Latest items for Italy
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:52 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Lying in bed, the slap across the face was Ivano’s response to his wife, Delia, played by Cortellesi, bidding him 'good morning'. The gesture set the tone for the 1940s-set black-and-white film’s depiction of poverty, domestic violence, women’s rights and a mother’s determination to break the cycle of abuse in post-second world war Rome. Audiences are more accustomed to Cortellesi, who co-wrote the film, making them laugh rather than slapping them with hard-hitting themes, which made the phenomenal box-office success of C’è ancora domani – it is among Italy’s Top 10 highest-grossing films ever – a surprise, even for her" (para 3-5). "C’è ancora domani is set in 1946, the...more
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Lying in bed, the slap across the face was Ivano’s response to his wife, Delia, played by Cortellesi, bidding him 'good morning'. The gesture set the tone for the 1940s-set black-and-white film’s depiction of poverty, domestic violence, women’s rights and a mother’s determination to break the cycle of abuse in post-second world war Rome. Audiences are more accustomed to Cortellesi, who co-wrote the film, making them laugh rather than slapping them with hard-hitting themes, which made the phenomenal box-office success of C’è ancora domani – it is among Italy’s Top 10 highest-grossing films ever – a surprise, even for her" (para 3-5). "C’è ancora domani is set in 1946, the...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:52 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: SAB-PRACTICE-1
"The film’s themes further resonated after the murder in November of Giulia Cecchettin, a 22-year-old student, who was allegedly beaten by her former boyfriend. In reaction, thousands of people protested across Italy on 25 November, which was International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women" (para 14).
Variables: SAB-PRACTICE-1
"The film’s themes further resonated after the murder in November of Giulia Cecchettin, a 22-year-old student, who was allegedly beaten by her former boyfriend. In reaction, thousands of people protested across Italy on 25 November, which was International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women" (para 14).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:52 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The film’s themes further resonated after the murder in November of Giulia Cecchettin, a 22-year-old student, who was allegedly beaten by her former boyfriend. In reaction, thousands of people protested across Italy on 25 November, which was International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Cortellesi says there were more than 100 femicides in Italy in 2023 before Cecchettin’s death, and several more occurred by the end of the year. On average in Italy, a woman is murdered by a man, usually someone who cannot accept the end of a relationship, every three days" (para 14-16).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The film’s themes further resonated after the murder in November of Giulia Cecchettin, a 22-year-old student, who was allegedly beaten by her former boyfriend. In reaction, thousands of people protested across Italy on 25 November, which was International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Cortellesi says there were more than 100 femicides in Italy in 2023 before Cecchettin’s death, and several more occurred by the end of the year. On average in Italy, a woman is murdered by a man, usually someone who cannot accept the end of a relationship, every three days" (para 14-16).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:52 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"After Cecchetin’s murder, the Italian parliament approved a range of measures to clamp down on violence against women, including expanding protections for women at risk and toughening restraining orders and penalties against men guilty of domestic violence. It was a rare show of unity between the ruling and opposition parties" (para 19).
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"After Cecchetin’s murder, the Italian parliament approved a range of measures to clamp down on violence against women, including expanding protections for women at risk and toughening restraining orders and penalties against men guilty of domestic violence. It was a rare show of unity between the ruling and opposition parties" (para 19).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:52 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Cortellesi said she wanted to make the film, partly inspired by her grandmothers’ stories of that period, in the past in order to raise issues that persist in Italian society amid a lingering toxic machismo" (para 10).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Cortellesi said she wanted to make the film, partly inspired by her grandmothers’ stories of that period, in the past in order to raise issues that persist in Italian society amid a lingering toxic machismo" (para 10).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:28 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"According to a recent Department of Health report, Italian women are, on average, older than 31 when they have their first child. About 62 percent of babies in 2022 were born to mothers aged between 30 and 39. Those aged between 20 and 29 accounted for 26 percent of births, compared with 30 percent in 2012" (para 18-19).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"According to a recent Department of Health report, Italian women are, on average, older than 31 when they have their first child. About 62 percent of babies in 2022 were born to mothers aged between 30 and 39. Those aged between 20 and 29 accounted for 26 percent of births, compared with 30 percent in 2012" (para 18-19).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:28 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Presenting the government’s 2024 budget, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has made clear her desire to increase the birth rate, announced measures for families with children" (para 30).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Presenting the government’s 2024 budget, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has made clear her desire to increase the birth rate, announced measures for families with children" (para 30).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:28 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: GIC-LAW-1, GIC-LAW-3
"While women get five months’ maternity leave, fathers are entitled to just 10 days" (para 24). "Presenting the government’s 2024 budget, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has made clear her desire to increase the birth rate, announced measures for families with children, including free nursery care for a second child, the temporary exemption of women with two or more children from social security contributions, and benefits for companies that hire mothers on permanent contracts" (para 30).
