It is 1945 and women in Italy obtain the right to vote for the first time.
It is the 80' and we see them struggling to achieve gender equality at work. It is 2021, a new era, we land on Mars, but women are still sidelined.
We are in Japan, now known to have an “extra gear” of development compared to other states. Well, in this progressive country, women have been invited to attend government meetings with a caution: be present without speaking.
In the era of female empowerment and gender equality, this serious restriction naturally caused quite a stir on Japanese and international social media.
The initial idea was to make people forget the affair of former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who was forced to resign as head of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee because of his sexist comments to the effect that, because of a lot of “chatty women”, the meetings were very long.
In reality, it was later discovered that the presence of women's groups at government meetings is similar to that of figures, who can only speak afterwards through written comments sent to the secretariat!
So it is appropriate to ask the question: how far have we come with women's rights?
Women have been fighting for equality and against oppression for centuries. Although they have won some battles, they are still affected by brutal forms of violence and discrimination in every aspect of life.
At one time, in most societies, women were traditionally confined to the home as daughters, wives and mothers and we often only know of their stories because of their relationships with famous men.
However, many of them have in fact played an important role in cultural and political life: think of Marie Curie, the first woman to teach at the prestigious Sorbonne University in Paris, Valentina Tereskova, the first woman to travel into space, Margherita Hack, Rita Levi Montalcini, Anna Bolena, Jacqueline Kennedy... the names are many!
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In the new millennium, it is strange to see that a country like Japan, which is extremely advanced in terms of technology, finds itself lagging far behind in terms of the status of women. The problem is that it is not the only one!
In our case, it is enough to think that Italy is also among the countries where being born as a woman creates some problems.
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For this reason, fighting for women's rights means, in many states, changing laws and policies, winning hearts and minds, giving every woman the opportunity to realise her full potential as a person, as a citizen and as a worker.
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