Homicide victims

In 2018 homicides continued to decrease, except those with female victims. In 2018, there were 345 homicides in Italy (357 in the previous year) with […]

Gender-based violence during Covid-19

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Violence against women

The Italian Violence against the Women Survey aims to highlight all different kinds of gender violence against women in Italy covering all its aspects. It […]

Gender roles and stereotypes

In Italy the most common stereotype concerning traditional gender roles were “for a man, more than for a  woman, is very important to be successful […]

Anti-violence Centres

Istat makes available an infographic on the services offered by anti-violence Centres to victimized women, in partnership with the Italian Department for Equal Opportunities (DEO), […]

Homicide victims

In 2017, 357 persons were murdered in Italy (234 males and 123 females), equal to 0.59 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, with 0.79 homicides per 100,000 […]

Sexual harassment at work

This note presents the results, referred to the years 2015-2016, of the estimate of sexual harassment suffered by women and men and of women victims […]

Day for the elimination of violence against women

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Violence against women

Last June 5, 2015, Istat released the follow-up survey on violence against women in Italy. The results are to be widely disseminated also among migrant […]

Convictions of felony by final judgement

Criminal law sanctions illicit behaviours according to their seriousness and connotes them as felonies or as misdemeanors: the formers are the most serious ones. The […]