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2. SUNDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2011
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
TURIN POLYTECHNIC
Castello del Valentino
MAIN HALL
ROUND TABLE
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3. … AND THE THIRD DAY….
In the historic Salone
d’Onore of the Castello del
Valentino, more than 100
Members, in spite of the
Turin
Marathon, participated in
the Session dedicated to
the Round Table. There
was a warm and
friendly, truly
international, atmospher
e
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4. OFFICIAL WELCOME
ROCCO CURTO
DEAN OF ARCHITECTURE II FACULTY,
POLYTECHNIC OF TURIN
First, an appreciation of the Inner
Wheel. The "IW WOMEN", through
their Association, are polished and
fully present on the central issues
involving the world and Europe. The
economic crisis is global, epochal
change marks, has generational
implications, social and territorial
deeper than we now can not
perceive. The crisis, however, is in
turn leading to an acceleration in
terms of competitiveness and in
terms of technological
innovation, which - and this is
something new at least for Italy - is
having repercussions increasingly
evident in the ways of designing and
constructing more more attentive to
the "sustainability", which is the
focus of training in my faculty….
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5. INTRODUCTION TO THE ROUND TABLE
LUISA VINCIGUERRA
CHAIRMAN INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM
On the request of the International President Catherine Refabert, the
programme of events was changed. She had wanted to intervene at the
beginning in order to formulate for Members in the audience a series of
questions on the Future of the Inner Wheel "FUTURE IN QUESTIONS"
and on the necessary changes not only to survive, to make the Inner
Wheel more visible where, unfortunately it is still
invisible, And, Expansion is condicio sine qua non for survival, as well as
other changes which point THE WAY FORWARD, one of the seminars
which could attend the April Convention in Istanbul. Survival is the
word, recurring in the President's words, with the awareness of the
necessity of the turning point, also to assign to Inner Wheel a new
BRAND, new CONTENT; an even more MEANINGFUL INCISIVE AND
MODERN ROLE, where the outcomes of the Convention could decree
the turning point also at the legislative level, not only the cultural
one, without however undermining theWOMEN FOR EUROPE 4 - tradition.
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6. CATHERINE REFABERT
IIW PRESIDENT
THE FUTURE IN QUESTIONS
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7. THE FUTURE IN QUESTIONS
CAN WE…?
• Can we stay these invisible IIW women Gabriella Adami spoke about?
• Can we stay silent and passive when everywhere in our world the role, the
status, the rights, the safety , of women are one of the main priorities?
• When these problems are the main concerns of the younger generation,
the one we need to «refresh the blood» of IIW?
• Can we stay silent in Inner Wheel as mothers , grand mothers, when
18.000 children die everyday of hunger?
( UN informations)
• Can we be passive when the society is destroying her environment?
• Can’t we contribute a bit to save our every day environment?
• Is a greener, a cleaner planet somethnig we don’t care about?
• Our values are generosity, compassion, mutual aid, how can we be as an
Inner Wheel member not concerned by a better world for our children, for
all the children?
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8. WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO? HOW?
• Can we remain indifferent?
This is the keynote question!
It emerges from these
motivational questions on clearly
defined topics.
Hence, then, many other
questions arise regarding:
• What specifically do? How?
But the answers are in Catherine
Refabert program. It includes the
way forward, from the large
projects to the best
practices, from the new brand to
the media, from communication
to training, from internal to
external expansion, from
legislative reform to the
redefinition of roles, and more
and more.
