Seconda giornata del 9° Forum delle Giornaliste del Mediterraneo

**Tuesday, November 26, 2024, Second Day of the 9th Forum of Mediterranean Women Journalists at the University of Bari in Aula Leogrande (Ex Poste Building) at Piazza Cesare Battisti 1 in BARI.**

**Panel 4 - Palestine, Genocide Live?**
9:30 AM / 11:30 AM
On March 26, 2024, the United Nations report "Anatomy of a Genocide," authored by Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories since 1967, was released. According to the study conducted by the Special Rapporteur, there are reasonable grounds to classify what is happening in Palestine as a "genocide crime," driven, according to the report, by the Israeli colonial project of settlement in Palestine. This tragedy is narrated by a few Palestinian freelance journalists who try to restore humanity to an information landscape accustomed to gruesome images, infodemic, and war pornography. What ethical responsibility do journalists have to ensure balanced information?
SPEAKERS:
- Erminia Rizzi, expert in Immigration and Asylum Law
- Bisan Owda, journalist broadcasting from Gaza, Palestine
- Jumana Shaheen, journalist, broadcasting from Cairo, Egypt
- Wessal Yousef, journalist
- Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories
- Cecilia Dalla Negra, journalist, head of the Italian edition of Orient XXI
- Micol Meghnagi, sociologist, University of Bologna
- Alessandra Costante, General Secretary of FNSI
Moderator: Luigi Cazzato, Coordinator of the Journalism Master’s Program UniBa

**Panel 5 - Jineolojî, the Women's Revolution in Kurdistan**
12:00 PM / 2:00 PM
The women's movement in Kurdistan is at the forefront of feminism, aiming to reform every aspect of civil life with a transformative pedagogy of society. Nonetheless, the significance of this revolution, based on peaceful coexistence of peoples and cultures starting with the abolition of patriarchy, is understated and censored by mainstream media, and the condition of a people oppressed by apartheid implemented by four nation-states is erased from collective consciousness. However, the Journalist's Code of Duties prescribes a series of obligations to avoid the so-called "double standard," meaning a discriminatory and censorious narrative regarding the specificities of different cultures and ethnicities.
SPEAKERS:
- Necibe Qeredaxi, Jineoloji Academy activist, Iraqi Kurdistan
- Gulistan Ike, journalist, Newaya Jin, Turkish Kurdistan
Moderator: Marilù Mastrogiovanni

**Panel 6 - Between Edutainment and Infotainment: Journalism as a Pedagogical Tool**
3:00 PM / 5:00 PM
Journalism as a pedagogical tool for the exercise of critical thinking and the formation of a global and digital citizenship can be an opportunity to experiment with a real teaching and learning device, where everyone has something to learn and everyone can teach. The experience of XQ the news is an example of how to engage GenZ, experimenting with innovative forms to decolonize information in an intersectional way, while the metaverse and holograms can become new ecosystems for more empathetic learning and information. How to reconcile the need for journalism that is more emotionally engaging with the necessity not to fall into spectacles harmful to the dignity of individuals? In fact, the spectacle of information must not compromise its quality, and the presence of journalists in infotainment must ensure respect for professional ethics.
SPEAKERS:
- Monica Carella, engineer, Sales Manager Digital Healthcare, Predict Spa
- Paula Estalayo, Project Coordinator, Octaedro, Spain
- Alessandra Costante, journalist, General Secretary of FNSI
- Fiona Govan, freelance journalist, Madrid, Spain
- Valentina Isernia, journalist, Idea Dinamica coop
Moderator: Gianpaolo Altamura, journalist, researcher in Contemporary Italian Literature UniBa
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