We receive and publish a letter signed by various Forlì associations.
«A long and complex period has come to an end during which the democratic debate was lively, at times difficult, but we hope that we will all be able to transform it into a wealth of experience for the cultural and political growth of this community. We decided to write this letter because in this city there is a community that works to help pursue this result. As a group of women’s associations or as representatives of the territory we wish to act for the necessary cultural change and to remove any obstacle to the recognition of the role of women in society, as well as defending the rights of female self-determination, in particular the right to abortion.
We ask that the mayor, who chairs the Social and Health Conference, always guarantees the application of law 194, i.e. the possibility of IVG in hospital, while respecting conscientious objection, and that in order to protect this fundamental right he opposes to the entry into counseling centers of associations that influence women to blame, preserving the spaces dedicated to women’s health and autonomous decision-making and working to increase information and prevention activities, providing for this purpose greater support for counseling centers.
We ask for respect for the equal share of presence of women in the municipal council and in the bodies of companies owned by the Municipality.
We ask for prompt and rapid implementation of the “Plan for Equality” included in the coalition electoral program and to work on the creation of the “gender budget” together with the evaluation of the impact of public policies on the living conditions of women, increasing resources in the budget, following up on a political action which in the past five years has recognized the value of the Women’s Centre. For the next five years we ask to strengthen and make the Women’s Center an increasingly open space available to women and the different subjectivities of citizenship.
We ask that actions be developed to combat discrimination, gender-based and homo-bi-transphobic violence.
We ask to develop services and policies to combat the social fragility of women, in particular migrant women, and to make real socio-cultural change possible in which women become protagonists. In this regard, we urge a strong proactive commitment from the Equal Opportunities Commission, hoping for constant dialogue with local representation bodies and associations».
Forlì Women’s Forum, Udi Women’s Union in Italy Forlì, Permanent Table of the Associations against violence against women of Forlì, Vocedonna Association, Women Association
