In a message sent to Corriere della Sera on the occasion of the tenth edition of Tempo delle Donne, the President wrote: “We need a more conscious action of severe, concrete and constant prevention. This must be accompanied, throughout society, by an educational commitment and culture against distorted mentalities and a miserable conception of the relationship between women and men”
“There is no freedom, today, when a person is the victim of physical or moral harassment and violence”, affirms the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in a message sent to Corriere della Sera on the occasion of the tenth edition of Women’s Time. “Violence against women in Italy, in recent months – continues the head of state – has continued to manifest itself with numerous cases of murder and rape. This intolerable social barbarism requires more conscious action of severe, concrete and constant prevention This must be accompanied, throughout society, by an educational and cultural commitment against distorted mentalities and a miserable conception of the relationship between women and men”. “Freedom and rights are not an irreversible conquest, but require a continuous and far-sighted effort to protect, renew and include – continues Mattarella -. The value of freedom and the aspiration to develop it have extended over the years, thanks also to the role propulsive of women, capable of bringing their specific and concrete sensitivity on issues of rights. But still today, and all over the world, freedom is threatened by discrimination, violence, inequalities”. “There is no freedom in regimes that stifle women’s natural demands for effective equality,” the president added. “Women have changed politics, culture and society – recalls the president -. And they will continue to do so, in this season in which decisive challenges engage Italy, Europe and the whole world on the frontier of peace, development , climate change, employment and reducing inequality”.
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