On Thursday, Premier Giorgia Meloni announced that the names of 104 women murdered in Italy over the last year will be projected onto facade of Palazzo Chigi, the Rome palace that is home to the premier’s office, to highlight the need to stop femicides.
“As a woman, and as the first woman premier (of Italy), I cannot fail to feel committed to the fight against femicides,” she said.
“And, as a woman, mother and daughter, I cannot fail to give a thought to all those women who have lost their lives over the last year.”
Italy has seen an alarming spate of murders in which women have been the victims. In most cases they were killed by their partners or their exes.
The Italian Senate on Thursday unanimously approved the creation of a parliamentary commission of inquiry into femicide and all forms of gender violence.
The creation of the commission was approved with 139 votes in favour, and none against, and it will be able to get down to work once its creation has also been approved by the Lower House.
Senate Speaker Ignazio la Russa said Thursday that femicide was “essentially a question about men.”
