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Bocconi and six other Milanese universities have signed the protocol promoted by the Milan City Council to prevent and combat male violence against women. From raising student awareness to academic research, the commitment is to build a culture of respect starting from campuses and spreading throughout society

Ogni tre giorni, in Italia, una donna viene uccisa da un uomo che spesso conosceva e di cui si fidava. Dietro questi numeri ci sono storie di Every three days, in Italy, a woman is killed by a man she often knew and trusted. Behind these numbers are shattered lives, wounded families, and communities carrying deep scars. Male violence against women is not an occasional emergency, but a structural phenomenon that challenges society as a whole. In Milan, the response is to build a city-wide alliance uniting different forces: from institutions to healthcare, from associations to the justice system. And starting today, universities are also joining this common front.

Bocconi, together with Statale, Bicocca, Politecnico, Cattolica, IULM and Humanitas, has signed the protocol “Milan for the Prevention and Fight Against Male Violence on Women”, promoted by the Milan City Council and already endorsed by over 40 organizations. The universities’ participation marks a crucial step: bringing the fight against violence into places of education, where tomorrow’s citizens are shaped every day.

The commitments are concrete: awareness-raising initiatives for students, the opening of counseling and support services, and research activities to provide data and tools useful for public policies. Also central is the work of the Centro Interuniversitario Culture di Genere (the interuniversity center for gender cultures), which will offer opportunities for dialogue and joint projects.

“Combating violence against women necessarily requires education and cultural change,” says Paola Profeta, Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability at Bocconi. “Universities have the duty to educate aware citizens, capable of recognizing and rejecting every form of discrimination and abuse. With this signature, Bocconi reaffirms its responsibility to promote a culture of respect that begins in classrooms and spreads into society.”

This commitment does not stop at the university perimeter but aims to become part of a city-wide ecosystem capable of reacting, preventing, and, above all, transforming. Because stopping violence means, first and foremost, building a different future—one made of free and respectful relationships.

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