Italian and Latin American current affairs. Former MA International Journalism @ City University
CODING LIKE A GIRL
Until the 1980s, the percentage of graduate women in computer science grew at the same rate as in law and medicine. However, growth stagnated and the advance towards gender equality suffered a setback. Today, women barely hold one in five jobs in the world of technology.
Coding like a girl is an interactive documentary that will examine successful projects in Tanzania and Peru and both scrutinise their impact on local development, and as well as compare them globally with similar programs from developed economies like Germany.
FEATURE -Bedroom, bar, brothel: the many faces of migrant homes in Italy
CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy, Oct 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Once a holiday dream for middle-class Italians, Castel Volturno is now a dilapidated seaside nightmare where Nigerians open their homes to migrants wanting cold beer and quick sex.
Called “connection houses”, the rundown coastal homes serve as bedroom, bar and brothel to a migrant population with nowhere better to go.
INTERACTIVE - Mothers and children first
Doctors and indigenous healers are fighting to decrease maternity deaths in Bolivia.
WEBDOC - La Bolivia in guerra per l'acqua #BoliviaWaterWar
Nonostante i passi da gigante compiuti dal paese grazie agli investimenti pubblici, l'acqua come bene comune è a rischio.
How indigenous wealth is changing Bolivian architecture
A rising indigenous class is putting its money where its homes are and inspiring a new style of architecture....
22,000 Days Without Drinking Water
Bolivia’s populist president has vowed to lift the fortunes of the rural poor. But high on the Andean plateau, one remote community still has no access to clean water—and one man has the awesome responsibility of ensuring his people are not parched.
La guerra interminable: 15 años de lucha por el agua en Bolivia
Después de una década y media de la privatización de este bien público, algunos cochabambinos siguen sin contar con acceso seguro al agua potable en su domicilio.
La medicina indigena entra negli ospedali pubblici boliviani
In Bolivia dal 2006 una legge riconosce la validità delle pratiche mediche indigene e consente di inserirle nella rete sanitaria nazionale. Nell’ospedale di Patacamaya i pazienti possono scegliere se rivolgersi alle cure convenzionali o ai medici tradizionali. Leggi...
Nascita dello stile neoandino: palazzi sfarzosi per gli indigeni Aymara
Freddy Mamani, boliviano, ha ideato lo stile "neoandino" per colorare la città di El Alto.
Coca, alcohol, y mineros explotados
Más de ocho millones de indígenas murieron extrayendo mineral del Cerro Rico de Potosí, en Bolivia, para que España pudiera construir un imperio en el que no se pusiera el sol. Sus minas, infinitas, a...
VIDEO - Bolivia recorta desde el cielo sus diferencias sociales
El teleférico urbano más extenso del mundo, y gran apuesta de Evo Morales, une La Paz con el Alto...
Bolivia al voto, la terza volta di Evo Morales - Pagina99.it
Reportage dal paese andino dove domenica si vota. Il presidente in carica non teme rivali, promette centrali nucleari e di proseguire con la crescita economica. Dal comizio finale ai candidati agli oppositori, di destra e di sinistra....
Idyllic Italian town protests US army base
US military antennas in Sicily may increase the safety of soldiers, but Italians are worried about the health effects.
VIDEO - Seilbahn: U-Bahn in der Luft
In Bolivien soll seit Kurzem die längste urbane Seilbahn der Welt die Dauerstaus in La Paz beenden. Auch anderswo kann die Technik ein Verkehrsmittel der Zukunft werden....
VIDEO - Deporte digno de un premio Nobel
Unos tres mil niños sin recursos aprenden deporte y convivencia en la escuela de balompié Tahuichi en Santa Cruz, la ciudad más poblada y violenta de Bolivia. Y comen.
La academia ha sido nominada seis veces al Premio Nobel de la Paz