Pope Francis on Monday denounced violence against women, speaking as Italy is in the midst of national soul-searching about how to shed an entrenched culture of male chauvinism that often has led to femicide.
There can be no room for silence in fighting violence against women, said Treviso bishop Michele Tomasi at the funeral of Vanessa Ballan, the 26-year-old pregnant woman who was stabbed to death outside her home in the province of Treviso town of Altivole o. (ANSA)
Italy's prestigious Treccani Encyclopaedia has chosen 'femicide' as its word of the year amid a wave of deadly gender violence recently highlighted by the murder by her ex boyfriend of 22-year-old Veneto student Giulia Cecchettin. (ANSA)
MILAN (AP) An Italian prosecutor on Wednesday acknowledged that authorities may have underestimated a stalking threat to a 26-year-old pregnant woman when they failed to take action against a former lover now suspected of stabbing her to death in her home. Prosecutor Marco Martani told reporters that the victim, Vanessa Ballan, had filed an […]