To facilitate access to the international foreign service for young women from Northern Africa and the Middle East, is the goal of the \u201cWomen in Diplomacy School\u201d, an idea realised by the Italian Foreign Ministry and the SIOI on Minister Giulio Terzi\u2019s initiative, that began this morning.<\/P>
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20 Young women from Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon and Libya<\/STRONG><\/STRONG><\/P> The first edition of the course is tailored for 20 young women from <\/STRONG>Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon and Libya, and is taking place in what is a \u201ccrucial week\u201d for Italy with the political elections, the end of the Ratzinger papacy and the first visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry for a meeting on Syria, as Under-Secretary Marta Dass\u00f9 pointed out, underscoring the \u201ckey\u201d role of the Mediterranean in Italian foreign policy, beginning with the issue of human rights in Arab Spring countries.<\/P> Network to unite the two shores of the Mediterranean<\/STRONG><\/STRONG><\/P> The school aims to build \u201ca network to unite the two shores of the Mediterranean in these dramatic times\u201d, explained Secretary-General Michele Valensise, who said he expected the arrival of these young women today in Rome to be a contribution of \u201cfresh air and ideas\u201d. The contribution of women is also becoming increasingly important at the foreign ministry. Up until 40 years ago it was \u201cthe exception, now it is the rule\u201d, Valensise said, recalling that 42% of the neo-diplomats participating in the latest competitive examination were women.<\/P> The lessons of the WID School, planned by the SIOI through March 1st, will take place in four sessions: Understanding Global Trends, Leadership In International Organizations, Women and Leadership, Communication: A Key Instrument For Success.. Two seminars have also been organised by the United States Diplomatic Mission in Rome and the Robert F. Kennedy Training Institute in Florence<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To facilitate access to the international foreign service for young women from Northern Africa and the Middle East, is the goal of the \u201cWomen in Diplomacy School\u201d, an idea realised by the Italian Foreign Ministry and the SIOI on Minister Giulio Terzi\u2019s initiative, that began this morning. 20 Young women from Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,6,399],"class_list":["post-17800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-diritti-umani","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente","tag-vice-ministri-e-sottosegretari-precedenti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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