﻿{"id":6907,"date":"2025-11-25T11:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:10:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:10:38","slug":"statement-by-president-mattarella-on-the-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2025\/11\/statement-by-president-mattarella-on-the-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by President Mattarella on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 titolo\">\n<p><i><span class=\"luogo q-luogo\">Roma, 25\/11\/2025<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p id=\"contentTitle\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, issued the following statement:<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> \u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"testo col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"redazione\">\n<p>\u00abIn all walks of social and private life, in homes, at the workplace and in urban spaces, the principle of equality is taking root sluggishly, thereby limiting women\u2019s autonomy, jeopardising their safety and weakening the progress of society.<\/p>\n<p>A tragic example of this is to be seen in the theatres of armed conflict, where violence against women is used as a tool of intimidation and oppression.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we witness the spreading of forms of violence enabled by the digital world and amplified by the social network dynamics. The consequences are all but virtual: humiliation, blackmailing and coercion that lead, in the most serious cases, to physical assault and femicide.<\/p>\n<p>Such abuses leave deep scars \u2013 on the body and in the mind.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, the use of language is by no means trifling when it fuels stereotypes. When it seeks to justify relationships of domination and unacceptable behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Equality means, above all, to learn the language of respect.<\/p>\n<p>On the 65<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the assassination of the Mirabal sisters, tortured and killed on 25 November 1960 in the Dominican Republic \u2013 today, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women \u2013 their choice to stand against the dictatorship still inspires entire generations, reminding us that women\u2019s freedom and empowerment are collective achievements to be preserved and consolidated every day\u00bb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quirinale.it\/elementi\/145155\">Link<\/a> to the statement on the official website of Quirinale<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roma, 25\/11\/2025 The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, issued the following statement: \u202f \u00abIn all walks of social and private life, in homes, at the workplace and in urban spaces, the principle of equality is taking root sluggishly, thereby limiting women\u2019s autonomy, jeopardising their safety and weakening the progress of society. A tragic example [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":6908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6909,"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907\/revisions\/6909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}