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Italy has very few women’s names on its signs for streets and plazas, according to female geographers. In an effort to end this “cultural invisibility,” they are pushing for a 50-50 division in male-female signage.
Italy held a national day of mourning for people killed by the Mafia on March 21. Wives, daughters and mothers of the survivors also have paid a price. Two of them, described here, have led the struggle for justice.
One of Silvio Berlusconi’s “escorts” has publicly encouraged women to view their beauty as a marketable asset. Some of the prime minister’s political opponents say his tenure has degraded the atmosphere for women in the work force.
In conjunction with fashion week in Italy, the cover of fashion magazine Vogue features a model with a Photoshop waistline inspired by the Guinness Book of World Records. An editor defends the image and denies it could cause any harm.