Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (fourth from left) and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano posing with the female members of the new Italian cabinet (from left): Economic Development Minister Federica Guidi, Education and Research Minister Stefania Giannini, Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin, Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti, Foreign Affairs Minister Federica Mogherini, Regional Affairs Minister Maria Carmela Lanzetta, Public Administration Minister Marianna Madia, and Relations with Parliament Minister Maria Elena Boschi, after the swearing-in ceremony of the new government at Quirinale Palace in Rome on Feb 22. – EPA
Italian reaction to Matteo Renzi’s gender-balanced cabinet shows the fight for equality has a long way to go.
EVEN before they had set foot in their new offices, almost all the female contingent of Matteo Renzi’s new cabinet had, according to voices in the Italian media, blotted their copybooks.
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