Countries: Italy
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2

"The clear role of legally-owned firearms in femicides in Italy is often highlighted by media outlets, especially around the International Day for the Elimination of VAW. When concerns about such impact are shared on social media by activists or prominent figures, a strong reaction, which often appears well-coordinated or planned, from pro-gun individuals follows. A notable example is that of Senator Valeria Valente, the President of the Senate Commission on Femicide, whose comment that 'One thing is certain, however: women close to an armed man run higher risks. It is unacceptable, but it is true. We have to start taking this problem seriously' was met by a stream of pro-gun...more

Countries: Italy
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2

"A 2019 study by research institute EURES Ricerche Economiche e Sociali reveals that in Italy female homicide victims rose from about 25% of the total in the early 2000s to almost 40% in 2018. In that same year, one homicide out of two was committed in the family, with 67% being female victims, and firearms were used in 4 out of 10 family homicides, significantly outnumbering those by blades (24.6%); in 65% of those cases the firearms were legally owned. The number of victims killed with firearms in the family in 2018 (39.9%) registered a significant increase compared to 2017 (+97%) and was much higher than the average for the...more

Countries: Italy
Variables: GP-DATA-3

"An annual report known as the Dossier Viminale, which is published on 15 August. Since 2019, the Ministry of Interior, which has finally started including some sex-disaggregated and intimate partner data in relation to homicides; the report now includes number of homicides committed in the family/intimate partner sphere as well as the percentage of women within that total; however, it does not indicate the weapons or other instruments mechanisms used in the killings. The annual report by the Direzione centrale della polizia criminale (Central Directorate of Criminal Police) on voluntary homicides, which provides sex-disaggregated and intimate partner data but no information on the weapons used either" (6).

Countries: Italy
Variables: ACR-PRACTICE-1

"Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy had long campaigned for those who seek surrogacy abroad to be criminalised" (para 5). "The practice is legal and regulated in 66 countries, although most Italians access the procedure in the US or Canada, where surrogacy is not specified on the birth certificate and where their child can obtain immediate US or Canadian citizenship" (para 7).

Countries: Italy
Variables: ACR-DATA-1

"Until the international ban was enacted, an estimated 250 Italian couples sought surrogacy overseas, the vast majority of them straight people who turned to surrogates for health reasons" (para 6).

Countries: Italy
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Shortly after moving to Parma, I was amazed that the 2000 Miss Italia beauty pageant pulled in almost 12 million viewers. Trashy TV seemed to confirm that lechery was normalised: programmes invariably showed elderly men surrounded by bikini-clad young women who were given diminutive nicknames. The late media mogul Silvio Berlusconi not only created that fleshpot broadcasting but also helped the country throw out its moral compass: his 'bunga-bunga' orgies and incessant jokes about 'whores' and 'poofs' suggested that sexual and linguistic propriety could be ignored with impunity" (par. 5-6). "But when the accused is “one of us”, it’s a completely different narrative. Journalists from Rai News 24 (the state...more

Countries: Italy
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1

"In another sentence last week, a 43-year-old man wasn’t given the life term requested by prosecutors because Carol Maltesi, the 26-year-old woman he murdered, was perceived by the judge to be 'disinhibited'" (par. 15).

Countries: Italy
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"Superficially it might seem that Italy has made important progress on equality: the country now has not only a female prime minister but also a female leader of the opposition, Elly Schlein" (par. 15).

Countries: Italy
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"'Our mothers did an amazing amount of work, fighting to legalise abortion and divorce [in 1978 and 1970 respectively], but then they became so bourgeois and settled down. For 20 years, in the 90s and early 00s, there was no feminism around me,' [Giulia Blasi, co-creator of Italy's #MeToo equivalent, #QuellaVoltaChe] said" (par. 12). Access to divorce was made legal in 1970 (IME - CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Italy
Variables: GIC-LAW-3

"The law also offered some parents of children with disabilities additional time off work to support their children during school lockdowns" (8).

Countries: Italy
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"Abortion is legal in Italy during the first 90 days of pregnancy for health, economic, social, or personal reasons. However, burdensome requirements as well as extensive use of 'conscientious objection' by medical personnel function to deny care to women and girls, and leave them scrambling to find services within the legal time frame. Significant barriers to accessing abortion persist in Italy, such as the need for multiple clinical visits and a seven-day waiting period – the longest in Europe – except in cases of emergency, and lengthy waits for appointments. Such delays prevent access to medical or surgical abortion within the legal time frames and undermine women’s reproductive choice. Additionally,...more

Countries: Italy
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1

"By March 10, 2020, all schools across Italy were closed in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, affecting almost 11 million students. In May and June 2020, Human Rights Watch interviewed students, parents, and teachers about the effects on children’s education. As of January 28, 2021, schools had been completely closed in Italy for 93 days during the pandemic, and closed either in particular areas or for certain grades for an additional 89 days. During closures, schools offered distance learning alternatives, but some girls and young women said they found distance education less conducive to learning. Children with disabilities and children who had difficulty accessing devices or...more

Countries: Italy
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4

"Material and technical support from Italy has enabled the Libyan Coast Guard, under the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), to intercept thousands of people at sea and return them to Libya where they face arbitrary, indefinite detention and a high risk of exploitation and violence, including rape. Despite clear and abundant evidence of widespread human rights violations and abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, the Memorandum of Understanding that provides the framework for Italy-Libya migration cooperation automatically renewed for another three years on February 2, 2020. To date, the GNA has not accepted cosmetic changes to the MoU, which Italy proposed shortly after its renewal, to increase protection for...more

Countries: Italy
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1

"Nongovernmental organizations facilitating access to abortion also said that demand for assistance increased significantly, in part due to reduced services and movement restrictions" (5).

Countries: Italy
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-3

"During closures, schools offered distance learning alternatives, but some girls and young women said they found distance education less conducive to learning. Children with disabilities and children who had difficulty accessing devices or the internet for online learning were at a particular disadvantage in accessing education during school closures. These include girls, young women and trans and non-binary children and youth. School closures had disproportionate consequences for many students with disabilities, including girls, who often did not receive the accommodations they needed, making it harder for them to access the relevant tools and engage in remote classes. A support teacher in a vocational secondary school in Milan told Human Rights...more