Marta Cartabia: the first woman to head the Constitutional Court

"I broke a crystal, I hope to be a forerunner. I hope to be able to say in the future, as the Finnish neopremier did, that age and gender do not count for us. Because in Italy they still" matter "a little.

These are the words with which Marta Cartabia comments on her appointment as President of the Constitutional Court with 14 votes in favor out of 15 (just because she abstained). In Italy it is the first time that this position has been held by a woman who, with her 56 years, is also the youngest of all the presidents to date. In 1987 she graduated in law with a thesis on European constitutional law and in 2011 she was appointed judge of the Constitutional Court by the then President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, for the third time a woman after Fernanda Contri and Maria Rita Saulle. Mother of three and a Catholic, she teaches constitutional law at the Bicocca University of Milan. In his wealth of experience we can include years of research, especially in the States, and teaching in various Italian universities.

There was talk of her last summer when her name was proposed as a possible prime minister for a transitional government. Even if the proposal has not turned into reality, Italy has come closer than ever before to assigning this position to a woman.

The fact that a woman has been selected for the role of President of the Constitutional Court is the signal that the equilibrium on which the male-dominated society is founded are gradually collapsing and this raises the hope of a political future in the name of gender equality. .

Cartabia is the embodiment of the multitasking woman able to reconcile family and career, without giving up her hobbies including frequent visits to the prisoners of San Vittore, jogging, trekking and a passion for music that ranges from opera to rock. Metallica. We at alfemminile hope that this is only the beginning of a rosy and, above all, pink future.