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08 March 2021 "The pandemic has not yet been defeated but we can see, with the acceleration of the vaccine plan, a way out not far away". Prime Minister Mario Draghi said this in a video message to the conference "Towards a National Strategy on Gender Equality".



"I want to take this opportunity to send everyone a true signal of trust. Even in ourselves. I thank, once again, the citizens for their discipline, their infinite patience, especially those who suffer the economic consequences of the pandemic as well. students, families and teachers who bear the brunt of the closure of schools. I thank the health workers, the police, the armed forces, the Civil Protection and many other workers on the front line for their incessant work. these examples of civic and professional responsibility, of active Italian citizenship that require the government to multiply every effort ", said Draghi.



Covid worsens, everyone plays their part, even the government

"We are all facing, these days, a new worsening of the health emergency. Everyone must do their part in containing the spread of the virus. But above all, the government must do his. Indeed he must try to do more every day ", said the premier. - The government must "multiply every effort. We are only at the beginning. Our task - and I am referring to all institutional levels - is to safeguard the lives of Italians by every means and allow a return to normality as soon as possible. life counts. Don't waste a moment, leave no stone unturned, make thoughtful but quick choices ", said Draghi again.



Vaccines, first fragile and those at risk 

"In the vaccination plan, which will be significantly strengthened in the coming days, the most vulnerable people and categories at risk will be privileged. Waiting for your turn is also a way to protect the health of our fellow citizens. weak, "said Prime Minister Mario Draghi.



It is not the time to divide but to give answers

"This is not the time to divide us or to reaffirm our identities. But it is time to give an answer to the many people who suffer from the economic crisis, who risk losing their jobs, to fight inequalities ", said Prime Minister Mario Draghi.



I do not promise the unattainable, recovery-reform work

"I do not want to promise anything that is not truly achievable. My concerns are your concerns. My constant thought is directed at making effective and efficient the action of the executive in protecting the health, support those in difficulty, promote economic recovery, accelerate reforms ", said the prime minister.



In one year, over 1 million poorer Italians

"In just one year, the number of Italians living in a situation of absolute poverty has increased by over one million, while other disparities have worsened, first of all that between women and men" , Prime Minister Mario Draghi said in a video message to the conference "Towards a National Strategy on Gender Equality".



Too many victims of femicide

"I do not want to repeat today's beautiful words of the President of the Republic on the condition of women. You know well how painful it is. On femicide and all forms of gender-based violence, the proposals of the Parliamentary Commission of investigation". Thus the Prime Minister Mario Draghi in a video message transmitted during the web conference 'Towards a National Strategy on Gender Equality' promoted by the Minister for Equal Opportunities and the Elena Bonetti Family. "Today, for the victims of too many femicides and also as a reaction produced by the pandemic, a new awareness seems to be forming that finds an extraordinary opportunity in the NextGeneration EU program to become reality in the government action, of my government", she concludes.



"The mobilization of women's energies, not only a symbolic recognition of the function and talent of women, are essential for building the future of our nation. Targeted actions and profound reforms are necessary to fully involve women in economic, social and institutional life. of the country. But first of all we must change ourselves in the daily routine of family life ", said Prime Minister Mario Draghi. "The State and local authorities - he stresses - will have to assist families, especially the younger ones, even when this emergency phase is over. The tools we have to use are various, I am thinking among others of parental leave, I am thinking of the number of places in the kindergartens that see us as inferior to the European objectives, and on their territorial distribution which must be made much more equitable than it is today. All this is the objective of this government ".