
The Istat 2025 report highlights that 7.8% of women between 16 and 70 have suffered violence before the age of 16, down from 10.6% in 2014.
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Istat has published the report "Violence against women from childhood to adulthood - Year 2025".
8.2% of Italian women and 3.4% of foreign women declare having suffered sexual violence before the age of 16, a decrease compared to 2014.
Women aged 16 to 70 who suffered sexual violence before the age of 16 were 7.8% overall in 2025, compared to 10.6% in 2014. This emerges from the Istat report "Violence against women from childhood to adulthood - Year 2025". Four types of violence considered by the investigation: being forced to pose naked; being touched in the private parts against one's will; being forced to touch another person's private parts; being forced to have sexual intercourse.

Around three hundred people took part in the 'Stop dying on the streets' demonstration in Turin in the Vanchiglia neighbourhood, after the death of the seven-year-old boy who was hit by a bicycle. The protesters formed a human cycle path and deposited a white bicycle.

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A study by the Isscon Foundation, Federconsumatori and CGIL reveals that gambling in Italy has grown by 72% in a decade. In small municipalities, online gaming shows worrying growth, with huge losses and rapidly increasing volumes across the country.

An Istat report reveals that 14.9% of women between 16 and 75 have suffered physical or sexual violence before the age of 16. Attacks are predominantly perpetrated by people known to the victim, including family members and parents.

14.9% of women between 16 and 75 years old have suffered physical or sexual violence before the age of 16. The Istat 2025 report reveals that the perpetrators are mostly known people, including family members and parents, with a higher incidence among Italian women.

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