Measures to Combat Gender Violence

"Measures to Combat Gender Violence" was the theme of a training course held at the anti-violence center Noi Voci di Donne which promoted the initiative. The course was promoted as part of a project funded by the Department of Justice Affairs. During the presentation meeting, the discussion was not only about the sadly increasingly widespread phenomenon of gender violence, but also and above all about the importance of prevention, through a cultural challenge that must start from training. The intervention of Francesco Chiaromonte, supervising judge at the Court of Naples, was incisive, highlighting the importance of a path for the abusers, not only outside the prison but, indeed, starting within the four walls of the penitentiary institution. A discourse echoed by Giuseppe Zullo, judge of the Court of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, who emphasized the need for a cultural challenge, as gender violence has its roots in culture. And how to win this challenge, if not through training and education? And it was precisely about training that Raffaello Falcone, deputy prosecutor at the Prosecutor's Office of Naples, spoke. For Falcone, the training of operators who face, on a daily basis, situations where gender violence is the protagonist of difficult stories, is fundamental. Therefore, providing the right tools to welcome them becomes of considerable importance. His intervention, in fact, leveraged the need to establish new CAMs in Campania, of which the Anti-Violence Center Noi Voci di Donne is one of the few representatives. Prevention, therefore, remains the only answer to the phenomenon of gender violence. As underlined by Mario Grassia, chief of the State Police, the police commissioner's warning remains one of the most efficient preventive tools, as is the "Zeus Caserta" protocol - presented last February 14th - born from the collaboration between the CAM Noi Voci di Donne and the Police Headquarters of the Capital, aiming at a treatment path for the warned subjects, so that they can become aware of their conduct and thus embark on an educational and rehabilitative recovery, effectively avoiding prison. "The final goal of the course," said Pina Farina, president of the Association Noi Voci di Donne and tutor of the project, "is to create a permanent coordination network capable of activating interventions to support women victims of violence."