Variables: GIC-LAW-1, GIC-LAW-3
"While women get five months’ maternity leave, fathers are entitled to just 10 days" (para 24). "Presenting the government’s 2024 budget, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has made clear her desire to increase the birth rate, announced measures for families with children, including free nursery care for a second child, the temporary exemption of women with two or more children from social security contributions, and benefits for companies that hire mothers on permanent contracts" (para 30).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:28 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4
"Women are also often more likely to be employed in 'non-standard' arrangements, such as part-time and temporary jobs. And it is mothers and young women who are the most affected" (para 8).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4
"Women are also often more likely to be employed in 'non-standard' arrangements, such as part-time and temporary jobs. And it is mothers and young women who are the most affected" (para 8).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:28 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ERBG-DATA-1, ERBG-DATA-2
"The country is home to the lowest female employment rate in the European Union and a steep gender pay gap" (para 8).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-1, ERBG-DATA-2
"The country is home to the lowest female employment rate in the European Union and a steep gender pay gap" (para 8).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:28 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: CL-PRACTICE-1
"Official figures show that 72 percent of resignations in 2021 were submitted by women. Most of those who quit cited the difficulties associated with juggling work and childcare duties. 'Care work is still all on women’s shoulders, even for couples where both have jobs,' Chiara Daniela Pronzato, professor of demography at the University of Turin, told Al Jazeera" (para 23-24). "Good quality and affordable childcare is in short supply. There are not enough state-run nursery places and private preschools are very expensive. Plans to use 4.6 billion euros of the EU’s COVID-19 recovery funds to build new nurseries are lagging. 'The most expensive aspect of parenthood is children’s time. Caring...more
Variables: CL-PRACTICE-1
"Official figures show that 72 percent of resignations in 2021 were submitted by women. Most of those who quit cited the difficulties associated with juggling work and childcare duties. 'Care work is still all on women’s shoulders, even for couples where both have jobs,' Chiara Daniela Pronzato, professor of demography at the University of Turin, told Al Jazeera" (para 23-24). "Good quality and affordable childcare is in short supply. There are not enough state-run nursery places and private preschools are very expensive. Plans to use 4.6 billion euros of the EU’s COVID-19 recovery funds to build new nurseries are lagging. 'The most expensive aspect of parenthood is children’s time. Caring...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:28 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"While women are under less societal pressure to have children, in Italy, the biggest obstacle to motherhood for some is being able to afford it" (para 22).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"While women are under less societal pressure to have children, in Italy, the biggest obstacle to motherhood for some is being able to afford it" (para 22).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:28 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"The average number of children per woman is now 1.24, one of the lowest rates in Europe. To compare, France’s rate, which is considered high, was 1.8 in 2021 while Greece’s was 1.4, according to the World Bank" (para 20).
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"The average number of children per woman is now 1.24, one of the lowest rates in Europe. To compare, France’s rate, which is considered high, was 1.8 in 2021 while Greece’s was 1.4, according to the World Bank" (para 20).
Dec. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"Italy’s RAI state TV reported that in the days since Cecchettin’s body was found, calls to a national hotline for women fearing for their safety at the hands of men have jumped from some 200 to 400 a day— including from parents of young women" (para 24).
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"Italy’s RAI state TV reported that in the days since Cecchettin’s body was found, calls to a national hotline for women fearing for their safety at the hands of men have jumped from some 200 to 400 a day— including from parents of young women" (para 24).
Dec. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: VOTE-LAW-1, ATDW-LAW-5
"The movie is set in 1946, 24 years before divorce became legal in Italy and on the eve of the first time Italian women were allowed to vote" (para 2).
