After two months of nightly briefings with only male COVID-19 experts, female doctors and scientists in Italy are demanding the government listen to their voice too.
outbreak, the lineup of authoritative figures included only one woman: the sign-language interpreter.
Indignation over the gender inequality has now exploded into the open, with some 70 female researchers and scientists signing a petition demanding the government include women in virus decision-making bodies as a matter of “democracy and civilization.” This week Premier Giuseppe Conte acknowledged the appeals, calling on the head of the commission of scientific and technical experts advising the government on reopening to enlist women into their ranks. He urged his Cabinet ministers to “keep gender equilibrium in mind” in setting up task forces.
According to 2018 European Union figures, 53% of Italian women were in their nation’s workforce, compared with 73% for men. Only Greece ranked lower among EU nations: 49% for women and 70% for men. Conte’s lack of focus on the childcare burden posed for women in the months ahead is “one of the reasons it was so important to have a woman on the commission’’ advising the government on reopening, said Dr. Paola Romagnani, a kidney specialist who signed the petition calling for women's inclusion and spoke with the international media in Rome on Tuesday.
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