The Nobel prize Shirine Ebadi made a Plea for Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani,that was welcomed and spread by all members and all branches of the Fondazione Mediterraneo.
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22 March 2010
Parent Category: Attività (EN) -
Category: Women
The Institut Français de Naples and the University of Naples "l´Orientale" hosted Wassyla Tamzali who presented the Italian edition of her book "Una passione algerina" (An Algerian Passion) (pub. Filema).
Among the speakers, Prof. Mario Petrone and President Michele Capasso.
The meeting was chaired by Denis Barbet, Consul General of France and Director of the Institut Français de Naples.
In Naples the 8th March marked a significant moment through the action of Napoli Positiva. The women of Naples took part in a demonstration to claim their right to live their own choices, as well as denouncing and recalling that, all over the world, the massacre of women is going on.
The 2nd Euromed Ministerial Conference on "Strengthening the Role of Women" took place in Marrakesh. At the end of the meeting representants of France, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco announced the project of a Foundation of Women for the Mediterranean. The announce was given by the French Minister Xavier Darcos.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), the Human Rights Association (IHD) and the Euro-Med NGO Platform organized the conference "Gender Equality in the Euro-Med Region: From Plan of Action to Action", which took place in Istanbul, 24-25 November 2009.