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Afghanistan: the Roller Coaster of History. Let Alexander the Great Be Our Lesson

Now the dark days are here again in Afghanistan and nothing could better illustrate the ups and downs of women’s rights in Afghanistan than what Zarifa Ghafari, one of the first female mayors in Afghanistan, said a few days ago: "I'm sitting here waiting for them to come. There is no one to help me or my family. I'm just sitting with them and my husband. And they will come for people like me and kill me." She rose to power, but now faces death. 

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For 49 Women Ambassadors to the UN, the Time Has Come for Generation Equality

March, women’s history month, closes with the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico and against the background of significant setbacks on the empowerment of women caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. From our seats in the General Assembly and our screens at home we have seen it growing: the increase in deaths; gender-based, including intimate partner, violence; abuse of women and girls who speak out; the widening of the gender gap for access to digital technologies; the loss of jobs, the decrease of women’s participation in public life and decision-making; disrupted access to essential health care; increase in child marriage; and the diminished access to education. Day by day in this yearlong battle against the pandemic we have seen how women are impacted twice: first by the virus, and then by its devastating secondary effects. We are 49 women ambassadors representing countries from all regions of the world, and we believe that such a reality is simply intolerable. Here we tell that story and what needs to be done to urgently recover the hard-won gains of recent years.

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Still Millions of Child Brides in the World: Let’s Honor Their Sacrifice with a Statue

It’s a lack that must be filled, because our history, our culture, our art, our science is made also of feminine names, that remain invisible. It happens also in the rest of the world. In New York, for example the only statues dedicated to women are in Central Park and they represent fantasy figures, but on the 26th of August there will finally be some statues dedicated to real women. This is an example that Italy should imitate, but what are we waiting for?

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Italy 2019: It Hasn’t Been a “Dolce Vita” Year for Women

23 Nov 2019 The x-rays of the broken bones of 355 women that checked into the emergency room put on exhibit in the atrium of the San Carlo Hospital in Milan are disturbing to look at. Scenes of domestic violence that the surgeon, Maria Grazia Valvadori, wanted to take out of the private medical charts and bring to the public’s attention. A silent national drama. We spoke with Manuela Ulivi, president of the “Casa per le Donne Maltrattate” (Home for Battered Women) in Milan and author of the book, “Vive e libere” (“Alive and Free”).

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