Something is Rotten in the State of Europe: Femicide in the EU

The Italian government contextualised femicide as a violent expression of misogyny. This echoes the common acknowledgement amongst international organisations, including UN Women, that femicide is a fatal consequence of gendered discrimination. Despite this understanding actions to enact systematic change, beyond superficial promises of educational reform, have not been taken.

Europe, Advocacy & Policy, LGBTQ+, Violence Against Women, Economy, more top storiesKaly De Oliveira Cerqueira31 May 2024Kaly De Oliveira Cerqueira, more top storiesComment

Motherhood and Feminism in Giorgia Meloni's Italy

In Meloni’s Italy, to be a woman is to be a mother, and the duty of motherhood is ensuring the continuation of a Christian, Italian nationhood through future generations. Immigrant or LGBTQ+ families are not part of this political imagination. They are instead treated as ideological threats to this unified identity.