More than 66% of women with
disabilities in Italy have experienced violence and in 87% of
cases it has been perpetrated by those closest to them,
Disability Minister Alessandra Locatelli said on Friday.
"There is work to be done, and in addition to the associations,
it is important to also join forces at institutional level, with
(Equal Opportunities) Minister Roccella, (Welfare) Minister
Calderone and the world of education, so that a culture of
respect can be achieved starting from the earliest age,"
Locatelli told a special meeting of the National Observatory on
the Condition of People with Disabilities.
"The issue of violence against disabled women is very frequent
and little understood," she added.
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