Health and well-being
The birth of a child in Italy must be reported to the registrar’s office of the municipality or to the management of the hospital in which it occurs, within 10 days of the event. To make this report it is necessary to have a valid identification document and a birth certificate [certificato di nascita] issued by the hospital. No residency permit [permesso di residenza] is necessary. [2011.11.22]
The regional women council has published five leaflets on women's health and against violence, printed in English, Rumanian, Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish. The publications are aimed at foreign women who live in our region and are distributed to associations requesting them. [2011.03.12]
The request cannot be presented by the mother (or the father), who is a non-European Community citizen, that is in possession of only permesso di soggiorno or is awaiting carta di soggiorno at the time of the request for maternity allowance. [2011.03.07]
The UNAR Contact Centre has been open since 10 December 2004 and can be reached by calling freephone 800 90 10 10 or via Internet. The freephone number is operational from Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and is available in Italian, English, French, Spanish, Albanian, Arabic, Russian, Romanian and Mandarin Chinese. [2009.11.02]
To be eligible, a worker who does not have the requisite 52 weeks of contributions (52 weeks of work) in the last 2 years can apply on the basis of one or more jobs for a total of at least 78 calendar days in the previous calendar year. [2009.08.21]
In law decree no.185 published in the Official Gazette dated 29 November 2008, converted into law by Parliament, the Government issued a series of measures to cope with the recession. Applications for the bonus may also be made by foreign citizens with a regular residency permit who are registered in the municipal register (Anagrafe). [2009.01.29]