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Italy’s government passed a package of measures designed to address violence against women. But Texas Sen. Wendy Davis is being verbally attacked for her attempts to stop an abortion bill.
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.
After the dangerous delivery of her third child, Marie Colonna decided it was time to protect her own longevity. Excerpted from “The Kings’ Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin.”
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.
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.
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Catholic women marched in Rome to denounce the church’s ban against female priests, the Associated Press reported Oct. 16. In May, the Vatican reiterated its stance against female ordination and said women who take part will be excommunicated.
Two bills regarding the Islamic veil pending in the Italian parliament are a symbol of the country’s increasing focus on the assimilation of immigrants. Stories of fundamentalism are spurring public debate over the condition of Muslim women.
After a Pakistani woman was slain by relatives in Italy, an immigrant women’s advocacy group moved into action to make the murder the last “honor killing” in Italy and also deflect anti-Muslim sentiment stirred by the crime.
In post-Taliban Kabul, an Italian aid agency is training women to enter fields that are dominated by men. Sixty women are now ready to start work as caterers, lantern-makers, gem-cutters and mobile phone repair technicians.
Women’s issues and reproductive rights are a wild card in the April 9 elections in Italy, where discontent over government moves to limit abortion and civil unions smoldered until a journalist’s e-mail ignited public demonstrations.