Italy street art batters faces of famous women


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A woman walks past 'Just Because I Am A Woman', a new series of works by Italian pop artist and activist AleXsandro Palombo, depicting some of the women protagonists of world politics as victims of gender violence. Clockwise from top, left: Myanmar politician Aung San Suu Kyi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, member of the US House of Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the wife of the French president Brigitte Macron, former US First Lady Michelle Obama, former US First Lady and US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and president of the Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi. Photo: AFP

The battered faces of Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Angela Merkel stare out of posters in Milan created by Italian artist AleXsandro Palombo to raise awareness of violence against women.

The street art campaign is called "Just Because I Am A Woman", and also feature US Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Sonia Gandhi, the head of India's main opposition party.

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