Variables: VOTE-LAW-1, ATDW-LAW-5
"The movie is set in 1946, 24 years before divorce became legal in Italy and on the eve of the first time Italian women were allowed to vote" (para 2).
Dec. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Director Cortellesi appealed to the two most powerful women in Italian politics today — far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni and Elly Schlein, who heads the Democratic Party, Parliament’s largest force on the left" (para 22).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Director Cortellesi appealed to the two most powerful women in Italian politics today — far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni and Elly Schlein, who heads the Democratic Party, Parliament’s largest force on the left" (para 22).
Dec. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: IIP-LAW-2
"On Wednesday, after final passage of a bill to protect women with such measures as increased use of electronic monitoring devices for men stalking or threatening them, lawmakers from the opposition 5-Star Movement pounded rhythmically on their desks 'in a minute of noise'" (para 21).
Variables: IIP-LAW-2
"On Wednesday, after final passage of a bill to protect women with such measures as increased use of electronic monitoring devices for men stalking or threatening them, lawmakers from the opposition 5-Star Movement pounded rhythmically on their desks 'in a minute of noise'" (para 21).
Dec. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Italians had previously taken to the streets in silent, torchlit marches to protest the slayings of women. But Elena Cecchettin, Giulia’s sister, offered an alternative: 'make noise' to honor her sister. 'If you have keys, rattle them,' she called out" (para 18).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Italians had previously taken to the streets in silent, torchlit marches to protest the slayings of women. But Elena Cecchettin, Giulia’s sister, offered an alternative: 'make noise' to honor her sister. 'If you have keys, rattle them,' she called out" (para 18).
Dec. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Just days before the killing of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin, Italians were already applauding a blockbuster movie about a woman who endures beatings and belittling by her overbearing husband. The movie is set in 1946, 24 years before divorce became legal in Italy and on the eve of the first time Italian women were allowed to vote. The film’s exploration of the suffocating role of patriarchy in Italian society is painfully resonating today. The moment is a remarkable confluence of fact and fiction, driving demands across Italy to protect women and to eradicate patriarchal mentalities woven into society" (para 2-3). "In the movie, women, from lower to upper classes, are told...more
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Just days before the killing of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin, Italians were already applauding a blockbuster movie about a woman who endures beatings and belittling by her overbearing husband. The movie is set in 1946, 24 years before divorce became legal in Italy and on the eve of the first time Italian women were allowed to vote. The film’s exploration of the suffocating role of patriarchy in Italian society is painfully resonating today. The moment is a remarkable confluence of fact and fiction, driving demands across Italy to protect women and to eradicate patriarchal mentalities woven into society" (para 2-3). "In the movie, women, from lower to upper classes, are told...more
Dec. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"After the latest, horrifying killing of a college student allegedly by her resentful and jealous ex-boyfriend, students from Turin to Palermo have taken to pounding on classroom desks in unison to demand a stop to the slaying of women in Italy at the hands of men. Just days before the killing of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin, Italians were already applauding a blockbuster movie about a woman who endures beatings and belittling by her overbearing husband" (para 1-2). "Giulia Cecchettin disappeared after meeting her former boyfriend, Filippo Turetta, for a burger at a shopping mall, just days before she was to receive her degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Padua....more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"After the latest, horrifying killing of a college student allegedly by her resentful and jealous ex-boyfriend, students from Turin to Palermo have taken to pounding on classroom desks in unison to demand a stop to the slaying of women in Italy at the hands of men. Just days before the killing of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin, Italians were already applauding a blockbuster movie about a woman who endures beatings and belittling by her overbearing husband" (para 1-2). "Giulia Cecchettin disappeared after meeting her former boyfriend, Filippo Turetta, for a burger at a shopping mall, just days before she was to receive her degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Padua....more
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"More than 40% of Italian women aged 30 to 69 do not work, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), mostly because they are unable to juggle a job and taking care of their family" (para 33).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"More than 40% of Italian women aged 30 to 69 do not work, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), mostly because they are unable to juggle a job and taking care of their family" (para 33).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: DV-LAW-2
"The Italian Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved new legislation to strengthen measures against gender violence. They include stricter restraining orders and heightened surveillance on men found guilty of gender-based violence" (para 36).
