Artist and Photographer Simona Bonanno is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. From her project ‘Chains Of Silence‘. To see Simona’s body of work click on any photograph.

Child beauty pageant queen killed in her family’s home at the age of 6
1996

15-years-old citizen of Vatican City, mysteriously disappeared
1983

Student of philosophy participating in the 2009 Iranian election protests, killed
2009
In memory of children, girls and women victims of silence.
Silence can have many forms: it could be expected by people’s culture, by ignorance, power or religious fanaticism; it could be charged with aggression and sexual abuse. It could be imposed by mafia or men’s clan justice, who requires women’s obedience and acquiescence.
Dedicated to women, girls and children rebelling against all silences, fighting with courage. And who die in the name of the freedom denied.

Killed by her husband by beating for opposing the arrange marriage of the daughter
2010


Violent deaths of 370 (women and girls)
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
1993-2005

Many violent attacks against women living in the city
2001

Witness in a major Mafia investigation in Sicily, she committed suicide at the age of 17
1992

Poet and human rights activist from Ciudad Juárez, killed
2011

Journalist, writer, and human right activist, killed by hired assassins
2006

16-years-old buried alive by her relatives as punishment for talking to boys
2010
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By Simona Bonanno