thirty years of activity against violence against women. From Friday 18 June at Villa Ombrosa the exhibition that traces the activities, projects, welcoming, help and support actions of the women's home against violence

Modena, thirty years of help, welcome and support for women who have suffered violence, but also of actions in favor of cultural change and stories of women of different generations and backgrounds who have made a journey together. They are all contained in the exhibition that the House of Women Against Violence has set up at Villa Ombrosa (in Strada Vaciglio Nord, 6) to tell a journey full of hundreds of initiatives, events, actions, transformations and struggles through a rich repertoire of photos, graphics, videos and audio recordings.

The exhibition was inaugurated today, Friday 18 June, by the president of the House of Women against Violence Rosanna Bartolini together with the mayor of Modena Gian Carlo Muzzarelli, the councilor for Equal opportunities Grazia Baracchi and the councilor for Social Policies Roberta Pinelli. Also present at the inauguration were Alfonsina Rinaldi, mayor of Modena in 1991, when she opened the anti-violence centre; Vittorina Maestroni, representing all the associations of the Women's House of Villa Ombrosa; Paolo Cavicchioli, president of the Modena Foundation which supported the initiative.

The “30 years against violence” exhibition will be open to visitors until July 18, from Friday to Sunday, from 10am to 19pm, with free admission.

As Bartolini explains, the exhibition “30 years against violence” was born with the idea of ​​recounting three decades of activities born from the Anti-violence Center “but which then went beyond. We want to show how many things a group of women could do who was able to remain faithful to the values ​​of feminism, implementing practical actions against violence in all its forms, and managing to regenerate themselves through an intergenerational passage, in a sort of feminist relay which united women of all ages, social classes and political positions who were able to stay together to fight against a destiny that united them and which still unites them today".

“This is an important moment – ​​comments Grazia Baracchi – to give public evidence to what the Women's House Against Violence has done in all these years for the entire city and not just for women. A commitment that is remembered only on November 25th but which, in reality, is constant every day of the year thanks to the volunteers and those who work professionally to be close to women". The councilor continued by inviting all the people of Modena to visit the exhibition and learn about the House of Women Against Violence, "because violence is not a problem for women but for everyone and we will only be able to find a solution when there is awareness not only of women but also of men."

The exhibition is divided into four visual itineraries that correspond to the four historical projects of the association: the Anti-violence Centre, home of the Semira Adamu migrant women, Beyond the road, against exploitation, which is aimed at women involved in spite of themselves in the prostitution racket and victims of trafficking and which has recently broadened its objectives to also address women who are victims of work exploitation, and Rielaborando which supports women on their way out of violence by accompanying them in their entry or re-entry into work.