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Juba – “Salute mentale – Ferite invisibili: salute mentale, violenza di genere e la realtà vissuta dalle donne con disabilità nel Sud Sudan – Agiamo!”, è il titolo della tavola rotonda organizzata dal progetto ResPEct presso l'Università di Juba.L’occasione è stata la recente Giornata internazionale della donna. All’evento hanno preso parte esperti di salute mentale e attivisti per i diritti delle persone con disabilità radunati per discutere delle sfide che le donne con disabilità affrontano in termini di salute mentale. L'occasione ha riunito funzionari governativi, partner per lo sviluppo, gruppi della società civile ed esperti che si occupano di violenza di genere e inclusione delle persone con disabilità. I partecipanti hanno discusso di come promuovere il benessere mentale, sensibilizzare l'opinione pubblica e affrontare le sfide che le comunità vulnerabili si trovano ad affrontare in tutto il paese. Il progetto ResPEct è cofinanziato dalla cooperazione allo sviluppo tedesca e dall'Unione Europea e implementato da GIZ. Nella nota diffusa dalla stampa locale l'ambasciatore tedesco in Sud Sudan, Gregory Bledjian, ha affermato che il tema ‘Ferite invisibili’ mette in luce i traumi e l'esclusione, spesso non riconosciuti, subiti da donne e ragazze con disabilità. "Le donne e le ragazze con disabilità affrontano molteplici rischi, tra cui una maggiore esposizione alla violenza sessuale e di genere e ostacoli alla denuncia degli abusi o all'accesso alle cure", ha dichiarato Bledjian."Quando il benessere mentale è compromesso, a causa di conflitti, traumi, stress, difficoltà economiche o stigma sociale, la capacità degli individui di apprendere, lavorare, partecipare alla vita civile e sostenere le proprie famiglie risulta gravemente limitata", ha affermato l'ambasciatore dell'Unione Europea in Sud Sudan, Pelle Enarsson. “La salute mentale è una priorità di sviluppo nazionale. Molte ferite sono invisibili, eppure reali, e richiedono riconoscimento, cura e intervento.”Secondo il censimento del Sud Sudan del 2008, circa il 5% della popolazione – circa 420 mila persone – viveva con una disabilità. Stime più recenti suggeriscono che il numero potrebbe superare il milione di persone, ovvero circa il 16% della popolazione. I rapporti indicano che circa il 75% delle persone con disabilità incontra difficoltà nell'accesso ai servizi. Sono stati inoltre segnalati alti livelli di traumi e disturbo da stress post-traumatico, in particolare tra donne e bambini.

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El desbordamiento del arroyo Serrentella dejó al descubierto estos grandes bloques de piedra¿Dónde está la Vía Apia? La ‘reina de las calzadas’ de la antigua Roma Arqueólogos han descubierto un monumental complejo funerario romano cerca de Apollosa, en la provincia de Benevento (Italia). La estructura encontrada destaca por su decoración, que incluye grabados de escenas de gladiadores, unos mótivos bélicos que son poco comunes en las tumbas romanas.   A diferencia de muchos descubrimientos arqueológicos que resultan de excavaciones planificadas, el monumento salió a la luz tras un fenómeno natural. Fue la crecida del arroyo Serrentella la que dejó al descubierto las primeras muestras de este complejo funerario romano. El hallazgo se produjo durante las investigaciones arqueológicas realizadas por la Superintendencia local de Arqueología, Bellas Artes y Paisaje. En concreto, todo ocurrió gracias al voluntario Marco Zamparelli, que avisó a las autoridades tras identificar varios bloques de piedra. Tras aquel primer hallazgo, empezaron las excavaciones arqueológicas, que han sido llevadas a cabo por el arqueólogo Simone Foresta y un equipo de especialistas. Este trabajo ha permitido recuperar hasta veinte bloques de piedra caliza, así como identificar la entrada a una cámara funeraria que tiene un diámetro estimado de unos doce metros. Se cree que el monumento en cuestión podría haber pertenecido a un ciudadano romano con alto poder adquisitivo que vivió durante la época de Augusto, probablemente vinculado a la organización de juegos de gladiadores. Este podría haberse desempeñado como lanista, empresario y comerciante de gladiadores durante el Imperio romano.  A lo largo de la Vía Apia “La elección de ubicar la tumba a lo largo de la Vía Apia, una de las principales arterias de la antigua Roma, confirma el prestigio del sitio y el papel estratégico de este tramo entre Caudium y Montesarchio”, explicó el Ministerio de Cultura en el comunicado en el que se dio a conocer el hallazgo.  La Vía Apia fue la primera calzada romana construida en el año 312 a.C. por orden del censor Apio Claudio el Ciego. Este camino llegó a ocupar unos 800 kilómetros y tenía tanta importancia para los romanos que estos se referían a ella como la “Regina viarum” (Reina de las vías). En un primer momento, la Vía Apia unía Roma con Capua, una ciudad cercana a Nápoles. Sin embargo, con el paso de los años, la ruta se fue extendiendo, primero a Benevento, luego más allá de los Apeninos, más tarde a Venosa y luego a Taranto. Finalmente, antes de 191 a. C., la calzada llegó a Brindisi.

