Promoting the economic independence
of women is central to curbing the scourge of femicide since
they are not free to report the perpetrators of gender-based
violence unless they are also free to meet their own basic
needs, said the First President of the Supreme Court of
Cassation Margherita Cassano on Thursday at the inauguration of
the Judicial Year.
"There is no doubt that a strong commitment on the part of the
judicial police and the judiciary is not enough, and that it
must be preceded by a strong cultural and social awareness and
prevention effort and by broad action involving not only the
family and school but the entire community," said Cassano.
This action, she added, "must be able to influence the general
causes of this dramatic involution of interpersonal relations,
in which the idea of possession and dominance over women and the
repudiation of gender equality tragically prevail over the
emotional dimension".
"It is also necessary to promote women's economic independence,
as there can be no freedom to make a complaint without freedom
from basic needs," said Cassano.
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