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Two Years After Giulia’s Killing, Gino Cecchettin Urges Affective Education in Parliamentary Testimony

He describes gender violence as cultural, making school-based prevention the first line of justice.

Overview

  • Appearing before Italy’s parliamentary commission on femicide, Cecchettin pressed lawmakers to prioritize relationship and consent education in schools.
  • The father founded the Giulia Cecchettin Foundation to convert personal loss into prevention work focused on changing harmful norms.
  • He rejected calls for tougher penalties, arguing that criminal justice intervenes after harm and that prevention must come first.
  • He defined affective education as teaching self-knowledge, emotional management, boundaries, consent, and respect, stressing it is a protection rather than an ideology.
  • Warning that silence in classrooms leaves youths to social media and toxic role models, he urged institutions to equip students to recognize violence early.