The conference promoted by Fidapa BPW Italy Policoro Section President Antonella Magno in collaboration with the Fidapa sections of Tursi, Marconia-Pisticci and Salandra sponsored by Fidapa BPW was held today, Saturday 25 May, in the Conference Room of the Hotel Hermes in Policoro Italy South East District. Elisabetta Grande, President of Fidapa BPW Italy South East District opened the proceedings, followed by speeches by the Councilor for Social Policies of the Municipality of Policoro Cinzia Mastronardi, by the Commissioner for Equality and Equal Opportunities of the Basilicata Region Carmen Olivieri , of the President of Confcooperative Basilicata Giuseppe Bruno, of the Equality Councilor of the Province of Potenza Simona Bonito and of the Human Rights Task Force of the South East District Sara Paganelli. Keynote speaker Raffaele Izzo Partnership Manager Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia who presented the data from the InDifesa Dossier on crimes against minors, with a particular report relating to the data in Basilicata.
The reports were followed by a stimulating round table of Third Sector entities in which local stakeholders took part. As a seal, the intervention of the Regional Guarantor of Children’s Rights Vincenzo Giuliano who deemed it necessary to focus attention on the importance of prevention activities of conditions of abuse and mistreatment starting from the school institution. The conclusions of the work were entrusted to Eufemia Ippolito
BPW International Executive Finance Officer 2021-2024 who reiterated Fidapa’s commitment to the protection of human rights at a global level.
The event established a pact of understanding between Fidapa Bpw Italy, the Terre des Hommes Italia Foundation, the Order of Psychologists of Basilicata represented by the Vice President Maria Antonietta Amoroso, the Order of Social Workers of Basilicata in the person of Giuseppe Palo and the Regional Guarantor of Human Rights Childhood and Adolescence of the Basilicata Region in order to promote synergistic initiatives in defense of minors and minors victims of mistreatment and abuse.
We believe it is necessary – states the President of the Policoro Section Antonella Magno – to focus attention on the abuse and mistreatment of childhood and adolescence, a phenomenon that is very often hidden and unacknowledged, through moments of awareness aimed at all citizens and not only at operators in the sector, in order to prevent and combat phenomena of violence against minors and gender stereotypes. We are honored to host the Terre des Hommes Foundation in our territory as it has been committed for around 60 years at a national and international level to protecting children around the world from all forms of violence or abuse, guaranteeing every child the right to health, education and freedom, without any religious, ethnic, political or gender discrimination.
