by newzulu
ITALY, Rome: Women don masks and rally against sexism and racism in Rome, Italy on February 4, 2016. The protest is intended to show solidarity with the 100-plus women, of international backgrounds, who reported being assaulted sexually in some cases in the German city of Cologne on New Year's Eve. Signs read: With burqas or skirts, hands off women (left); and, Sexism and racism are rooted in machismo.