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9. MAJOR STEPS AND FUTURE
DEVELOPMENTS OF THE PROJECT
“WOMEN FOR EUROPE - THE ROLE
OF INNER WHEEL
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10. NAPLES, NOVEMBER 2008
WOMEN FOR EUROPE 1 – THE ROLE OF INNER WHEEL
MARIA IRACE
PAST PRESIDENT IW CLUB OF NAPOLI LUISA BRUNI
“Today we cannot just only
appreciate the results, thanks to the
efforts of many friends who believed
in “WOMEN FOR EUROPE – THE
ROLE OF INNER WHEEL”, but also
imagine to reach the goal we
cherished in 2008. The dream of
having an our own role as female
association, worldwide present, in
the forum of cultures which will be
held in Naples in 2013. It will be a
further opportunity, five years and
many European events after in which
we could know each other better, for
considering together the goals
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11. GIRNE, APRIL 2011
WOMEN FOR EUROPE 2 – THE ROLE OF INNER WHEEL
IMREN IBRAHIM
PAST PRESIDENT IW CLUB OF GIRNE
In the workshops, reproducing the model
activated in Naples, important issues were
dealt with.They have been again a space
devoted to Inner Wheel Members in order
to actively involve them through the
production of interactive knowledge in
subjects concerning:
• A) FAMILY, 1.Gender Inequality, 2. Roles of
women, 3. Care for the elders
• B) JOB, 1. The position of women from past
to the present in the economics, 2. Women
trafficking, 3. Glass ceiling
• C) CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 1. Women’s
contribution to the cultural identity; 2.
Position and status of women in the arts, 3.
Similarities and differences of the culture of
your country and the EU.
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12. TUUSULA, OCTOBER 2011
WOMEN FOR EUROPE 3 – THE ROLE OF INNER WHEEL
HANNELE KARHUNEN
PAST NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FINLAND
FIND THE ROUTE, EXAMINE, BE IN A)Family: 1.Family as an
FLAMES FOR INNER WHEEL, have been the educating community.
three strong messages with whom Hannele
2.Voluntary work focusing on
Karhunen has concluded the presentation of
the results of the workshops:
supporting families. 3.Active
Ageing in the light of family
wellbeing.
B)Job : 1.The role of women in
the workforce. 2.Participation in
decision-making process in
organizations. 3.The role of
women in science research.
C)Culture and Society: 1.New
ways of Inner Wheel influence.
2.Women’s contribution to the
cultural identity. 3.Social Media
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14. BEST PRACTICES FOR INNER WHEEL
PAOLA CAMERANO
PRESIDENT IW CLUB OF TORINO EUROPEA
• Communication (International Inner Wheel
site, local clubs’ sites)
• Address to underlying causes of gender
disparities
• Act to create a citizenship more aware of the
problems of society
• Attention about sustainability
• Internationals Projects, (as Women for
Europe 4th), to study and enhance women’s
role
• Projects and International Services based on
cooperation of different Clubs, Association
like Rotary, and International Organizations
• Actions to support Youths and Women’s
education
• Internationality, creativity and youth, to full
realize the Presidential theme: “Think Ahead,
Aim High”
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16. EXCHANGING IDEAS
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17. Each one interesting, motivated and
passionate. More time would have been
needed to listen to all the voices ... of the
Inner Wheel Members wanting to speak,
constructively confronting each other.
They are in the wind which blows and
crosses Countries and Continents... passing
also from Torino, in this International Event
of great importance, WOMEN, WRITING
AND EXCHANGING IDEAS, precisely.
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18. CLOSING REMARKS
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19. THINK AHEAD – AIM HIGH
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20. CATHERINE REFABERT
IIW PRESIDENT
All together we must be more ambitious for IIW,
we can undertake all these changes together,
win them together and become the WINNER WHEEL
OF INNER WHEEL,
THE INNER WHELL WE WILL BE PROUD OF,
THE INNER WHEEL WE ARE DREAMING OF,
THE INNER WHEEL OF TOMORROW.
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21. THE ACCOLADE
In the closing hour of the Event Luisa
Vinciguerra called and thanked warmly
all the members of the Literary Prize
Committe, Organisers of the Event, to
which many other Members of the 4
Clubs of Turin were able to collaborate
with great dedication.
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22. THANKS TO ALL THE IIW LITERARY PRIZE
COMMITTEE
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23. WE WILL MEET TOGETHER AGAIN,
ONE DAY, IN THE WOMEN FOR
EUROPE 5 – THE ROLE OF INNER
WHEEL!
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