International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: One Femicide Every 3 Days. Awareness Video Campaign by La Milano

On the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, celebrated on November 25, La Milano launches an awareness video message in which only some of the news stories that we report every day appear, the news of violence and abuse towards women are unfortunately many, too many, we have included only a few facts, in the awareness video campaign we remembered and honored the women, girls and young girls who have lost their lives, brutally, in the last 12 months, killed by the same tormentors who most of the time said they loved them.

Since January 2024 alone, there has been a femicide every 3 days, as many as 99 this year, according to the 37,4th Eures Report which highlights how the victims are mostly (65%) over XNUMX, mostly murdered by their spouse or children.
The number of Italian women killed fell by 21,1% compared to last year, with a quarter of the total victims being foreigners (from 17 to 24), an increase of 41,2% between 2023 and 2024. However, Eures also reports that the increase in foreign women killed corresponds to a sharp decrease in the number of non-Italian perpetrators of femicide (from 23 to 16, a decrease of 30,4%), while the number of Italian male murderers remains stable (83 in the first eleven months of 2023 and 2024).

La violence against women is a dramatically current issue, at the centre of the news that daily reports of abuse, violence and murders of wives, mothers, girlfriends, daughters and sisters, killed within their homes or on the street or in front of their children.

It is important to act immediately, to catch the very first signs, It is also active 24 hours a day, 24 days a week, the number anti-violence and anti-stalking 1522, available to all women who experience dangerous and harassing situations and need help or simply someone to listen to them.

Istat data for the first six months of 2024 show a substantial increase in users using the service (+83.5% in the first quarter and +57.4% in the second quarter compared to the previous year).
Knowing how to recognize the signs and above all asking for help is the first step to take back control of your life and return to being free, to give hope to the girls of today, the adults of tomorrow.
It is also essential educate the younger ones to respect, to be aware, to be conscious in accepting a refusal, It is essential to educate children today to have men who know how to deal with healthy emotional and sentimental relationships tomorrow.
Understanding and making others understand that violence, possession, bullying, lack of freedom, lack of autonomy and independence, well… this is not love.
Love is not violence, love is freedom. Love does not possess, love is loving, love is accepting the will of others, whatever it may be.
Love doesn't kill. This is not love.