Violence against women, a phenomenon that occurs above all within the home

International day against violence against women: a sad phenomenon that continues to bloody our country. One hundred and four women have been killed since the beginning of the year Italy, until November 20th. From Guglielmina, suffocated by her husband on January 6, to her Vera, stabbed to death by her ex only four days ago. Center four out of a total of 273 homicides committed in Italy, a country where people die above all within the home. I'm 88 i femicides occurred in the emotional or family environment. Of these, 52 saw their partner or ex-husband or partner as the perpetrator. The numbers are those released by the Interior Ministry.

Violence, a phenomenon that takes place within the home

Of these 104 victims, 35 were over 64, most of them, according to EURES data. There were 109 deaths in the same period last year. A slight drop that does not change the facts: women continue to be killed in the buildings of Rome or burned inside cars in the provinces. In the last week alone, November 14-20, there were ten murders in Italy. Seven victims were women, two were killed by their partner or ex. Most of them were killed with knives, at least 37 out of 104. Another 23 with firearms.

And then there are the feminicides with bare hands; 24 women were killed in this way while eight died from beatings. The last three modes are up from last year. According to Istat data, in 2021 there were 139 victims killed in a couple or family relationship: 39 men and 100 women. Of these, 58,8% are always the victim of a partner or an ex. Worldwide, according to the UN, every hour more than five women and girls died in their families. This corresponds to a femicide every twelve minutes.

Alarming numbers

A problem that does not only concern Italy: 45 victims worldwide lost their lives at the hands of husbands, boyfriends or other relatives, as reported by the Guardian. "Alarming" numbers even if the figure could be even higher. At least four out of ten deaths in 2021 were not counted in femicides due to insufficient data. Although even in Italy deaths occur mainly within the family, in Central Italy more than one in four victims was killed in the context of common crime, as reported by Eures.