Giorgia Meloni blames illegal immigrants for femicides days after protests in Rome

ROME - After thousands marched the streets of Rome this weekend in protest of the incessant violence against women, Giorgia Meloni has blamed illegal migrants for femicides.

 Meloni, in an exclusive interview for Donna Moderna conducted by Maria Elena Viola, agreed with Minister Valditara’s blame of femicides on immigrants. “Now I will be called a racist,” she began, “but there is a greater larger problem, unfortunately, in cases of sexual violence, by immigrants, especially illegally. Because, clearly, when you have nothing, a decline occurs that can lead anywhere.

 “We must guarantee the presence of the police, guarantee that there are crimes,” Meloni continues further in the interview, “guarantee that when someone commits a crime, they pay for that crime, which is another issue of combating mass illegal immigration that has an impact and is one of the issues which the government spends the most time on.”

 Meloni’s interview comes on the tail of the annual Non una di Meno march, which was held this weekend in anticipation for International Elimination of Violence Against Women Day on November 25.  

 The protest began in Piazza Ostiense and ended in Piazza Vittorio Emmanuel II. The women in the front of the march held a black and white sign with the powerful words, “Let’s disarm the Patriarchy” written on it.

 Those who marched were commanding and held signs that read, “If the Patriarchy doesn’t exists, why do we continue to die?”, “We don’t want to be brave but listened to, believed, and supported”, and “Rapists were invented before mini skirts.”

 Carlotta, an activist of Non una di Meno spoke out against the scandal surrounding Minister Valdiatra, “Minister Valditara’s words confirm the urgency of taking to the streets. Patriarchy exists, it is not an ideology, and institutional racism is not the answer. The murderer, the violent person, the abuser are children of our society and almost always have the keys to the house”

 In addition to the march that snaked from Ostiense to Piazza Venezia, there were multiple protests throughout that were associated with violence against women in different cultures. There were young women dressed in hoods and balaclavas that were decorated with gemstones, in reference to the Iranian student Ahoo Daryaei. In November, Daryaei walked around her university campus in solely her undergarments to protest the strict dress code of Iran. The women involved in this portion of the protest took off their tops and screamed the words, “We are the loud and fierce cry of all those women who no longer have a voice.”

 On the FAO Headquarters on Viale Aventino, activists organized a protest for Palestinian women. During the protest the words, “We wave the keys as a symbol of self-defense and revolt. Against war, oppression and racism. There is no resistance without liberation from patriarchy. And we know which side to be on free Palestine, from the river to the sea,” were chanted in a microphone.

 The actress and director of the box-office hit, Ce Ancora Domani, was also at the protest as part of the group “Una Nessuna Centiomila.” She reiterated the slogan of the group to Il Messaggero, “If you don’t want it, I can’t,” which furthers the point that the fight against gender violence concerns men just as much as women.

 

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