Violence against women and the right to information: conference event at the Naples journalists' union

“Right to justice - duty to inform to protect women against violence” is the title of the conference-event promoted by the international association MISS CHEF®, which will take place on Friday 20 July 2018, from 11 am, in Naples, at the headquarters of the Campania Joint Union of Journalists-SUGC, in Via Cappella Vecchia, “Santo Della Volpe” room. After the acclaim received for the international project “Women, Intellect of Love and Beyond” held on March 14, 15 and 16 in Rome and Basilicata, it was decided to give life to a series of other conference-events around Italy and we will start again from the city of Naples on July 20 with the initiative promoted by MISS CHEF® in synergy with the Campania Joint Union of Journalists-UGC and with the media partner magazine Lo Strillo, with the patronage of Matera Capital of Culture 2019 and LIDU Onlus – Italian League of Human Rights.
This conference-event was created to explore the world of women and their creative and revitalizing power, continually allowing beauty, love, and the intelligence of the heart to triumph over violence, marginalization, abuse of power, ignorance, and arrogance. It will begin with the socio-institutional efforts implemented to protect women from femicide and domestic and other forms of abuse. It will also explore projects and expertise, focusing on the issues, particularly the actions and responsibilities of the justice system and the Italian media and press. Specific topics will include rights and local experiences, information and language, and the "Venice Manifesto." Greetings: Claudio Silvestri, Secretary of the Sugc (Italian Human Rights League). Moderator: Mariangela Petruzzelli, journalist and president of the Miss Chef association. Speakers: Alfredo Arpaia, President of Lidu Onlus-Italian Human Rights League; Simona Marino, Equal Opportunities Representative for the City of Naples; Laura Viggiano, Member of the SUGC Board of Directors with responsibility for Equal Opportunities; Cristina Liguori, president of the SUGC Equal Opportunities Commission; Annamaria Ghedina, editor-in-chief of the magazine "Lo Strillo"; Paola D'Antonio, councilor for the Sassi and UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the City of Matera. Experiences and testimonials: Tiziana Primozich, journalist and national director of LIDU Onlus; Marinella Amoroso and Concetta Fusco, representatives of Mo.I.CA.–Italian Housewife Movement; Luciana Amoroso, representative of the "Haumea-Fuori dal silenzio" association; Giovanni Saladino, neurologist and psychotherapist, director of ISPPREF-Institute of Relational and Family Psychology and Psychotherapy in Caserta; Carolina Santoro, psychologist and psychotherapist at MO.I.CA. Caserta and operator of the "Haumea-Fuori dal silenzio" anti-violence helpline; director Giuseppe Papasso, author of the documentary "Il sole è buio" (The Sun is Dark) and Mrs. Debora, one of the documentary's protagonists; Marcia Sedoc, president of the "Fajaloby Onlus" association; Maria Laura Moraci, author of the short film "Eyes," which has already won several awards, including the "Ischia Film Festival." Giuseppe Moggia was the official photographer and videographer for the event.

MISS CHEF®, in addition to being an Association with six offices in Italy and one in New York, USA, is the first Italian and international competition among some of the best Italian female chefs, offering, all in pink, the most renowned menus of the Italian culinary tradition, highlighting the "Made in Italy" of food and wine excellence and the Mediterranean diet. MISS CHEF^®, born in 2012 in Ischia (NA), in 2014 it became itinerant in Italy touching various regions and territories to reach New York, during the Columbus Day period, realizing, since then, for four years in a row, its international editions. After having already obtained important consensus in the USA, especially from the mayor of NY Bill De Blasio, from Natalia Quintavalle, former Italian consul in NY until 2015, and the current consul Francesco Genuardi, MISS CHEF^® is organizing, also for this year, a series of interesting events in NY during the Columbus Day celebrations, next October. PAOLA ARANCI, from Rome, executive chef at Grace Mansion, residence of the mayor of New York, Bill De Blasio, collaborates authoritatively with the MISS CHEF® format, as international testimonial godmother of the Award since 2018, YEAR OF FOOD. MISS CHEF^® It also promotes and organizes conferences, conventions and social events on the valorization of women in Italy and abroad.