Que s’est-il passé?
In the last few days Italy has been shocked by 2 new cases of femicide. Both victims were 22 year old university students, Sara Campanella and Ilaria Sula, murdered by men unable to accept rejection in love. Firstly on the 30th of March Sara Campanella was stabbed and killed in the street in Messina by a 27 year old man. Then, on the 2th of April,near Rome, the body of Ilaria Sula was found in a suitcase, the 22 year student had been missing since the 25th of March as the family denounced. The killer was the girl’s ex-partner who has already confessed the murder to the public institutions.
La problématique sociale des violences basées sur le genre
The recent murders of Sara Campanella and Ilaria Sula are not isolated cases, but part of an ongoing social issue in Italy: gender based violence and femicide. In 2024, a total of 321 homicides have been committed across the country . Of these, 113 were women and 61 of them were killed by current or former partners unable to accept the end of the relationship. In addition, 31 of the total are within the family’s environment. These tragic numbers highlight a crisis where love is declined into compulsive possession and a rejection may lead to these dreadful consequences.
La nécessité de la prévention
ASSEDEL condamne ces deux actes tragiques et exprime ses sincères condoléances aux familles des victimes. Toutefois, nous estimons qu’il est essentiel de réfléchir sur le thème des politiques de prévention.
Bien que le Parlement italien ait récemment adopté une loi introduisant officiellement le crime de féminicide dans le Code pénal national ASSEDEL soutient que l’approche exclusivement répressive du gouvernement italien n’est pas suffisante pour traiter et résoudre efficacement un problème social aussi crucial que les violences basées sur le genre et les féminicides. Étant donné l’importance croissante de ce sujet ces dernières années, le gouvernement devrait mettre en œuvre une nouvelle stratégie préventive capable d’entraîner un changement radical au sein de la société italienne et de sa culture patriarcale. L’un des domaines clés d’intervention est le système éducatif. En effet, ASSEDEL supports the recent Italian bill, proposed through the initiative of 50,000 civil society signatures, aimed to introduce 33 mandatory hours per year of Emotional Education in the Italian schools. This reform would help young generations to learn how to understand and handle our own emotions and those of others
En conclusion ASSEDEL appelle à une action immédiate pour combler les lacunes des politiques italiennes de prévention, afin de lutter contre les violences basées sur le genre et prévenir de futurs féminicides.