Issue 2/2025 of the journal Welfare e Ergonomia, “Rethinking Welfare to prevent and combat gender-based violence”, edited by Pietro Demurtas and Emiliana Mangone, has been published.

This issue analyzes the evolution of the Italian anti-violence system, which originated in the 1970s through the initiative of feminist movements and developed with significant regional differences until achieving greater national coordination following the Istanbul Convention (2013). Today, it is characterized by the complexity of multi-level governance and the need to coordinate often diverse actors and approaches.

Gender-based violence emerges as a testing ground for welfare: as a widespread and persistent phenomenon, it highlights the impact of social and economic inequalities on the possibilities of escaping violence.