Vienna Gets Memorial Against Femicide

Lifestyle & TravelCulture ♦ Published: March 29, 2023; 17:22 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Ni-Una-Menos Square at the Alsergrund in Vienna 1090 becomes a central memorial place against femicide in Vienna. On the initiative of the International Women's Movement in South America, the square will be a call for a common struggle against femicide and violence against women.

Vienna will rename a site, which is a call for a common fight against femicide and violence against women. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons; Ogre, CC BY 3.0

In recent years, there has been increased attention to murders of women in Austria. Women in Austria are particularly at risk of being murdered by their (ex)partners and male acquaintances or relatives in an EU comparison.

"In 2021 and 2022 alone, 59 women were murdered - 319 women within 11 years. This is the bitter balance of femicides in Austria, there were a disproportionate…