Adelina Fabiano

Chairs of Standing Committee “ARTS AND CRAFTS”

Planning for the triennium 2009 -2011

Purpose of Arts and Crafts Committee is : Using arts and crafts to stimulate an international discussion about women’s social role, showing how women are able to preserve cultures and to innovate their role in modern society.

Considered that 2009-2011 Triennium Theme for BPW International is “Power to Make a Difference” throughout Leadership, Action and Advocacy; ARTS AND CRAFTS Committee aims at carrying out different activities and projects for each year and guideline.

2009 – Power to Make a Difference through Leadership :

• Purpose is to discuss about women’s approach to international relationships between North and South of the world.

v In order to make that, we are going to organise an international meeting among women of 5 different continents engaged as leaders in important cultural projects for building a new kind of intercultural dialogue.

2010 – Power to Make a Difference through Action :

• Purpose is to make a real initiative to develop a dialogue between north and south, using women’ approach to ideas and identities in building international relationships and politics.

v In order to make that, we are going to draft a Project that aims at valorising cultural exchanges among northern and southern populations. This project will traduce ideas and good experiences, generated during the international meeting, in action : an opportunity for women and men of north and south countries to build a bridge between their cultures. Action throughout projects foresees a deep financing opportunity research of European Programmes, United Nations Agencies funding programmes and other international or national financing sources.

2011 – Power to Make a Difference through Advocacy :

• Purpose is to share in strengthening people rights to protect and promote their cultural diversity .

v We are going to make pressure on mass media in order to promote women and men’s interventions about protection and promotion of cultural diversity. We would like to stress, by communication campaigns and awakening people, the importance to protect indigenous and local cultures. We would like to suggest a new kind of globalisation able to valorise diversity and meetings among different cultures rather than diffuse an inexistent universal culture.

Background
The twentieth century, which appeared as a time of serious crisis if not the death of religion, has ended with the religions that have come back to be relevant actors of historical events. This has made believers know that they cannot be replicated only within their own religious community. Individuals and peoples are moved in depth by religions to build a future of peace.

It is an extraordinary force of peace, neither believers nor the officials of the government of the people, must disregard, much less forget.
The religious dimension is not alien to the government of the people. And this does not contradict that “secularism” which involves a proper distinction between the religious and the political sphere. “Secularism does not mean indifference nor hostility to religion, on the contrary, it implies the promotion of a climate in society in which religions are free in their operation, co-exist next to each other and to express their ideal strength in mutual respect of all.
In view of this dialogue between religions is revealed very necessary and urgent. Necessary to find strong reasons for living together, and urgently, to find shared answers to the great challenges that this beginning of the millennium poses to all humanity. Awareness, which is the basis of this project is that, actually, there aren’t cultures or religions more just than others.

We are convinced that only by cooperating and communicating in our time, it is possible to make real improvements through concrete actions.

This project aims to rethink the issue of dialogue between different peoples through the figure of the woman.
Wherever women are, act, change, produce behaviors and cultures, play an important role in the dialogue between peoples and can loosen the contradictions related to the overlapping of different cultural patterns and values that, in trying to find a meeting point and balance, are likely to clash.

Objective
To promote respect and understanding dialogue between different religions.
Methodology
Organizing activities, compositions, articles, free essays, operas, musical compositions, and any form of expression on the project.
Major Areas
• Women who tell their story, they recount;
• Female protagonists in various cultures;
• Figures of women between past, present and future;
• Women artists in different cultures;
• Women who create music and theater.
Project participants
Women close to the BPW International;
Women and people throughout the world;
Women’s associations;
Associations that cater to women;
Women in business and politics that promote culture.

Project duration
Phase I
Collection within the month of May, the work done by those who participated.

Phase II
Preparation of proceedings (published)

Phase III
International conference in Calabria, September 2011.

Carissima Delly,

sono davvero felice di comunicarti  che , nel recente Congresso Internazionale   di Città del Messico, l’Assemblea delle delegate, provenienti da tutto il mondo,  ti ha eletta Responsabile internazionale della Commissione Arte e Cultura in considerazione del tuo ottimo  curriculum professionale ed associativo .

Tale nomina ci riempie di orgoglio  in quanto sarà affidato a te il compito di coordinare le componenti  della Commissione provenienti dai  continenti  presenti nella Federazione internazionale : Europa, Africa, Asia – Pacifico,  America del Nord e America Latina e che saranno  quanto prima nominate dal board internazionale  .

Sono certa che non deluderai le nostre aspettative  e che saprai  fare crescere  la nostra FIDAPA – che si distingue per la particolare attenzione verso l’immenso patrimonio artistico culturale -   nella considerazione e nell’apprezzamento degli altri Paesi.

Ritienimi a tua completa disposizione per qualunque idea o suggerimento che ti possa aiutare nell’affrontare  e svolgere un così complesso e affascinante incarico, con tanta stima ,

Pinella Bombaci

Presidente nazionale