President Mattarella praises the “quiet work” of women – BBC

There is always a fund more than just bitter when speaking of women, on the Feast of the women. It is a day Budgets , inevitably.

And although this year, for the first time, we discover that the violence against women have decreased, is the Minister of the Interior Angelino Alfano the first to put us on notice: “I’m really all down the crimes against women: injury, beatings, threats, sexual violence, abuse in the family. But there is still work to do and no one has to turn his head away. “

The statistics tell us that the Interior Ministry since last year were killed fewer women (22.6%). It also declined by 24.6% the stalking and 22.3% sexual violence: the persecution were 10,029 last year, on which the incidence of female was 77.21%; cases of abuse in the family were 11 223, with a percentage of women dell’80,94%; sexual violence were 3,624, in 91.70% of cases against women. The fund remains bitter. The fear also. To this the minister Alfano has launched an appeal: “denounced the violence against women.” Women are still a weak part.

And even the president Sergio Mattarella yesterday it wanted to emphasize, celebrating the Hill Women’s Day: “It’s the Italian women who bear the brunt the economic crisis’ , them that “they are often difficult to find a balance between work and family.”

The head of state has, however, wanted to explicitly recognize the value of women: “Without Their Italy would be poorer and unjust. You are the face of the prevailing solidarity. The face of social cohesion. To you a company not well organized entrusts the task, delicate and essential, to provide so prevalent education of children and the care of the elderly and of people with disability. You do it silently, sometimes painfully. “

Yesterday, for the occasion, the entrance to the Quirinale was adorned with sumptuous beams mimosas, while in the hall of the celebrations there were also interventions of Ministers Education and Environment Stefania Giannini Gian Luca Galletti. In an audience of (almost) only women were also the ministers of Maria Elena Boschi Reforms and Public Administration Marianna Madia. The President has also distributed Mattarella honors, among them that of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic to Claudia Sorlini, member of the International Board of We-Women For Expo and president of the Scientific Committee of Expo 2015.

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