Variables: DV-LAW-2
"The Italian Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved new legislation to strengthen measures against gender violence. They include stricter restraining orders and heightened surveillance on men found guilty of gender-based violence" (para 36).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"Giorgia Meloni, Italy's first female prime minister, has expressed outrage at the country's long history of violence against women by partners and ex-partners. She has promised a new educational campaign in schools to combat what she says is Italy's still-pervasive culture of misogynistic violence" (para 30-31).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"Giorgia Meloni, Italy's first female prime minister, has expressed outrage at the country's long history of violence against women by partners and ex-partners. She has promised a new educational campaign in schools to combat what she says is Italy's still-pervasive culture of misogynistic violence" (para 30-31).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The killing of a young woman in Italy, allegedly at the hands of her possessive ex-boyfriend, has shocked the country and prompted a reckoning about violence against women. On 11 November - days before 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin was due to get her biomedical engineering degree - she went to buy her graduation outfit with her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta. Then, the couple disappeared. A few days later, CCTV footage emerged showing the final moments of her life. Mr Turetta, 22, can be seen beating his former partner in a car park close to her house in Vigonovo, near Venice - according to the investigating judge. She tried to escape, but prosecutors...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The killing of a young woman in Italy, allegedly at the hands of her possessive ex-boyfriend, has shocked the country and prompted a reckoning about violence against women. On 11 November - days before 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin was due to get her biomedical engineering degree - she went to buy her graduation outfit with her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta. Then, the couple disappeared. A few days later, CCTV footage emerged showing the final moments of her life. Mr Turetta, 22, can be seen beating his former partner in a car park close to her house in Vigonovo, near Venice - according to the investigating judge. She tried to escape, but prosecutors...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Elisa Ercoli, director of Differenza Donna, a non-government organisation fighting gender-based violence, told the BBC that the killing was 'the last straw, after a string of high-profile cases of femicides'" (para 17).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Elisa Ercoli, director of Differenza Donna, a non-government organisation fighting gender-based violence, told the BBC that the killing was 'the last straw, after a string of high-profile cases of femicides'" (para 17).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Giorgia Meloni, Italy's first female prime minister, has expressed outrage at the country's long history of violence against women by partners and ex-partners" (para 30).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Giorgia Meloni, Italy's first female prime minister, has expressed outrage at the country's long history of violence against women by partners and ex-partners" (para 30).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Data from the Italian interior ministry shows that 106 women have so far been killed in Italy this year, 55 of them allegedly by a partner or ex-partner" (para 12).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Data from the Italian interior ministry shows that 106 women have so far been killed in Italy this year, 55 of them allegedly by a partner or ex-partner" (para 12).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
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Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
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July 9, 2024, 8:08 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"In some countries, like Italy, there seems to be an incoherent mish-mash of regulations regarding sex work. In Italy, prostitution is legal, but pimping and brothels are not – but to add to the complexity, regions and municipalities are allowed to enforce their own regulations, as long as they do not ban the practice" (para 16).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"In some countries, like Italy, there seems to be an incoherent mish-mash of regulations regarding sex work. In Italy, prostitution is legal, but pimping and brothels are not – but to add to the complexity, regions and municipalities are allowed to enforce their own regulations, as long as they do not ban the practice" (para 16).
July 9, 2024, 8:08 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"In Italy, prostitution is legal, but pimping and brothels are not – but to add to the complexity, regions and municipalities are allowed to enforce their own regulations, as long as they do not ban the practice. Salerno, for example, decided to fine women who wear “revealing dresses” €500 to attempt to stymie street prostitution. Rome, on the other hand, created a red light district in 2015. Florence adopted the Nordic model and banned the purchase of sexual services, and cracked down hard on brothels" (para 16).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"In Italy, prostitution is legal, but pimping and brothels are not – but to add to the complexity, regions and municipalities are allowed to enforce their own regulations, as long as they do not ban the practice. Salerno, for example, decided to fine women who wear “revealing dresses” €500 to attempt to stymie street prostitution. Rome, on the other hand, created a red light district in 2015. Florence adopted the Nordic model and banned the purchase of sexual services, and cracked down hard on brothels" (para 16).