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A bill rewriting the Town of Mason’s charter to shift responsibilities from the mayor to a newly created town administrator is inching through Tennessee’s legislature.  Not all of Mason’s current elected representatives support it. Rep. Debra Moody, a Covington Republican and the bill’s House sponsor, said the legislation was brought to her by leaders of […]

The North Dakota agency responsible for managing state-owned minerals is changing how it keeps the public informed, prompting concerns about a lack of transparency.  The Department of Trust Lands is moving ahead with plans to stop publishing notices in local newspapers of oil and gas lease auctions after a lawmaker’s attempt to delay the rule […]

黄・青・赤の三色旗の背後に、題材もサイズも様々な壁画がずらりと並んでいる。「祖国（La Patria）」と題されたこれらの壁画は芸術家のオズワルド・グアヤサミン氏によって制作されたもので、エクアドル国民議会の本会議室に飾られている。 全23枚のパネルからなる壁画は、独立・正義・自由を求める歴史や、それに参画した様々な人々の姿、権力者や外国からの圧力などを象徴的に表している。グアヤサミン氏は平和と社 […]

El ministro de Defensa de Israel afirmó en un video publicado este martes que Alí Larijani, secretario del Consejo Superior de Seguridad Nacional, así como el general Gholamreza] Soleimani, jefe de los Basij, el aparato represivo central de Irán, “fueron eliminados anoche".

