Femicide, in Macerata a man kills his ex -wife on the street and says: “I did what I had to”

Another femicide. We are more than 40 from the beginning of the year, second The data of the National Observatory of “Not one of less”.

Yesterday, Saturday 14 June, a 45 -year -old woman who was walking to go to work was killed by the ex -husband with stab wounds, in the street, in front of other people. The witnesses said that the man would then sit on a bench waiting for the police and that he would say: “I did what I had to”. The woman was the mother of two children, of age, for whom social services for psychological support were activated.

According to some witnesses, the 45 -year -old’s ex -husband continued to kick her even when the woman was lifeless on the ground. There were no complaints for the killer and the personal affair of the victim of femicide It was not known to the police.

Another femicide: here are the numbers. Anguish

The data are distressing: from the beginning of the year until the beginning of June are 40 The feminicides occurred (in 2024 there were 115). 4 suicides of women were then reported, a suicide of a trans boy, a suicide of a non -binary person and 2 cases are being investigated. It is – according to the National Femicides, Lesbicides, Trans*Cidi – of deaths induced by gender and heterocispatriarchal. Also, there are at least others 29 attempted femicides reported in the online chronicles of national and local media and at least a figlicideof a boy killed by his father to defend himself from his father’s violence towards his mother.

But what remains after a femicide? What remains. For Giulia, for all It is the title of podcast made by the journalist of Vanity FairAlessia Arcolaci on the topic. “The pain remains, broken families remain, dreams that can no longer be realized – writes Arcolaci -. But as Gino Cecchettin told us, in the first episode of the Podcast, It also remains an important legacy, which can be transformed into commitment and awareness. This is what Giulia Cecchettin killed us when she was 22 years old from her ex -boyfriend. Like her, all the others, too many, victims of femicide. In Italy, one every three days». In each episode, those who have remained to give voice to this precious legacy is asked. In order not to stop talking about it and to stop being killed.

In the meantime, the DDL on femicide – which is under discussion to the Senate Justice Commission – arrivals in the classroom on July 8th To be discussed. But many associations have denounced the suspension of the auditions of the Justice Commission as part of the examination of the bill on femicide. Who has been working for years – in anti -violence centers and associations – on male violence against women in short it was excluded from the comparison. Actonaid has denounced the list of auditions carried out so far, made up almost exclusively of representatives of the criminal sector. As if it were more important to punish than prevent.

“The latest feminicides (more than 6 women killed in the last 7 days)”, writes Actonaid, “confirm that the fight against violence against women is not answered in the continuous tightening of penalties. The number of feminicides recorded by the Ministry of the Interior has remained almost stable in the last five years. The introduction of a new case of crime, therefore, is neither a measure nor sufficient or decisive And on the contrary, he risks reducing himself to a merely symbolic action. A paradigm change is essential that supports the repressive dimension one medium and long term primary prevention strategywhich intervenes on the cultural causes of male violence against women in all areas of public and private life, none excluded ».