Posters of world women leaders to raise awareness on domestic violence

Italian pop artist and activist, Alexandro Palombo, launched ‘Just because I am a Woman’ street art campaign in Milano featuring famous women politicians as victims of gender-based violence. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness on domestic violence all over the world, and urge political institutions to respond to eliminate this serious scourge. Among the battered faces of most prominent women, are German chancellor Angela Merkel, US Democratic Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, First French Lady, Brigitte Macron, First US Lady, Michelle Obama, former US secretary of state, Hilary Clinton and the president of the Indian National Congress, Sonia Gandhi. (Al Akhbar, January 16, 2020)