Premier Giorgia Meloni marked
International Women's Day on Wednesday by recalling the women in
Italy who have met violent deaths.
"It is for them, and for every woman who is the victim of
persecution, discrimination and abuse, that we must continue the
battle to combat all forms of violence, using all the
instruments at our disposal," Meloni said in a Facebook post.
"It is the institutions' duty to make sure that such barbarities
do not take place any more.
"In the same way, it is our duty to knock down the hurdles that
do not allow all women to be able to express their priceless
potential to the full in the sectors in which they have
ambitions".
On Tuesday Meloni, Italy's first woman prime minister, said the
time for the country to have its first female president is not
far off.
"There will be no more roles barred to women," said Meloni
during a ceremony in the Lower House's Women's Hall, dedicated
to the first women to enter the Italian institutions, to add her
photograph to the others on display. "Today we remove a mirror
and replace it with a picture. But there is another mirror that
can be removed. That time is not as far away as it may seem,"
said the premier referring to the two mirrors occupying the
spaces reserved for images respectively of Italy's first female
prime minister and president.
"8 March should not be a day of claiming what others should
grant women, but rather a day of pride and awareness of what we
can do, whether others like it or not," Meloni continued.
"My commitment is to Italian women who face enormous
difficulties every day in order to have their talents affirmed,
their sacrifices recognized. Likewise, it is my daily commitment
to find solutions so that the women of this nation can fully
affirm themselves without having to give things up, because that
is not right," she concluded.
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