Edited by Chiara Severgnini
What will we remember about 2023? Wars, attacks, floods. But also solidarity movements, great innovations, records. And then novels, films, concerts. And many, many women. The journalists of the Corriere have chosen 102: those (living or dead during the year) who have left their mark the most in the last twelve months.
The Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, fourth most powerful woman in the world according to Forbes, and the secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein could not be missing: Nor could the European leaders be missing: Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, Christine Lagarde, first woman to chair the ECB, and Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament.
But those who marked the year were also intellectuals such as Michela Murgia, trade unionists such as Fran Drescher, activists such as Narges Mohammadi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner imprisoned in Iran. And, speaking of Nobel, it is essential to mention the economist Claudia Goldin, who studied the systemic disadvantages that penalize women at work, and the biochemist Katalin Kariko, mother of mRNA vaccines. And then athletes like Sofia Goggia and Federica Brignone, champions in competition who are a stimulus for each other, and directors like Paola Cortellesi, who with There’s Still Tomorrow brought Italy back to the cinema with an exciting story of feminine strength.
In this 2023, however, the women forced to suffer atrocities also made the news. Those brutalized by terrorists on October 7, those held hostage by Hamas, those forced to give birth under the bombs in Gaza. And those killed by those who do not respect their freedom, like Giulia Cecchettin. For this reason, in our opinion, she is also among the women of 2023. Not alone, but with her sister Elena, who with her words ignited a wave of indignation – even male – which is unprecedented in our country.
2023-12-28 12:01:40
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