"If Not Now When", Francesco Totti signed an appeal against violence on women

Francesco Totti is opposed to violence against women . The Roma captain has signed the petition launched by " If Not Now When "after yet another murder of a woman. The appeal asks the Government and civil society to mobilize and put in place practical measures to stop violence against women in Italy - 56 women have died since the beginning year for this reason - and the media to start calling these episodes with the only name they deserve, "femicide."

" Only in this way - the promoters argue - we can avoid that the stories of victims getting lost, confused pages of the crime " . The appeal has been cross accessions from the world of politics, from entertainment, trade unions, sport and civil society. On the Facebook page if not now, when there were more than 60 000 " link at the appeal, while the Network's website has registered 96 000 unique hits since the beginning of the campaign, a figure that is close to record days prior to February 13, 2011, when the group took to the streets more than a million people across Italy to demand respect and dignity for women