youth

The New Project “Giovan-Ibrid-Azioni” for Young People in Padua: Spaces, Ideas and People for a Younger Community

Giovan-Ibrid-Azioni is a project for young people aged 16 to 30, funded by the Italian Youth Agency (Agenzia Italiana per la Gioventù) under an agreement with the Department for Youth...
climate change

“The Rights of Children and Youth in the Climate Crisis: Action and Litigation” — A New Book on Children’s and Young People’s Rights in the Climate Crisis

The book The Rights of Children and Youth in the Climate Crisis: Action and Litigation, by Aoife Daly, Florencia Paz Landeira and Liesl Muller, published by Routledge in 2026, explores...
people with disability

New UN Guidelines on Intersectional Discrimination against Women with Disabilities

On 27 August, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities adopted the new Guidelines on Combating Intersectional Discrimination against Women with Disabilities, a key document for promoting...
Nature

The echo of the meadows

Many of us will have come across flowering meadows whilst walking in the countryside or in the mountains, where colours blend with scents and the breeze weaves its way through...
theater

Another world

The This Ability Pride Veneto, which is regularly held in the city of Padua, represents an important opportunity to promote awareness and foster a culture of inclusion. The event was...
human rights

Bourdieu's Habitus and Inclusion – From Persons with Disabilities to Disabled Persons

IntroductionThis article explores disability from a new perspective through the sociological theories of Professor Pierre Bourdieu. Its primary objective is to demonstrate that the very concept of disability, as it...
inclusion

Laura Nota: ‘The Future Is Not Something We Endure, but Something We Imagine’. From Switzerland, a Manifesto for Rethinking Career Guidance, Freedom and Social Justice

Psychologist Laura Nota of the University of Padua has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Lausanne and has issued a challenge to the academic world: abandon dominant...
India

India, Women, and Reality

Legal Definition of Gender DiscriminationToday, despite decades of feminist movements and struggles for gender equality, gender discrimination remains a widespread phenomenon both internationally and within the Indian context. Within the...
inclusion

A Scientifically Outdated Debate: Inclusion, Self-Determination and the Common Good

The recent resurgence in public debate over proposals to return students with disabilities to separate educational pathways has revived an issue that scientific research, international legislation and educational scholarship had...