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On November 25 and 26, the university is participating in the United Nations ‘Orange the World’ campaign and organizing two events dedicated to economic violence and patriarchal culture

Violence against women is not a passing emergency, but a structural phenomenon: according to Istat data, one in three women in Italy has suffered some form of physical or sexual violence in her lifetime, and almost one in two has experienced economic or psychological violence. These numbers reveal a deep-rooted inequality that today manifests itself in new forms—digital, economic, symbolic—and requires collective and continuous commitment to combat it.

It is with this in mind that Bocconi is once again participating in the United Nations campaign “Orange the World – UNiTE to End Violence Against Women,” promoted by UN Women and coordinated in Italy by the UN Women Italy committee. On November 25, the university buildings will be lit up in orange, the color symbolizing a future free from violence and the hope that knowledge and awareness will help build it.

"Combating violence against women - in all its forms, including economic and digital - means acting on the cultural roots of gender inequality. The university has a duty to shape consciences as well as skills: knowledge is the basis of freedom," says Paola Profeta, Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Sustainability.

Two days of meetings and discussion will also enliven the campus, focusing on research, culture, and discussion as tools for emancipation.

Economic violence: when control passes through the wallet

On the evening of November 25, at 6:30 p.m. in the Aula Magna Röntgen, the SDA Bocconi School of Management, in partnership with Pomellato, will host the event “Il prezzo della libertà: come si manifesta la violenza economica contro le donne” (The price of freedom: how economic violence against women manifests itself).

The research, curated by Paola Cillo, Chiara Piancatelli, and Paola Profeta, analyzes how economic dependence can turn into a form of abuse, often invisible but pervasive. After greetings from Stefano Caselli and Sabina Belli, CEO of Pomellato, Manuela Ulivi (president of CADMI) and actress Chiara Francini will participate in a discussion that intertwines data, testimonials, and narratives.

Patriarchy and the mafia: two cultures of domination

On November 26, at 6:15 p.m. in aula Notari, the Bocconi School of Law will host the meeting “Mai più cosa vostra. Delle subculture patriarcale e mafiosa” (Never again yours. On patriarchal and mafia subcultures), with Ilaria Ramoni, lawyer and consultant to the Parliamentary Anti-Mafia Commission, and Fabio Roia, president of the Court of Milan.

The meeting, introduced by Paola Profeta and curated by Eleonora Montani and Graziella Romeo, will compare two systems of power that feed on the same logic of control and possession.

A commitment that goes beyond the annual campaign 

Lighting up the campus, producing research, opening spaces for discussion: Bocconi is turning November 25 into an opportunity to reaffirm a simple but urgent principle. Violence against women is not a “gender” issue, but a matter that concerns the quality of democracy, individual freedom, and collective progress.

 

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