Sunday, February 13 demonstrations across Italy to defend the dignity of women. Against stereotypes and equal opportunities for real international support also dall'étoile Carla Fracci. An example from Tuscany
What it means to be women at the time of Ruby? What is the meaning of equal opportunities, rights and dignity of women in the age of bunga bunga? Two expressions that give us a measure of how women continue to face discrimination and gender stereotypes is not insignificant. At work, often have to compromise. At the same tasks continue to see their salaries reduced by 30% because only women, while in politics and the representation of women in leadership roles is still much too low. They are die-hard stereotypes that see women as just a nice body to show off or "taste" in many different ways.
are all references to the existing and to defend the dignity of women in all its complexity - and why not, also men who want to opt out of these limited viewing - All over Italy were organized many events for Sunday, February 13.
Sounding the call for first were Angela Finocchiaro and Francesca Comencini. The mobilization of Tuscany - in Piazza della Repubblica in Florence - is titled "If not now, when?" And sees the local institutions involved in the organization, the CGIL and many personalities from the regional art and culture. Among these was the étoile dance Carla Fracci, who attended the official presentation of the exhibition in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.
data on violence and gender discrimination in Tuscany
According to the second report on gender violence in Tuscany, which analyzes the requests for assistance to regional anti-violence center from 1 July 2009 to June 30, 2010, women who have suffered discrimination or violence 1761. These women complain that in most sexual harassment, harassment, stalking, but also psychological and economic pressures. In most cases, women who have turned to the popular branches in all provinces between the ages of 30 and 39 years (33.4% of cases, 510 in all). Below are older women, aged between 40 and 49 years (462 in the period). In 48.8% of cases it is married women. Almost 40% of them diploma (39.8%) or have licensed media (32.4%). In 35.3% of cases they are unemployed women.
81% of women who approached the counter during the period in question has suffered psychological violence, 65.1% physical, 27% economic pressures , 10.7% of stalking, sexual violence 7.8%, 2.8% and 0.8% harassment, bullying. Many of them declare multiple violence: in 1097 said they had been victims of physical, psychological in 1365, 456 in economy.
Comparing Italian and foreign women, it appears that very high percentage of immigrants who have suffered physical violence (73.3% versus 61.1%) and a significant proportion of non-indigenous suffer harassment of an economic (34.6% vs. 21.4%), a figure also linked to the employment status of foreign women that only in 33.7% of the sample have a fixed return.
766 women claim to have suffered some kind of violence by a spouse, in addition there are 276 victims of cohabiting partners. I am therefore 61.9% of the sample women who have been victims of physical, psychological or discriminatory within a relationship of cohabitation with their partner.
Women and entertainment, women and work: the comments of those who support the mobilization
strongly supports the day in defense of women's rights the international étoile dance Carla Fracci, who since June 2009 also holds the post of Head of Culture for the provincial government of Florence. Dual role, then, to an already well-known national and world vision in the entertainment world and an important delegation of administrative functions such as culture. "I did not take it anymore: the men at home they can do what they want, but here it comes to govern Italy, and the situation we are experiencing is embarrassing the whole country - said Carla Fracci. - I do not want to hear about the things we see that for too many days in the newspapers. Rather I wish we could talk and get some help from the ruler to keep alive the culture and dignity of women in our country. "
have joined the demonstration in Tuscany, among others, the actress Marion D'Ornella Grassi and Hamburg, the founder of the theater company stores Criminals. "The problem of the country - said it - is the lack of hope that annihilates the young", while the Grassi said, showing his support for the day of 13 February that "there's always been those who preferred to shorten the street selling to the director, but at least at the time these women ended up doing the extras, not the prima donnas. "
"What happens at this time - Anna Maria Romano has denounced the CGIL Tuscany - is the tip of the iceberg of a social model that goes from job insecurity and unemployment, welfare cuts that down to zero the services that allow women to work: this results in gender discrimination. " Ideally
or concrete, will participate in Day of Action Tuscan also Dean of Political Sciences "Cesare Alfieri" in Florence and actress Franca Alacevich, toscanissima, Anne Meacham. All together for a "Renaissance Rose" to show that Italy is governed by so many women who get up early in the morning and wake up even earlier to study, work, make this beautiful country in all its aspects.
Agnese Fedeli
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