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Women's Rights: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed

Alice Bonvicini

The Italian Cultural Institute of New York held a symposium about women’s rights, equality, and empowerment. Participants included the Italian Minister for Equal Opportunity...

"Le Conversazioni 2010: a Symposium on Human Rights in Beautiful Capri"

Benedetta Grasso

Antonio Monda presented @ Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò (NYU) the 2010 edition of "Le Conversazioni", a literary festival held in Capri, now at its 5th edition, happening this...

The Yellow Revolution of Italian Immigrants

Benedetta Grasso

“We are not criminals, we are not clandestine, we are citizens”. Yellow is the color chosen by the Italian immigrants as a symbol of their first strike—a demonstration held...

Human Rights Scholar Makau Mutua delivers ‘Straight’ Talk on Homosexuality in Kenya

Beatrice Spadacini

Homosexuality in Africa remains a taboo subject but increasingly dissenting voices are being heard. I had the good fortune to hear one of them.

60th Anniversary of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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