Luisa Morgantini (born November 5, 1940 in Villadossola) is an Italian Member of the European Parliament. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Villadossola ( Piedmontese Vila d'Òssola) is a town and Comune of the Val d’Ossola in Piedmont, northern Italy Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. She was elected on the Communist Refoundation Party ticket and sits with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group. The Communist Refoundation Party ( Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC is a communist Italian political party. European United Left–Nordic Green Left is a socialist, eco-socialist and communist political group with seats in the European Parliament since
She is a leading member of the Italian peace movement and was one of the founders of the Italian branch of the Women in Black anti-war organisation. A peace movement is a Social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or The term anti-war usually refers to the opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause.
Career
- 1954 to 1958 she worked as clerical worker
- 1958 to 1964 she worked as an INCA social worker. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clerk, the vocational title commonly refers to a White-collar worker who conducts general office or in some instances sales tasks Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Social work is a discipline involving the application of Social theory and research methods to study and improve the lives of people groups and societies
- 1965-1966 she was official at the Italian Communist Party in Bologna. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Italian Communist Party (Italian Partito Comunista Italiano, or PCI emerged as the Communist Party of Italy ( Partito Comunista d'Italia) Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy
- 1967 to 1968 she studied at Ruskin College, Oxford - industrial sociology and economics. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ruskin College is an independent educational institution in Oxford, England. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, Industrial sociology (also known as " Sociology of Industrial relations " or sociology of work) is both a study of the interaction of people within Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
- 1969 to 1970: Adult education at the Humanitarian Society. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adult education is the practice of teaching and educating adults
- 1971 to 1974: Training officer for FLM trade union. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming
- 1974 to 1985:Milan FLM (FIOM-FIM-UILM) secretariat - press and telecommunications sector. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.
- 1985 to 1988: International relations officer for FLM (FIOM-FIM-UILM)trade union. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)
- FEM European trade union executive committee (1987-1988). Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)
- Electoral observer for the OSCE. Italy-Nicaragua coordinator (1979-1991). Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
- Since 1979 she was involved with many solidarity and NGOs projects concerning lots of Countries, such as Nicaragua, Brazil, South Africa, Mozambique, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Palestine, Algeria, Peru. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique, ʁɛ'publikɐ d musɐ̃'bik is a country in southeastern Africa Eritrea () ( Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritriya) officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America.
- Since 1982 she has been dealing with Middle East issues and mainly Palestinian - Israeli conflict. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.
- Since 1988 she has been cooperating for the reconstruction of network and links between Israeli and Palestinian Peace movements. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) She has supported especially women associations in Israel and Palestine and in other Mediterranean Countries (ex Yugoslavia, Albania, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia). See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa Tunisia (تونس Tūnis officially the Tunisian Republic ( is a country located in North Africa.
- National spokesperson for the Italian Association for Peace (a non-violent movement for peace and social justice); from 1994 to 1999 responsible for the 'Palestine' group. Peace, in the modern usage is a concept defined by the ideal state of relationship as absence of hostility at the international level that of a War. Social justice, sometimes called civil justice, refers to the concept of a Society in which Justice is achieved in every aspect of society rather than Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) One of the founders of the 'Women in Black' anti-war movement and the international network 'Women for peace in conflict zones'.
In 1995 she received the Israeli Women in Black Peace Prize. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
European Parliament
Luisa Morgantini is Member of the European Parliament in the European United Left–Nordic Green Left - elected the first time in 1999 and again in 2004. The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU European United Left–Nordic Green Left is a socialist, eco-socialist and communist political group with seats in the European Parliament since "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
During the last term, she was chairman of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, member of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation; substitute member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on International Trade and of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Delegation (also called deputation) is the assignment of authority and responsibility to another person (normally from a manager to a subordinate to carry out specific activities The Palestinian Legislative Council (sometimes referred to as the Palestinan Parliament) the Legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a Unicameral The Committee on Development (Commission du développement DEVE is a Standing committee of the European Parliament responsible for promoting implementing and monitoring The Committee on Industry Research and Energy (ITRE is a Committee of the European Parliament. The Committee on International Trade INTA is a Committee of the European Parliament. The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM is a Committee of the European Parliament.
From the period July 2004 to December 2006 she was Chair of the Committee on Development. July 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September The Committee on Development (Commission du développement DEVE is a Standing committee of the European Parliament responsible for promoting implementing and monitoring
Currently (2007 - 2009) she is Vice President of the European Parliament, member of the Committee on Development, co-chair of the election coordination group, member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, and substitute member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, of the Committee on Costitutional Affairs and of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. The Committee on Development (Commission du développement DEVE is a Standing committee of the European Parliament responsible for promoting implementing and monitoring The Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI is a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament. The Palestinian Legislative Council (sometimes referred to as the Palestinan Parliament) the Legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a Unicameral The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM is a Committee of the European Parliament. The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly was created to bring together the elected representatives of the European Community (the Members of the European
As a Member of the European Parliament she keeps on working for the solution of the Middle East conflict, for a just peace, for the right of the two peoples to live in peace and safety, within recognized borders. A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. As part of this activism, she was nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, as part of the project “1000 peace women for Nobel prize for peace 2005. Activism, in a general sense can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor ”
In June, 2008 she was injured when Israeli soldiers attacked a group of non-violent activists in the Palestinian village of Bil'in. Bil'in ( بلعين) is a Palestinian village located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located west of the city of Ramallah in [1]
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