– By Katerina Portela

‘I feel like my body came to Rome, but my head will always be with my parents and my friends in Lebanon.’

– By Francesca Motta

At the Internazionale Festival of Journalism in Ferrara, Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territory, and Meinie Nicolai, General Director of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Belgium, discussed the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Palestine.

– By STAND

Professor Donatella Della Ratta’s STAND lecture critiqued humanitarianism in Gaza, exploring desensitization to suffering and the ethical challenges of representing violence through an “inhumanist” lens.

– By Sofia Faid

With Non Una Di Meno leading a march in Rome, the feminist groups Be Free, Casa delle Donne Lucha Y Siesta, and Casa Internazionale delle Donne speak to The Matthew about gender violence. At the University of Padua, students honor the memory of classmate Giulia Cecchettin with ‘one minute of loudness.’

– By Iris Russo

Inspector Evelina Compare speaks on police report protocols in an interview with reporter. Street harassment in not a criminal offense in Italy since 2015.

– By Paula Gasser

Victim blaming and no ‘visible results’ discourage students from reporting street harassment in Rome. Student Affairs urges students to report and seek support.

– By Francesca Motta

Introduced in Summer I, this initiative makes JCU the third university in Rome to offer this type of accommodation.