Pink boxes: photo booths become a refuge for women in Italy

Apr 25, 2024 745

BY: Kevin Fraser Park

Italy is transforming photo booths into a refuge for women where they can call for help. They will be scattered throughout the cities, in the most difficult areas, and it will be enough to push the button on the Pink Box to connect with the 1522 call centre, the violence and stalking help line that received 54 thousand calls in the last quarter of 2023 alone. A free, multilingual, 24-hour public service.

50 booths located throughout Italy, from North to South, will be equipped with a device that will enable women threatened by any form of violence, physical and psychological, to use the booths themselves as first contact points with the violence and stalking help line, simply by pressing a button.

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SOURCE: https://euroweeklynews.com

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