07/05/2012
European Women’s Lobby member organisations’
Activities Report for 2011
Please use this document to report on your national or
European organisation’s activities in 2010 and send it back before April 13 2012 to ewl@womenlobby.org
- Please note that a compilation of the member’s reports will be disseminated and
put on the EWL website. Please note that the EWL will not be able to translate
all reports, you are very welcome to provide us with both a French and English
version of your report.
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Section 1 on activities led by your organisation in 2011
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Section 2 on your evaluation of progress and backlashes in
relation to women’s rights and gender equality in your country in 2011.
Name of organisation: The Italian Co-ordination
of European Women’s Lobby
Contact person filling the form and email: Maria
Ludovica Bottarelli Tranquilli-Leali S.G. m.tranquillileali@virgilio.it
Section 1: Reporting on Activities led by your organisation in 2011 (maximum
1 A4 page). Please highlight main campaigns, good practices, projects or
advocacy:
- EWL Campaign for the vote of the resolution on
maternity leave directive: press release, letters sent to PPE and ALDE
Italian MEPs, good press covereage (Il Fatto Quotidiano, Donna Modernahttp://blog.donnamoderna.com/mommypride/2010/10/18/working-mothers-italy-sostiene-la-lobby-delle-donne-per-il-congedo-di-maternita-in-parlamento-europeo/ , Vita Europe http://www.vita.it/news/view/107978)
- EWL Campaign
against the system of prostitution: publication of the video on
LEF-Italia’s fb page, group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/103826006336029/) and blog (http://coordinamentoitalianolobbyeudonne.blogspot.it/search/label/Campagne%20EWL). Organisation of 3 rounds of talks
among the Italian expert of EWL Observatory, LEF-Italia board members and other
stakeholders involved in the issue of prostitution on how to implement EWL Campaign at national level.
- National Campaign
for the approval of the Law on Quotas in board of administration.
LEF-Italia has supported the national campaign lead by the Italian women’s
movement and has issued a press release (http://www.vita.it/news/view/110128).
- Good practices:
- Participation of
the President Siusi Casaccia as speaker in a conference on women’s quota in
decision making organized in Matera within the framework of a European Week;
- Participation of
the President Siusi Casaccia as speaker in a seminar on the portrayal of women
in the media organized in Milan;
- Promotion
together with the Council Presidency of the Region Toscana of the presentation
of a book on Hon. Tina Anselmi (among the founders of LEF-Italia and former
Employment and Health Minister) moderated by Anna Maria Olivieri, LEF-Italia
board member;
- Participation of
the S.G. Maria Ludovica Bottarelli Tranquilli-Leali as speaker in the round
table on discriminations organized by Certi Diritti (https://www.facebook.com/events/215031335195171/) within the framework of the European
Gay Pride organized in Rome;
- Participation of
S.G. as speaker in the seminar Verso una nuova casa delle donne organized by
the Municipality of Modena (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Coordinamento-Italiano-della-Lobby-Europea-delle-Donne-LEF-Italia/135120993181673)
- Participation of
the S.G. in the temathic conference n.1 “Poverty Feminization: challenges and
solutions” with the speech on the benefits of civil dialogue: the experience of
the European Women’s Lobby within the framework of a Multy-Country Non State
Actors project financed by European Commission and entitled “Multy local
women’s partnership against poverty”.
- Projects and
women’s advocacy: LEF-Italia is partner of Formaper (training institute of
the Milan Chamber of Commerce) in the implementation of a Multy-Country Non
State Actor project entitled “Multy local women’s partnership against poverty”
and which involves 4 Countries (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, China). The
project has the goal to support local Women’s NGOs to empower grass-root women,
set up a civil dialogue with national and local authorities in order to
overcome women’s poverty. The S.G. has held, in Tashkent (Uz), 2 training
courses for representative of public institution, civil society organizations
and for their executive staff and co-chaired 2 workshops.
- the activities in partnership with Formaper for the
implementation of the IBBP project: promoting a culture of Women’s rights an
integrated project to reduce social marginality and empower vulnerable women in
Tashkent KoKand and Navoy has been published in the report of EuropeAid http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/asia/country-cooperation/uzbekistan/documents/annex_1_en.pdf
Section 2: The state of women in your country / area of work
(for European-wide organisations)
2.1. Please highlight in 5 lines the most important progress in relation to women’s rights
and gender equality in your country / area of work in 2011
Beside the patriarchal and sex centred portrayal of women
during the long “Berlusconi Period” and beside the low women’s activity rate
(45,6%), nevertheless, some development in matter of gender equality have
been made by the approval on June 30 2011 of the law on Quotas in boards of
quoted companies and subsidiaries. Unfortunately the high rate of violence
against women continues (97 women killed by partners) beside the law against
violence and the recent and criticised law against stalking (2009). The
national unequal gender situation has be acknowledged by the Italian women
which have organized a huge manifestation in every city calling for dignity
on February 13, with the participation also of LEF-Italia members.
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2.2. Please highlight in 5 lines the most important backlash in relation to women’s rights
and gender equality in your country / area of work in 2011
As said before the picture of women in Italy it’s deeply
sex-centred and in a certain way patriarchal. The concept of Equality has not
yet been digested by the mail counterpart. The EU Gender Policies are not
been implemented at all at national level (see: national equality plan,
etc..). Nevertheless there are some regions which have implemented good
practices in matters of equality. No positive development have been made in
matters of reconciliation policies and therefore most of the Italian women
leave the labour market after the first childbirth. There is no comprehensive
plan for the fight against women’s unemployment and women are mostly employed
in part-time and atypical jobs.
There is still a persisting and low presence of women in
decision making positions (Chambers: 18%). LEF-Italia has faced difficulties
in having a dialogue with national institutions, but has a very good dialogue
with regional authorities. The economical crisis has impacted overall on
women since many small and medium sized enterprises have closed and many
women have been dismissed; moreover many atypical contract have not been
renewed and often the pension schemes are insufficient for assuring a decent
life to elderly women.
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