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The virtual inauguration with deputy mayor Scavuzzo on Tuesday. Two online meetings to discuss secondary victimisation, stereotypes and languages

Milan, 23 November 2020 - On the occasion of 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a red bench will be inaugurated virtually tomorrow, Tuesday 24 November, at the Fabbrica del Vapore.

On each bench painted red there is the emergency number 1522, a public service promoted by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Department for Equal Opportunities, active 24 hours a day in support of victims of violence to whom, according to Istat data, during during the confinement last spring, 24% more contacts arrived compared to the same period in 73.

It will be possible to follow the event online, at 12 pm, live on the page Acea OdV Facebook. The inauguration will be attended by the deputy mayor Anna Scavuzzo, the President of the Equal Opportunities Commission Diana De Marchi, the vice-president of Municipality 8 Giulia Pelucchi, the President of TheArtLand APS Laura Tanzi, Riccardo Olivier representing Vapore ATS, the coordinator of the Amalità di Libere project APS synergies Martina Sironi and Michele Papagna, President of Acea OdV.

Also tomorrow, November 24th, from 18pm to 19pm, it will be possible to follow the debate “Women with attributes? Stereotypes and languages ​​that kill" in which the President of the Equal Opportunities Commission Diana De Marchi, the Deputy President of the Court of Milan Fabio Roia, the journalist of the Corriere della Sera participate, moderated by Elisa Greco, author of the format "The ring of ideas", Maria Luisa Agnese, the matrimonial lawyer Laura Cossar, the criminologist responsible for the Territorial Criminological Unit of the Municipality of Milan Paolo Giulini, the Mediaset journalist Sabrina Scampini and Andrée Ruth Shammah, director and artistic director of the Franco Parenti Theatre.

Finally, starting tomorrow, the House of Abused Women of Milan (Cadmi), which through the guide "Double violence - Violence against women, institutions and secondary victimization” has drawn attention to a problem that is too often overlooked, that of institutional violence, and will make it available on its website (www.cadmi.org/ladoppiaviolenza) the meetings/interviews between the President of Cadmi Manuela Ulivi and the First Director of the State Police Alessandra Simone, between the vice-president of Cadmi Francesca Garisto and the magistrate Fabio Roia and between the general coordinator of Cadmi Cristina Carelli and Caterina Arcidiacono of the Protocol Committee of Naples and university professor.

Double violence - Violence against women, institutions and secondary victimization