VIENNA, Jan 18 — Painted in blood red on an improvised memorial in Vienna, the number 31 is a stark reminder of a grim toll: the women killed by men in Austria last year.
“It’s a really dramatic situation... It’s incomprehensible,” Maria Roesslhumer, executive director of a network of women’s shelters, told AFP. However, activist Ana Badhofer still decries a “lack of outrage” over femicide, saying her group instigated the memorial at a Vienna market out of frustration.It was a particularly shocking case last March that forced the issue to the forefront.
From France to Mexico, South Africa to Turkey, campaigners have sounded the alarm about femicide and violence against women, often through massive rallies. Roesslhumer pointed to a “tangible societal disrespect and disdain of women” which needed to be tackled.During the decade in which she was stuck in an abusive marriage, she frequently felt isolated, she told AFP.
She noted the Austrian gender pay gap — just under 20 per cent in 2019, according to Eurostat — is among the widest in the EU.“You become a refugee in your own country,” she added.
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