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There are 56 children’s shoes appeared on Thursday 11 March in Piazza Setti in Treviglio. But it is not a work of art, nor an installation, but the protest of the mothers of the area against the closure of schools. Mothers, professionals and women have chosen to get together and organize a flash mob, in compliance with anti-contagion safety rules, with one goal, that of asking for restoration of face-to-face teaching.
The mothers of the nursery and elementary schools of Treviglio have chosen to protest in this way, placing 56 shoes of their children in the town square, sending a strong and clear message to the Lombardy region. The women of Piazza Setti have become spokespersons for other mothers, about 500, all united in opposing the region’s decision which provided for the suspension of face-to-face lessons as part of the anti-contagion rules.
“A year ago we explained to our children what was happening – the mothers wrote – Now reopening schools must be the top priority of this policy, in the interest of this country: we do not make the same mistake as last year. A country that has no heart for the future of children is a dead country ”.
Because it is true, the Coronavirus has taken away a lot from us and has inevitably changed most of our habits, but how can we explain to children this failure to return to normal? We invited them to put hope in circulation, to resist and to follow the rules, but after a year the situation does not seem to normalize.
And it is starting from this assumption that comes the request of the mothers: to give back to children the teaching in the presence and to give and to families, reduced to the limit, adequate tools to continue to face the pandemic. We recall that in terms of employment, the crisis has hit women the hardest, who represent 98% of those who have lost their jobs.
Between dpcm, decrees and ordinances, between openings and closures, the only thing that seems to have never returned as before is the school itself. And the fact that you have children has been ripped off the normality, adds the burdensome work situation of the parents. In fact, many people have had to leave their jobs to follow their children, put in DAD, in fact, and most of them are women. “This is why reopening schools must be a priority,” said the mothers during the demonstration.
Also present at the flash mob of 11 March the mayor Juri Imeri together with the president of the Equal Opportunities Commission of the City Council Valentina Tugnoli and the councilor for social policies Pinuccia Prandina. Imeri assured that it will officially present the message of the organizers to the Lombardy region: “The closure of schools – said the mayor Imeri, as reported by local newspapers – is a choice that certainly goes in the direction of protecting the public health, but which created inconvenience for the timing and the method adopted. In this way we give voice to a problem that we all perceive, which has given rise to many initiatives, allowing this group of mothers, educators and managers to tell what their discomfort is, knowing that it will probably change little in the immediate future “.
The protest of mothers in Treviglio (Bg) – Source Photo News Cesni srl
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