Angry women rally against Italian sexism

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Series Details 12.2.11
Publication Date 12/02/2011
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Article report that Italian women would test the strength of grassroots opposition to Silvio Berlusconi on the 13 February 2011 with rallies planned in more than 200 squares across the country to protest against what they see as Italy’s entrenched sexism symbolised by their prime minister’s 'Ruby-gate' scandal.
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La Repubblica, 14.2.11: One million women against Berlusconi (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/501231-one-million-women-against-berlusconi
Spiegel Online International, 14.2.11: 'Italy is Not a Brothel' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,745507,00.html
BBC News, 13.2.11: Italian women hold anti-Berlusconi demonstrations http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12442833
Corriere della Sera, 14.2.11: Women and Men Demonstrate for Dignity – “More Than a Million Round the World http://www.corriere.it/International/english/articoli/2011/02/14/women_berlusconi.shtml
ESO: Background information: Thousands protest against Berlusconi http://www.europeansources.info/record/thousands-protest-against-berlusconi/
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