Posted by Wilma Massucco on October 25, 2010 under Interviews, Video | 
Vandana Shiva , eco feminist, winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize for placing women and ecology at the heart of modern development discourse, advocates against the prevalent “patriarchal logic of exclusion”, claiming that a woman-focused system would change the current system in an extremely positive manner. She says: “Usually women are not in the main stream of society (as the men), and that’s the reason why they can think differently, and act differently. They act in defense of nature and in defense of society. Every day they have to clean the house, to care the babies, …. and this gives them a training in persistence”.
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Posted by Wilma Massucco on October 21, 2010 under News |
After less than one month from the last New York Summit on MDGs, which finished with the commitment by rich countries to maintain their engagement for supporting MDGs, the new Italian Financial Act for 2011 cuts off 45% of the funds that in June the same Government had decided to assign to Cooperation for Development. Reaching in such a way a negative record: the effective amount that Italy will invest in this issue for the next year (179 MLN Euro) is the minimum assigned by this Country in the last 20 years. This policy is in strong opposition with the rest of Europe Read more of this article »
Posted by Wilma Massucco on October 19, 2010 under Interviews, Video |
Fabio Poggi, Councillor for International Cooperation in Modena (Italy), talks about the experience of his city. Modena might be considered as a good example of the way how to manage human resources working for International Cooperation projects, as a lot of initiatives have been going on, inside this Municipality, related to this topic. See for example the presence in the town of Councillorship for International Cooperation, an Office for International Cooperation, a Course for Volunteers of International Cooperation, a specific Fund for International Cooperation, a Centre of Universities dedicated to International Cooperation, a magazine for International Cooperation, many Associations and schools involved in International Cooperation.
What’s the reason for so many initiatives present in this Municipality? Read more of this article »
Vandana Shiva , eco feminist, winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize for placing women and ecology at the heart of modern development discourse, advocates against the prevalent “patriarchal logic of exclusion”, claiming that a woman-focused system would change the current system in an extremely positive manner. She says: “Usually women are not in the main stream of society (as the men), and that’s the reason why they can think differently, and act differently. They act in defense of nature and in defense of society. Every day they have to clean the house, to care the babies, …. and this gives them a training in persistence”.
