The Regional Council building, in via Roma in Cagliari, will light up red on the occasion of the Day against Violence against Women and on the website page and on the social pages, as a sign of participation and solidarity, a red band will appear with the words " # 25 November, the Regional Council of Sardinia against violence against women ".
These are the initiatives desired by the president of the Sardinian Assembly, Michele Pais, for 25 November, requested by the Commission for equal opportunities.
"Whoever uses violence against a woman rapes the whole of society. The Regional Council - confirms Pais - reiterates its closeness to all women forced to suffer physical or psychological violence".
2021 was another difficult year on the gender-based violence front. In Italy there have been 108 femicides since the beginning of the year and 88 women were killed by their partner. Unfortunately, Sardinia is no exception: the deaths of Angelica di Quartucciu or the serious cases of violence recorded in Sennori, Tortolì and Cagliari, the increase in complaints arriving from all over the island by women forced to suffer physical or psychological violence, often within an emotional relationship, they make it clear that it is necessary to promote new actions to stem this phenomenon and above all to focus on prevention.
Pais recalls that Sardinia was the first Italian region to provide for the income of liberty, an economic contribution aimed at supporting women victims of violence.
"A state-of-the-art law - he stresses - which is giving considerable help to women in difficult situations. But we must work tirelessly to remove the labor disparities and cultural limitations of our society".
THE DATA - In terms of violence against women, according to the report published by the Interior Ministry and released today on the eve of the national awareness day, the island nevertheless holds a sad record: from January 1st to October 31st there was in fact a significant increase in cases of revenge porn, with an incidence compared to the population that on the island, together with Molise and Sicily, is highest in Italy.
The victims of revenge porn in Italy are 1,099 this year, 45% more than the 759 of last year. The crime was introduced by the law on the Red Code in 2019, and in 27 months of application, 2,329 crimes were reported in total, the victims were in 73% of cases women, Italians (87%), adults (82%).
In the first ten months of the year, crimes involving deformation of the appearance of the person with permanent facial injuries also increased sharply (+ 35%, from 46 to 62). In total, 143 crimes of this type have been committed since the law came into force. Female victims are 22%, while the perpetrators are male in 92% of cases.
Violations of the expulsion measures from the family home and the prohibitions on approaching places frequented by the injured party also increased by 10% from 1 January to 31 October 2021 (from 1,584 to 1,740). Since the entry into force of the Red Code there have been 4,234 cases throughout Italy.
(Unioneonline / vl)