https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Pope Francis has broken with Catholic tradition to appoint a woman as an undersecretary of the synod of bishops, the first to hold the post with voting rights in a body that studies major questions of doctrine. https://www.thelocal.it/20210207/pope-appoints-first-woman-to-senior-synod-post Sun, 07 Feb 2021 12:03:59 +0100 pope-appoints-first-woman-to-senior-synod-post Whether through new nurseries or bridging the gender pay gap, many Italian women hope a post-pandemic recovery plan will tackle entrenched inequality in the labour market, especially in the poorer south. https://www.thelocal.it/20201130/design-a-fairer-country-how-post-covid-reforms-could-help-close-italys-gender-gap Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:14:22 +0100 design-a-fairer-country-how-post-covid-reforms-could-help-close-italys-gender-gap At 17, Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi accused her mentor of sexual harassment and became the talk of the Baroque art world. Art historian Christopher R. Marshall explains how the 17th-century painter has become a symbol for the #MeToo movement. https://www.thelocal.it/20180912/artemisia-gentileschi-an-italian-baroque-heroine-for-the-metoo-era Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:27:06 +0200 artemisia-gentileschi-an-italian-baroque-heroine-for-the-metoo-era Italian medical professionals spoke out on Monday after right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini claimed that women go to emergency rooms for abortions because they live an "uncivilised lifestyle". https://www.thelocal.it/20200217/hands-off-women-anger-in-italy-over-salvinis-comments-on-abortion Mon, 17 Feb 2020 18:07:09 +0100 hands-off-women-anger-in-italy-over-salvinis-comments-on-abortion More than three decades after the Vatican first put out a men's team, women are finally putting on its yellow jersey and white shorts and bearing the keys of St. Peter and papal tiara crest. https://www.thelocal.it/20190604/vatican-gets-its-first-womens-football-team Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:54:14 +0200 vatican-gets-its-first-womens-football-team To celebrate International Women's Day, we take a look at six groundbreaking Italian women from the worlds of politics, science, art, and academia. https://www.thelocal.it/20170308/six-inspiring-italian-women-who-changed-the-world Wed, 08 Mar 2017 09:35:33 +0100 six-inspiring-italian-women-who-changed-the-world The stories of Rome's women are as fascinating as the city itself. Rachel Emerson of tour company The Rogue Historians introduces three of her favourite Roman women. https://www.thelocal.it/20190306/women-rome-history Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:27:38 +0100 women-rome-history A womens' day flyer printed by Italy’s League has been slammed as “backwards” for claiming the "natural role of women” is “the promotion and support of life and the family.” https://www.thelocal.it/20190306/league-womens-day-leaflet-womens-natural-role-is-supporting-the-family Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:11:31 +0100 league-womens-day-leaflet-womens-natural-role-is-supporting-the-family When the Italian government sat down with heads of industry to discuss the budget this week, there was something noticeably missing from the picture: women. https://www.thelocal.it/20181212/why-are-there-so-few-women-in-italys-most-powerful-jobs Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:48:08 +0100 why-are-there-so-few-women-in-italys-most-powerful-jobs Verona's town council voted to declare the northern Italian city officially "pro-life", prompting outcry from campaigners for reproductive rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20181005/verona-pro-life-city-italy-abortion-law Fri, 05 Oct 2018 21:44:17 +0200 verona-pro-life-city-italy-abortion-law On International Women's Day, The Local looks what it's like to be a woman in Italy by the numbers. https://www.thelocal.it/20180308/statistics-women-in-italy-womens-rights-gender-gap-equality Thu, 08 Mar 2018 19:18:28 +0100 statistics-women-in-italy-womens-rights-gender-gap-equality It's International Women's Day on March 8th, and here are the ways the occasion is being marked in Italy, from a general strike to free museum visits. https://www.thelocal.it/20180308/how-italy-is-marking-international-womens-day Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:08:06 +0100 how-italy-is-marking-international-womens-day Rarely remembered today, the women who once toiled in Italy's rice fields tell a remarkable story of agitation and activism, writes sociology and modern languages specialist Flora Derounian. https://www.thelocal.it/20180308/women-rice-weeders-mondine-italy-fascism-left Thu, 08 Mar 2018 10:28:51 +0100 women-rice-weeders-mondine-italy-fascism-left Italian women scored an unprecedented World Cup triple on Sunday in a shortened downhill raced on deteriorating snow in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria. https://www.thelocal.it/20180115/italian-women-score-world-cup-triple-in-alpine-downhill-skiing-world-cup Mon, 15 Jan 2018 09:48:07 +0100 italian-women-score-world-cup-triple-in-alpine-downhill-skiing-world-cup After 120 years, Juventus Football Club -- also known as The Old Lady of Turin -- has finally opened its doors to an elite women's team, which is shaking up the world of women's football in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20171215/how-the-juventus-womens-team-is-shaking-up-italian-football Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:45:24 +0100 how-the-juventus-womens-team-is-shaking-up-italian-football Italian police on Friday launched a campaign to reduce the murder rate against women, which has remained stubbornly high despite a decline in the total number of homicides over recent years. https://www.thelocal.it/20171124/police-campaign-women-murdered-italy Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:11:56 +0100 police-campaign-women-murdered-italy In the first ten months of 2017, 114 women were murdered in Italy, according to a report released on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171123/114-women-murdered-in-italy-this-year Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:06:58 +0100 114-women-murdered-in-italy-this-year Italian pathologists began post-mortem examinations Wednesday of 26 migrant girls found dead at sea, as Nigeria called for an international inquiry into their deaths. https://www.thelocal.it/20171109/italy-begins-autopsies-of-26-drowned-migrant-girls Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:07:58 +0100 italy-begins-autopsies-of-26-drowned-migrant-girls Women who want equal opportunities to work, fair pay, political representation, a higher education and access to health care won’t find it in Italy, global statistics show. https://www.thelocal.it/20171103/italy-gender-gap-worse Fri, 03 Nov 2017 12:56:18 +0100 italy-gender-gap-worse Italy in the 1960's was experiencing a whirlwind of change. The Second World War had left a legacy of acute poverty and a country suffering an identity crisis after years of fascism and occupation, but by 1964, the transformation was so stark as to be dubbed a 'miracle'. https://www.thelocal.it/20170614/how-an-economic-miracle-and-the-rise-of-mass-culture-transformed-love-and-marriage-in-post-war-italy Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:35:31 +0200 how-an-economic-miracle-and-the-rise-of-mass-culture-transformed-love-and-marriage-in-post-war-italy