Violenza di genere e Convenzione di Istanbul : un'analisi concettuale

This essay aims to analyses the concept of ‘gender violence’: starting from a brief reconstruction of the problems related to the concepts of ‘gender’ and ‘violence’, the author distinguishes several possible meanings of the expression ‘gender violence’ and, then, she raises some critical remarks to the definitions adopted by the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.