I thought there had to be something I could do because it seemed crazy that, in addition to the psychological tragedy each woman has to face, came also all the rest. – Emma Bonino
I support the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group. The primary responsibility is for Kosovo Albanians to demonstrate that their treatment of minorities is adequate. – Emma Bonino
Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models. – Emma Bonino
The EU should have consolidated its different presences and purposes in Kosovo earlier. – Emma Bonino
The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that. – Emma Bonino
I am now concerned with women’s issues in a different way: women from Afghanistan, from Cambodia. – Emma Bonino
My mother’s studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family. – Emma Bonino
The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature. – Emma Bonino
The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses. – Emma Bonino
I was thrown into the Parliament right away. From 1976 to 1978 I was concerned with the abortion issue, later on with that of divorce. – Emma Bonino
Women are clear-headed, they are more creative and for this reason, sometimes, also more fragile. – Emma Bonino
Men don’t have as many difficulties and are more supported to combine the different aspects of their life. – Emma Bonino
