On the occasion of the 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women and Beijing+25 The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University Invites you to the roundtable

The fight against gender-based violence. A comparison between experiences in Italy and the United States

Thursday, March 12, 2020 @ 3pm The Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY
(but due to Covid-19 event was postponed)

PROGRAM

Welcoming remarks Barbara Faedda (Executive Director & Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University; Ambassador, Permanent Observer for the European Public Law Organization to the United Nations in NY)

Silvia Limoncini (Deputy Consul General of Italy in NY)

The UN perspective on gender-based violence
Mariangela Zappia (Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in NY)

Introduction
Marina Calloni (Fellow, Italian Academy; Professor in social and political philosophy and Director of the Center Against Domestic Violence, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)

The Italian Parliament and Government in the fight against gender-based violence
Valeria Valente (Italian Senator and Chair of the Parliamentary Investigation Committee on Femicide and Gender Violence)
Elena Bonetti (Italian Minister for Equal Opportunities and Family)

The academia and civil society
Yasmine Ergas (Director, Specialization on Gender and Public Policy; Lecturer in Discipline in International and Public Affairs, Columbia University)
Verena Salvi (Lecturer in Social Work, Columbia University)
Clara Ceccanti (Clinical Social Worker, Mount Sinai Health System, NY; Alumna, Columbia University)
Mariarosa Cutillo (Chief of Strategic Partnerships, United Nations Population Fund)

Discussion
Moderator, Marina Calloni

Closing remarks
Barbara Faedda