March 8, the women honored by Mattarella: “Thank you, the weight on you … – The Republic

Rome – “Congratulations. And ‘your party, the party of women. And it is good that, this year, the ceremony takes place Here, at the Quirinale “. Even Sergio Mattarella makes its voice heard on the eve of March 8, International Women’s Day. The head of state for the occasion gives a speech themed, Women for the Earth .

“Women, you are millions of professionals, teachers, housewives, working women employees, entrepreneurs, of unemployed, mothers, grandmothers and girls – the president begins -. conscious women who care essentials. Yours is the brunt of the economic crisis. To you a company n ot well organized entrusts the task delicate and crucial, to provide for the education of children in a prevailing and the care of the elderly and the holders of disability. You do it silently, sometimes painfully. Without women, without you, Italy would be poorer and more unjust. You are the face prevailing solidarity. The face of social cohesion. We should remember constantly and we should not ever stop to thank you. “

” Women unite development and environmental protection – noted the head of state -. The global growth is an objective right and positive, but we must govern the repercussions on the level of environmental protection. Because climate change, deforestation, pollution of rivers and lakes, the contamination of food, the disappearance of plant and animal species are likely to mar the face of the planet, but also worse, dramatically, the quality of life us, our children and generations to come. “

You can not, is the warning of Mattarella,” continue to manage the environmental issue with unique optical emergency. The women, with their vision and sensitivity, teach us that the prevention of environmental disasters is a culture which is rooted in society and of Italian institutions and that in the medium and long run saves lives, saves money and generates wealth “.” Recent ricerche- says the president – tell us that more than half of the production of the food world passes through the skilled hands of women. In developing countries this figure is also 80 percent. Women know the importance of food for human life. Women are more capable of producing without destroying, can build and innovate, protecting and safeguarding. “

For this” today women are unanimously recognized as promoters of improving the environment around us, but also agents innovation and change. Able to combine the protection of nature and its transformation in employment and economic resource “.” And – adds Mattarella – without going into the merits, I would like to acknowledge here the Parliament to have taken an important step forward in the definition of the crime of disaster Environmental: a serious crime so far sanctioned inadequately. The hand of man is often the basis of landslides, floods, landslides, which are dangerous to the lives of citizens and involve an expenditure of energy and public resources. “

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