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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

Giorgia Meloni is an Italian politician and journalist, Prime Minister of the country since October 22 celebrated International Women's Day today, recalling the fate of women in Italy who have become victims of violence, ANSA reported for BTA.

"On International Women's Day, I want to remember and thank for the perseverance and courage of all women who throughout the years and in history have fought and achieved important victories and goals in the social, civil, economic and political fields, in science and innovation. These women are the protagonists of great revolutions that have made the woman have an increasingly central role and importance in the development of Italy. Workers, wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, friends or partners, women are an inexhaustible source of strength, resilience, togetherness and empathy," Meloni wrote on Facebook.

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Then she recalled the names of several women who had become victims of violence in Italy.

"For their sake and for the sake of every single woman who has become a victim of persecution, discrimination and assault, we must continue the fight to oppose any form of violence with all possible means at our disposal," she added.

"It is the duty of the institutions to make sure that such barbarities do not happen again. It is also our duty to remove those obstacles that do not allow all women to express their invaluable potential to the maximum in the sector in which they have ambitions." Meloni added.

"Great strides forward have been made, but much remains to be done with the awareness that increasing the presence of women in every sector is and must be a fulcrum and a constant movement for the development of our nation," Meloni said and congratulated women on the holiday in Italy, Europe and the world.

In 2022, 125 women were victims of murder in Italy, compared to 119 the previous year, according to a report published today by the police.

Of these, 103 women were killed by their partners or ex-partners or other family members.

Of the victims, 95 percent were 18 or older, and 78 percent were Italian, the report said.

Georgia Meloni

Italy

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