Italy
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The context
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Italian women live in a context with a high standard of living - in one of the world’s 20 richest countries with developed services in terms of health and education. According to Amartya Sen - Nobel prize for the Economy in 1998 - they have the same capacities as the male population but women’s
capacities are just not exploited to the same extent.
In the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracks their progress over time. The Global Gender Gap Index presented inthis Report seeks to measure important aspects of gender equality: the relative gaps between womenand men across four key areas: health, education, economy and politics. According to this Index,Italy is in the 69th position out of 142 countries. The female employment rate is only 46,8%.
The area mapped is the Veneto Region, that is one of the twenty Italian Regions, located in the northeastern part of Italy with a population of almost five million.
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Read the full context here
Mapping process
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In each country there was a mapping process of both the context and the good practices in 2014-2015.
Read more about the Italian process here.
Good practices
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2 good practices were identified in Italy:
- Companies' Kindergarten: Luxottica Spa is one of the biggest companies in the Veneto Region where most of the employees are women. In 2009 they built a kindergarten in co-operation with the Municipality where they are located; 70% of the places are opened to the children of the local community.
Read more about this good practice here
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- Appointment of a councillor for equality:
The Councillors for Equality play a central role in avoiding discrimination and promoting equal opportunity. This figure plays a crucial role with respect to the implementation of the principle of non-discrimination at the workplace, legally assisting individual workers or groups of workers if required. The post is enacted at the national, regional and provincial level, depending on the level of influence of public and private structures affected by their actions.
Read more about this good practice here
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