VIOLENCE WOMEN Manjioo (UN), ITALY HAS LAW BUT NEED SUPPORT
(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 13 - It is encouraging that Italy has a specific law against sexual violence, but in addition to the issue of enforcement is necessary to strengthen the protection of women and prevention. Rashida is the opinion of Manjioo, UN special rapporteur on violence against women, which these days is in Italy for a series of meetings, in Rome today, tomorrow and 15 in Bologna in Ravenna, at the invitation of the Association Lawyers Democrats, Pangea and the NGO network of national anti-violence center. "We want - ANSA said Rashida Manjioo - more attention to social protection of women who have suffered violence, more economic resources to support anti-violence centers, and more on the side of prevention protection of women's health and more attention to the needs of education of women. " According to the rapporteur of the UN, the field of equal opportunities in Italy over the past 5 years there has been progress. "A major concern of the Committee for the implementation of CEDAW (the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) - he said - was the poor representation of women in Italian politics. Now maybe because of the law on quotas pink things are a bit better, even if the law seems to me that wants to ensure women's representation at the national level but not at the local level. But at least you have a law: in many countries there is not even that. " E to complete an application: "The Committee, in its latest recommendations to Italy, in 2005, among other things called on the government to work on gender stereotypes, on the face of culture and education. There is a problem of cultural backwardness. Since 2005 something has been done? ". (ANSA). AB 13-JAN-10 15:53 \u200b\u200bNNN
(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 13 - It is encouraging that Italy has a specific law against sexual violence, but in addition to the issue of enforcement is necessary to strengthen the protection of women and prevention. Rashida is the opinion of Manjioo, UN special rapporteur on violence against women, which these days is in Italy for a series of meetings, in Rome today, tomorrow and 15 in Bologna in Ravenna, at the invitation of the Association Lawyers Democrats, Pangea and the NGO network of national anti-violence center. "We want - ANSA said Rashida Manjioo - more attention to social protection of women who have suffered violence, more economic resources to support anti-violence centers, and more on the side of prevention protection of women's health and more attention to the needs of education of women. " According to the rapporteur of the UN, the field of equal opportunities in Italy over the past 5 years there has been progress. "A major concern of the Committee for the implementation of CEDAW (the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) - he said - was the poor representation of women in Italian politics. Now maybe because of the law on quotas pink things are a bit better, even if the law seems to me that wants to ensure women's representation at the national level but not at the local level. But at least you have a law: in many countries there is not even that. " E to complete an application: "The Committee, in its latest recommendations to Italy, in 2005, among other things called on the government to work on gender stereotypes, on the face of culture and education. There is a problem of cultural backwardness. Since 2005 something has been done? ". (ANSA). AB 13-JAN-10 15:53 \u200b\u200bNNN
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