
Alessio Boni
I have been fighting inequality all my life, violence against women is so widespread because it has deep roots in our society. It is not just an emergency. And only together can we work to stop it. It starts with small things, from small daily actions: do not laugh at a sexist joke if you receive intimate photos or videos of people you know, do not share them again and report it immediately; if you recognise abusive behaviour - even verbal - in a friend or colleague, do something to make them understand that they are wrong. This is only the beginning, but let's start together. I wrote this in a Facebook post inviting my followers to join me in @weworld.onlus' #UnRossoallaViolenza campaign.
With Barbara De Rossi, I was a guest at Women for Women against Violence for the presentation of the information and awareness-raising campaign of the Salvamamme Association: ‘Valigia di Salvataggio. Per non tornare indietro' written and directed by Valerio Santoro. This campaign is aimed at women fleeing domestic violence. Very often women run away without taking anything with them, if not their children. The suitcase project, thanks to the collaboration with the Police and the Carabinieri, is an immediate and concrete intervention to let women face the emergency of running away in the days after leaving home. The suitcases, and suitcases for the youngest children, are made up according to the season and the specific needs of women victims of violence and their children. In addition to clothing and personal hygiene items, the blue trolleys marked with pink hearts contain a handbook of useful phone numbers, a sim card with a mobile phone, a pass for the access to a hotel or a safe place for the first few days, psychological assistance, legal information and support in essential transfers. For my commitment to gender equality against "violence against women" in 2023, I received the ‘Camomilla Award’ in Milan.
Among the many awareness-raising initiatives I have participated in, the most recent was for the International Day Against Violence Against Women in November 2024, when I performed ‘Uomini si diventa - Nella mente di un femminicida’ (Men Become - In the Feminicide Mind), a project organised by the Teatro Carcano, a journey into the mind of the perpetrator to analyse the cultural heritage that feeds gender violence. The show featured musical accompanist Omar Pedrini and on-stage readings of the writings of eight male authors, such as Pino Corrias, Marcello Fois, Daniele Mencarelli and Maurizio De Giovanni.
