Protest in front of the Government on Tuesday, after the murder in Teleorman. “Every year, in Romania dozens of women are killed just because they are women”
Image from the protest organized by the FILIA Center in Piața Victoriei in Bucharest in June 2025. Inquam Photos / Alexandru Nechez
The FILIA Center announced a demonstration on Tuesday, from 6 p.m., in Piața Victoriei in Bucharest, and claims that “violence against women is insufficiently sanctioned, tolerated by those who should protect us and then transformed into a context of blaming the victim”.
The protest takes place in the context of the crime in Beciu, Teleorman county, where a 25-year-old woman was killed by her husband on Saturday, with 15 stab wounds, on the day she was celebrating her name day.
The organizers of the protest in Piața Victoriei say that “the authorities knew that there was a history of violence and should have intervened and protected the victim”.
“It is the 51st case of femicide in the last eleven months. On average, this year a woman was killed every week. Annually, in Romania dozens of women are killed just because they are women. Violence against women is insufficiently sanctioned, tolerated by those who should protect us and then transformed into a context of blaming the victim”, the organizers wrote in the description on the event page.
The organizers of the demonstration claim that “blaming the victim is part of the culture of violence”.
“In order to eliminate gender-based violence, it is essential to realize that this is not an isolated phenomenon, but the result of a deeply rooted patriarchal culture, which teaches men that they have the right to control women, to believe that dominance in a relationship is natural, that women's autonomy and consent can be ignored, and a refusal is not acceptable. For the safety of women, men must also be educated and sensitized!”, the statement added.
Organizers' requests to the authorities
The organizers of the protest demand “state authorities to protect all women and girls from violence”.
At the same time, they request the Parliament to “urgently” adopt the project on the prevention of femicides and the violence that precedes them, submitted on October 25, which “includes preventive measures, mandatory risk assessment tools, education for gender equality, as well as the recognition of the seriousness of violence in criminal legislation”.
Other claims listed on the event's Facebook page:
- “We demand that the laws be enforced, regardless of the form the violence takes.
- We demand that the risk assessment becomes mandatory in all cases of domestic violence, both at the prosecutor's office and the courts.
- We demand real and adequate funding for services for victims and perpetrators. We ask the Government to allocate sufficient funds from the state budget in the field of preventing and combating violence against women.
- We demand continuous and mandatory training of police officers, prosecutors, judges, health professionals and social workers in the field of gender-based violence.
- We demand centralized and transparent data on femicide and all forms of gender-based violence.
- We demand that gender-based violence cases be investigated and resolved within a reasonable time.
- We demand real prevention mechanisms, through education and awareness: the notions of consent, healthy relationships and gender equality must be taught in schools.
- We demand the systematic consultation and inclusion of feminist organizations and independent experts in all policies related to gender-based violence,” the organizers wrote.
