From “Books” to “Action” : Has Protection from Discrimination Become Intersectional in Italy?

The aim of this article is to examine the extent to which intersectionality has been addressed in different domains in Italy: the antidiscrimination leg- islation; the case-law; the implementation of non-discrimination principle  by equality bodies and through policy strategies (e.g., national action  plans); civil society; and scholarly literature explicitly addressing intersec- tionality. Although legal texts, case-law and the implementation of anti- discrimination measures don’t explicitly refer to intersectionality, the anal- ysis shows that the premises have been coming into being to apply law and  policy “intersectionally”.