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NEWS
The collection of all the news about the activities,
on the projects and collaborations of the Penc Center
9 DECEMBER 2022
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE): interview with Maria Chiara Monti
Did you know that in 2021 alone 24,147 children arrived in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain. Of these, 17,185 (71%) were unaccompanied or separated minors?
Maria Chiara Monti, president of the Penc Center spoke about the negative impact on children's mental health
and of the young people arriving in Sicily.
OCTOBER 5, 2022
The 'aunts' help create a safe space
for women and girls in Palermo
The Penc Center in Palermo offers a safe space for
women and girls and is designed to support migrant women
to build networks and explore their future in Italy.
InfoMigrantstalked to Deborah and Mimi,
two cultural mediators working at the centre.
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
In Campobello, a psychological support desk for migrants
The listening and psychological support desk for vulnerable people with a migration background and their caregivers opens today in Campobello di Mazara. The counter team is made up of professionals from the Penc Center of Palermo and the Hera Consortium, organizations that have long been engaged in activities aimed at the well-being and social inclusion of foreign people present in the area.
Article by Castelvetranoselinunte.it
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Migrants, the Busy counter opens in Palermo
It will offer support and guidance to tutors and mentors of young foreigners. It will be active in the new headquarters of the Penc, the Clinical Center of Ethnopsychology, in via Malaspina 27.
It is a property confiscated from the mafia.
Article by The Mediterranean 24
MAY 21, 2021
Migration, violence and the role of linguistic-cultural mediators: UNICEF and WRC publish training program
Refugees and migrants face serious risks related to violence throughout their migration journey, including sexual violence, exploitation and abuse. Women and girls are particularly exposed to gender-based violence before, after and during the journey.
Article by UNICEF, For Every Child
MAY 12, 2021
In Palermo a safe haven for migrants looking for a ransom
A center offers a protected place for foreign women, many of whom are victims of violence and trafficking: there they can meet and express themselves freely, building their integration and their future.
Article by LA VIA LIBERA SRL - SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
JANUARY 18, 2021
WOMEN AND GIRLS SAFE SPACE:
IN PALERMO FRAGILITY MEETS HOPE | PHOTO
A safe "port", where to meet and tell each other among equals: this is WGSS - Women and Girls Safe Space, the transcultural project promoted by the Penc Center, supported by the IRC (International Rescue Committee), by Unicef, and intended for foreign women residing in the capital.
Article by Sicily
14 DECEMBER 2020
Safe Space, team of psychologists for migrant women during the pandemic
A center open every day to help mothers and children dealing with the consequences of the pandemic and to counter the increase in domestic violence. 25 women aged between 17 and 40, of various African nationalities, are followed
Article by RAI NEWS
20 APRIL 2020
Volunteer guardians for unaccompanied foreign minors,
a successful trial
The results of the experiment conducted by UNICEF, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Italian Council for Refugees (CIR) and the Penc Center (specialised in ethnopsychiatry) on the benefits of the peer approach were announced today -to-peer) in supporting voluntary guardians of unaccompanied foreign minors.
UNICEF article - For every child
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