INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Naples, Rome, Marrakech, Tokyo, New York | 25 November 2023
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The "UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD" with its autonomous sections "MEDITERRANEAN FOUNDATION" and "KIMIYYA" celebrate in various countries, as they do every year on 25 November, the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women" formalised by the United Nations in 1999.
"The date of 25 November," emphasises Secretary-General Michele Capasso, "was chosen to commemorate the life, activism and above all the courage of three sisters: Patria, Maria Teresa and Minerva Mirabal, also nicknamed 'mariposas', or butterflies, who fought for the freedom of their country: the Dominican Republic, which during the 1940s and 1950s was in the grip of General Rafael Trujilo's dictatorship. The Mirabal sisters decided to engage in political activism by denouncing the horrors and crimes of the dictatorship. But on 25 November 1960, the three 'mariposas' sisters were tortured and murdered by Trujillo's assassins. The outrage at their deaths raised a wave of horror both at home and abroad, drawing international attention to the Dominican regime and the 'machismo' culture that did not tolerate women occupying public and political space. It is in the memory of Patria, Maria Teresa and Minerva that every 25 November marks the beginning of a 16-day period dedicated to activism against gender-based violence, which ends on 10 December with International Human Rights Day”.
In this year, ravaged by wars and extreme events, the 'UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD' calls on everyone to 'pull together' to ensure respect for women's human dignity and, above all, to prevent the feminicides that infest all societies.

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MUSEUM OF PEACE: PSYCHOLOGISTS MEMBERS OF THE "EFPA" BOARD VISITING THE SECTION DEDICATED TO RAFFAELE CAPASSO

Naples | 24 November 2023
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Representatives of the associations of psychologists from the various European countries united in the "EFPA" (European Federation of Psychologists' Associations) meeting in the "board" and "council" at the Peace Museum visited the section dedicated to Raffaele Capasso in the Museum of Peace, expressing their appreciation for the Mayor of the reconstruction of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio.
In particular, EFPA President Prof. Christoph Steinebach, highlighted the educational and training value of Raffaele Capasso's life and political experience.

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PSYCHOLOGISTS MEMBERS OF THE "EFPA" BOARD VISITING THE MUSEUM OF PEACE

Naples | 24 November 2023
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Representatives of the associations of psychologists from the various European countries united in the "EFPA" (European Federation of Psychologists' Associations) meeting in the "board" and "council" at the Museum of Peace visited the various sections of the Museum, expressing their appreciation for a unique and extraordinary place full of values that are indispensable at this difficult time in the history of humanity.

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IN FLORENCE TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE

Florence | 18 November 2023
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A united and federal Europe has always been a dream of western man, especially from the 17th and 18th centuries to more recent times with the Ventotene group and Churchill in his speech in Zurich after the Second World War.
Unfortunately, the project of a united and federal Europe has not come to fruition to date, because a step-by-step road was chosen that got stuck, starting with the ECSC, passing through the EEC and stopping at a European Union that is currently an imperfect confederal model with delicate structural problems.
Today, in the post-pandemic international scenario and amidst a context of wars in Europe and the Middle East, we are realising that the European Union has no socio-political weight, appearing powerless in the face of events.
A European Union that has no weight is a European Union that is unfortunately useless. That is why we need a change of pace, a decisive turn towards federalism.  Even Mario Draghi is aware of the criticalities that exist today, and he is certainly someone who knows about them.
This will be discussed with the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD during the morning part of the Anti-Mafia Summit of the Antonino Caponnetto Foundation to be held in Florence at 10 a.m. on 18 November at the Oblate Library.

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