The Angelinis-Hadjinikou Foundation in collaboration with Cinedoc organizes an event and screening on the occasion of the International Day of Abuse of Women. On Sunday 24/11/2024 at 6pm at the George Hadjinikos Hall in Horto, South Pelion, the film-documentary Femicido by Nina-Maria Paschalidou will be screened.
According to Amnesty International’s recent awareness campaign, reports of incidents of violence against women and girls have increased significantly around the world. The documentary follows Laura’s gaze and their families in their efforts to raise awareness and sensitization against a phenomenon that is still on the rise and knows no borders.
A parallel event with a book exhibition and a photography exhibition by amateur photographers Vaso Lepida, Georgia Maraidonis and Maria Feggerou on the subject of women and female abuse.
There will be an information and discussion by lawyer Erastia Kalafati, psychologist Nana Vardoglou and the counsellor of the shelter for women victims of violence of the Municipality of Volos, Theodora Pessiani.
Entrance: 5€
Duration of screening: 66′ (subtitled in EN)
Greece 2022
In the past year 105 women were killed in Italy by men who once loved them. This is not a specific Italian problem. Everywhere in the world violence against women is on the rise. India is number
one on a list of 10, that includes many Middle Eastern and African countries but also includes the USA. This problem is closer to home than one thinks….
In Italy these killings amount to 38% of all murders in the country! The numbers are chilling. One woman is murdered every three days. Nearly 70 percent of the women were killed by men they lived with; most of the rest were killed by former boyfriends and ex-husbands. The phenomenon has no borders and it extends from the North of Italy to the South, where the presence of the mafia reinforces these attitudes towards women, with the unwritten laws
of vendettas, which specifically afflict the women in the family. The murder of women, or girls by men and on account of their gender, is called femicide. Most cases of femicide involve ongoing abuse at home, threats or intimidation, sexual violence or situations where women have less power or fewer resources than their partner. “Femicidio” looks into femicides in Italy in the past years, and by focusing at certain cases that rocked the country and it tries to
understand the reasons behind this rising phenomenon that has its roots in an overal increasing violence against women. It also examines the Italian laws and its implementation, which in many cases has failed to protect these women from the fatal attacks. and explore the connection between the rise of nationalism in Italy and the rise in femicides.
