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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea 06 October 2019The new case of femicide in Cologno al Serio, in the province of Bergamo, is only the latest gesture of violence against women so fierce and extreme as to bring the victim to death.

Antonella Cortese, criminologist and vice-president of Aispis, after the new case, underlines: "Femicide and violence against women must be eliminated. The government is committed and continues to work to ensure that gender-based violence is no longer part of the daily news and our reality and that those who still commit these acts are punished ".

For the criminologist, "the preventive aspect is essential to reduce such incidents. We have a duty to help remove all those cultural, social, economic and legal obstacles that prevent the woman victim of violence from seeing the right to reconstruction recognized of a true and dignified life. The conception of woman object is a mental deviance that concerns many men, regardless of the degree of culture or social position ".

"This - he still notes - makes us understand how much the work of our association, the Italian Academy of Sciences of Investigative and Scientific Police, and of all those who deal with the defense of women is essential to eradicate these sick principles and start building again a healthy society based on respect for others ".

Bergamo, Bonetti: another victim of violence and inhumanity, feminicide stop
"Zinaida, another victim of an act of violence and inhumanity. We need more than ever a common effort for women living in our country. It is our duty, everyone's duty. #Stopfemminicidio". The Minister of the Family and Equal Opportunities, Elena Bonetti, writes it on Twitter.

Bergamo, Pedica: stop slaughter, need more anti-violence centers
The leader of the Democratic Party, Stefano Pedica, asks the Government to "seriously and urgently" tackle the problem of violence against women by opening and financing "the anti-violence centers, especially in the peripheral neighborhoods" emphasizing: "It is an endless slaughter and the "Measures put in place against feminicide are still not enough. Our country - says Pedica - must act as a model in the field of social policies. Too often women are often victims of abuse, violence and psychological and material retaliation. this is necessary to open and finance the anti-violence centers, above all in the peripheral districts.The Government and the Parliament must commit themselves to find a solution to finance more these centers that offer listening, legal and psychological support to restore dignity and security to all victims of violence ".