Area 5: The parliament complies with its SYMBOLIC function
Gender-sensitive facilities
The Speaker of the Parliament initiated a change in 2016 whereby the traditional shooting gallery has been transformed into a nursery for the children of people working in the parliament.
The President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies dedicated a room to women in 2016. The Women’s Room shows the pictures of the first women to be active in political representation in Italy at national, regional and local level. On a blank wall, there are three mirrors, one for each political position that has as yet not been held by a woman (President of the Republic, of the Senate and of the Council of Ministers). Below the mirrors, women visitors can read ‘You could be the first’.