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janterry

(4,429 posts) Tue Nov 23, 2021, 08:37 AM Nov 2021

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Italy lights up Colosseum in red to remember women killed by men

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-lights-up-colosseum-in-red-to-remember-women-killed-by-men.html

Deputy culture minister Lucia Borgonzoni said that "symbolic signs" were required alongside practical measures "to try to stem a scourge such as violence against women" which, in Italy alone, counts one femicide every three days.

This is why, she said, "we have chosen our most famous monument in the world, a symbol of the beauty and history of our country, and we will illuminate it in red, as well as the Pyramid, projecting the names of the victims."