Monday 17 February 2020, at 7 pm
Social Sciences Library, second floor
Via delle Pandette, 2 - 50127 Florence
Meeting with Kelly Echeverry Alzate
Integrante of the Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres and of the group Women in Black in Medellin (Colombia)
The meeting represents the first stage of the trip to Italy decided and organized by the Women in Black to raise awareness of the current situation in Colombia after years and energies dedicated to the promotion of a negotiated peace, then the long negotiation that culminated in a referendum with a negative outcome.
The book, the Italian version of "La verdad de las mujeres", (The Truth of the Women) is the result of three years of investigations and collection of testimonies from over a thousand women victims of external hostilities.
Speakers:
- Maria Fernanda Rojas
Ecologist of the “Pontificia Universidad Javeriana” of Bogotà
Activities of the Asociation Colombia Es ODV - Brunella Casalini
President of the Equal Opportunities, Non-discrimination and Workers' Welfare Committee of the University of Florence
La giustizia di transizione in una prospettiva di genere a partire dall'esperienza colombiana
(Justice in transition from a gender perspective, starting from the Colombian experience) - Alejandra Arango Alzate
Colombian lawyer
Antecendents of the war in Colombia - Jorge Jiménez
Student of Political Sciences and Philosophy at the Istituto Universitario Sophia (IUS) and University of Perugia
Reflections on Resilience - Billy Sanchez
Student of International Relations and European Studies at the University of Florence
Report on the activities of the Commission on Truth - Patricia Diaz
Economist at the Fundación Universitaria “Los Libertadores” in Bogotà
Report on the activities of the Commission on Truth - Giulia Spagnesi
Interpreter and translator