Gender equality, Bonetti: “A national strategy by the end of the month”

On gender equality, Italy is still lagging behind: the Global ranking for gender equality del World economic forum places our country at 76th place out of 153 countries (and inequality was further accentuated by the pandemic). For this reason, in view of the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda, the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development has dedicated a reflection on gender equality, in the event “Women, participation and employment for the revitalization of the country”. The goal of gender equality is the goal 5 dell’agenda 2030 dell’Onu.

The national strategy of gender equality, which, as explained by the Minister for Equal Opportunities and the Family, Elena Bonetti, will be finalized at the end of the month, “Is based on some priority axes, which define indications of directionality, and gives an interpretation of the current state of the country, setting objectives step by step” and is therefore “useful and important as an impetus and framework for the Pnrrr system but also as a verification and monitoring of the same plan which sets itself very significant objectives “.

Maria Patrizia Grieco, president of Assonime and president of Monte dei Paschi di Siena, underlined: “We know how much the work of women is important in economic terms, increasing that female employment rate is a very important factor for GDP growth ».

But according to the Minister of Labor, Andrea Orlando, the rule on cross compliance ‘is not an established fact, also because we have seen that there are criticisms and objections to the clause itself ». The discussion in Parliament “is crucial, and it is true that we must take into account the specificity of the sectors, but it cannot become an alibi. We need to ask the business world to make an effort in this direction: it is one thing to promote female employment, one thing is to transform these statements into norms, this provokes reactions that we will have to overcome ».