"Violence against women is a failure of our society as a whole, which has failed, in the path of liberation undertaken by women in the last century, to accept a fully equal concept of couple relations". Thus the President Sergio Mattarella on the International Day aimed at raising awareness on a phenomenon that, unfortunately, knows no end: only in 2021 in Italy there were 108 femicides since the beginning of the year and 88 women were killed by their partner.
This violence "originates from a distorted vision of the relationship between man and woman - continues Mattarella - which sees the second as an object and in any case as a subject not worthy of full respect. It is in the idea of inferiority that pervades, still too often , the approach to the female question, in which the roots of all forms of violence are found ".
"A unanimous effort of all the institutions is needed to fight this social cancer at its root - the words of the President of the Sardinia Region Christian Solinas - guaranteeing a support network that indicates and guarantees the victims the path to free themselves from all kinds of violence and oppression, starting from listening.
"The Sardinian Region - continues Solinas - is committed in the area with support for anti-violence centers, to guarantee women victims of violence that moment of welcome and listening which is the prerequisite for a path of liberation from situations of violence of all kinds, inside and outside the home ". "In the year in which we celebrate Grazia Deledda, the luminous emblem of the Sardinian woman - the conclusion - we want to multiply our commitment to combat all forms of violence against women, aware that much still remains to be done".
On the part of Monsignor Giuseppe Baturi, bishop of Cagliari, “a thought to the victims and orphans of femicide, but also to women who do not find the courage to denounce their tragedy, freeing themselves from violence. I am also thinking of young people, for whom a great educational commitment is urgent so that the discovery of love is purified from every violent instinct and is increasingly fulfilled as respect for the other and for his freedom and desire to serve his good ".
