be represented on the same day , the UN also by Serena Dandini , and an international castStefania Prandi | November 24, 2013Comments (0)Day against violence against women , the events . " 24-hour national strike "
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There are many events planned for November 25 , International Day Against Violence Against Women . A symbolic date , in memory of the assassination took place in 1960 , in the Dominican Republic , of the three Mirabal sisters , tortured and strangled by their opposition to the thirty-year dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. To reiterate the importance of civil and political life of this event is not enough to count feminicide - that of killings of women for reasons related to gender identity ( as women killed ) - debate on growth or decline of the " phenomenon " issue warnings to repeat. The death of 81 women in the first 6 months of 2013 at the hands of husbands, partners , family members , acquaintances, is not that the dramatic tip of the iceberg of a widespread gender-based violence , widespread , everyday . According to Istat, Italy in women between 16 and 70 who have suffered some form of violence and 743mila 6 million , 31.9 % of the total, one out of three.
In Bologna, the exhibition " Signs of another kind "
The various activities planned for November 25 may be considered different ways to say "enough" to show dissent "against all forms of abuse and oppression ." This is the slogan of the nationwide strike called for 25 - which has also sparked some controversy - in which women are invited " to stop for 24 hours from everything they do ." Many of the accessions and initiatives available on the website scioperodelledonne.it that accompany the demonstration in Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome from 17 to 19 , with the participation of numerous associations . Also in Rome , at 18.30 , at the International Women's House will be presented the book " The Dark Side of men. Male violence against women : cultural models of intervention " ( Ediesse publishing , 20 Euros ) by the researchers Alessandra cocoons , Merelli Maria , Maria Grazia Ruggerini . A half hour earlier, in the headquarters of the province of Rome, there will be the presentation of the book "Women in the news " ( Storm publisher, € 13 ) sociologist and journalist Victoria De Matteis .
Also on Monday November 25 to 21 , Europauditorium of Bologna, Lella Costa brings to the stage the play " Wounds to death " that will be represented on the same day , the UN also by Serena Dandini , and an international cast of actors and performers between which Marina Abramovic and Amanda Palmer. In Bologna are planning several initiatives promoted by NoiNo.org , an association of men against violence. Among these , November 24 , at the library Salaborsa , " Let's face it ," a corner of direct involvement of citizens through the creation of photo - portraits with live exposure in an instant show . Until 11 December , however, at the Palazzo D'Accursio , the House of the women not to suffer violence promotes the exhibition " Signs of another kind ."
In Milan Teatro Litta , November 22 to 24 , "We are equal ! The word to women , " film festival organized by Intervita non-profit organization , which has also made a survey on the costs of violence against women in Italy , which has been calculated to 2.3 billion euro per year (17 counting the compensation in the event of a complaint ) . The Assigned Italian women jurists , November 25 will be before the court in Milan with a gazebo and distribution of informative material , complete with a practical handbook .
Since November 25th is also the day in memory of transgender and transsexual people are victims of violence - set up following the murder in 1998 of Rita Hester , American transsexual woman - of which women (though not necessarily biological) , remembers the opening of " drawers of memory, showing gender identity " to the space Energolab . On 26 November , also in Milan , Bicocca in at 10 , meeting entitled " Good practices in the field of domestic violence : the English experience of Domestic homicide reviews ." On November 28 , at 21.30 , presentation of the book " Men against women? The roots of male violence " to Scighera with the authors Daniela Cherubini and Swabian Magaraggia . In Turin, November 27 , at 21.30 , at the Murazzi student areas , Marina de Juli brings to the stage "The whole house , bed and church ", a show of Dario Fo and Franca Rame consists of monologues comic- grotesque on the Status of Women .