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Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.Visitors to Detroit Public Schools Community District buildings are being met with a new check-in policy as the district builds upon efforts to prioritize the safety of its students and staff. Superintendent Nikolai Vitti alerted families of the change with robocalls and emails and posted a message on the district website and social media channels stressing that keeping students, staff, and school communities safe remains DPSCD’s highest priority. Schools also have worked to inform families through local communications and signage. “We realize this is a new process and may be frustrating for some visitors,” Vitti noted in the announcement, “but please keep in mind that this is another safety strategy we are implementing to keep everyone safe and accountable.”Under the process, visitors including parents and legal guardians must present a photo ID and have their picture taken via the new digital platform, called Visitor Aware. The system, up and working in all schools, has facial recognition capabilities to verify that the person presenting the ID is the person pictured. But Vitti told BridgeDetroit “we are not using this feature.” The district is also not running visitors’ information against government and sex offender lists — another capability of Visitor Aware that the district will not be using — said DPSCD spokesperson Chrystal Wilson. Vitti said in an email that the program will act as a replacement for paper sign-in sheets and be used to cross reference with a list from principals of individuals who should not be in the school building. DPSCD’s security ramp-up follows two classroom incidents involving students with weapons. The district in October promised to make changes to its security protocols after an eighth grader stabbed another girl in class at Gompers Elementary-Middle School with a knife her mother allegedly brought into the school past a metal detector. Months later, a student reportedly chased another with a boxcutter around a Denby High School classroom. Vitti told BridgeDetroit that the changes to visitor check-ins were being developed prior to those incidents. Beyond the check-in measures, the district is spending $4.3 million to hire 38 additional security guards for the rest of the school year and recently began a security screening pilot at 10 schools. Vitti has said that the pilot will last for the remainder of the school year. If the process is faster and more efficient at detecting weapons, the district will consider adding it to more schools next school year.Visitor Aware was piloted last spring in Detroit schools, according to a FAQ on the DPSCD website that was later taken down. When the pilot was complete, the district installed the equipment needed for the digital platform, trained staff over the summer and at the beginning of the school year, and integrated the system with existing safety protocols. The program is overseen by the district’s Technology Division, Public Safety and Office of Schools departments. How does the check-in platform work? All visitors need to bring a photo ID or some form of identification, like a state ID or an utility bill, Vitti said in an email to BridgeDetroit. Once a visitor checks in, the front desk will take their photo and provide them with a visitor badge. If a visitor forgets their ID or a form of identification, a photo will still be taken for their temporary visitor badge, and additional paperwork is required. “We use the program to know who is in the building (a replacement of paper sign-in sheets) and to flag who should not be in the building based on a list provided by the principal,” Vitti said in an email. “Names are used to cross reference this list.”Visitor Aware is among the notification software platforms used in colleges and universities, government and healthcare settings, manufacturing sectors, as well as for businesses. The software was developed by Madison, Wisconsin-based Singlewire.Visitor Aware is used in 300 schools and districts nationwide, Singlewire Communications Director Chris Swietlik said in an email. Some of those places include the Madison Metropolitan School District, Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District and Wausau School District in Wisconsin; Maricopa Unified School District in Arizona; and the Sioux Falls School District in South Dakota. Locally, Bloomfield Hills Schools began using the app on March 3. Vitti said that the changes are the result of concerns raised by principals and staff regarding negative experiences with school visitors and parents, as well as the need to ensure the safety of students and staff. “Many institutions, especially government-run buildings, require a check-in and ID process to ensure safety,” he said.Keeping the school community safeErica Thompson, a parent to two daughters who attend Marcus Garvey Academy on Detroit’s East Side, said she hadn’t been inside the building since the new rule went into effect but doesn’t have a problem with it. “Anything to keep the kids safe because you never know what could happen out here. I commend it,” she said. Fellow Marcus Garvey parent Ashley Jones said that she recently encountered the new process and was a little surprised.“It’s a little invasion of my privacy, but it’s a necessary protocol,” Jones said. Special education advocate Sharon Kelso has raised concerns over the optics of the policy and has questions about how personal information is being protected. Kelso, who visits DPSCD schools to assist families who want her guidance for talking to teachers and administrators, said she experienced the new check-in process during a visit to Renaissance High School on Feb. 2, a week before Vitti’s announcement went out to parents. Kelso explained that she and a parent went to the school to meet with a building administrator to discuss a child’s Individualized Education Program. When Kelso and the parent were walking to the building, she noticed that the parent took out her driver’s license. “I’m looking at her, and I said, ‘We have to have our driver’s license now?’” Kelso said. “She said, ‘Yeah, they do this for us to come into the building.’” A security guard put Kelso’s ID through a scanner and instructed her to step back so he could take a photo, she said. “I said, ‘Now, what do you need a picture of me for when you just scanned my license?’” Kelso said. Kelso said she believes that the policy is “too much” and worries that it “will have parents and visitors feeling like criminals.” “Who wants to be subjected to that? We want our schools to be safe, but I think we can be proactive and have people monitor our halls more, rather than doing all those restrictive things,” she said.Kelso also wants to know how security measures are being implemented for teachers and staff members and whether the personal information and photos of visitors are being retained, and how, after they leave a school building. “Where’s the data going? People need to know that if you’re going to take their information, then you have to be open with what you’re doing with it,” she said. “It’s like an invasion of privacy to a certain extent.” Vitti said that the visitor badges are returned or discarded when a person leaves, and people’s photos remain at the school buildings and in an encrypted file by Visitor Aware. DPSCD has set a three-year retention period from a person’s most recent visit. If the visitor does not return within three years, their profile, including photo and visit history, is deleted.Like Kelso, DPSCD board member Ida Short is concerned about the storage of people’s personal information. But said that she supports the policy overall, with issues like human trafficking targeting children, she said, school safety and security are tantamount. “We have a lot of stuff that’s going on in this country, in this city, and so, to help our students, staff and parents be safe is important and we have to do all that we can,” Short said. Micah Walker is a reporter for BridgeDetroit. You can reach her at mwalker@bridgedetroit.com.

Еврокомиссия опубликовала официальные разъяснения по поводу применения банковских ограничений в адрес граждан России в рамках 19-го пакета санкций ЕС. На документ обратил внимание правозащитный проект «Ковчег», помогающий эмигрантам из России.

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