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Emma Bonino was born on March 9, 1948 in Bra, is an Italian politician and is now a Member of the European Parliament. She graduated from a university in Milan in 1972 March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ...
Bra is a town and comune of Italian region of Piemonte, 44°42N 7°51E, at 290 m (951 ft) above sea-level, with 28,300 inhabitants as of the 2003 census. ...
The Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. ...
A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ...
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1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
National Political Career
- Elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1976; re-elected in 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992 and 1994.
- In 1975, she founded the Information Centre on Sterilisation and Abortion and promoted the referendum which led to the introduction of the legalisation of abortion in Italy.
- In 1986, she was among the promoters of a referendum against nuclear energy that led to the rejection of a civil nuclear energy programme in Italy.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. ...
Sterilization can mean: Sterilization (surgical procedure) - an operation which renders an animal or human unable to procreate Sterilization (microbiology) - the removal of microbiological organisms This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Abortion, in its most common usage, refers to the voluntary or induced termination of a pregnancy, generally through the use of surgical procedures or drugs. ...
Nuclear power station at Leibstadt, Switzerland. ...
International Political Career - Elected to the European Parliament in 1979; re-elected in 1984 and 1999.
- Secretary from 1993-1994), Transnational Radical Party, President from 1991-1993.
- In October 1994, she was appointed Head of the Italian Government delegation to the UN General Assembly for the "Moratorium on death penalty" initiative.
- From 1994 to 1999, she was European Commissioner responsible for Consumer Policy, Fisheries and the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO).
- In 1997, her field of competence was widened to include consumer health protection and food safety.
- In November 2002, she was appointed Head of the of the Italian Government Delegation at the Inter-governmental Conference of the Community of Democracies in Seoul
Along with Marco Pannella, another member of the Radical Party, Bonino has fought numerous battles for civil rights, mainly in matter of divorce, the legalization of abortion, the legalization of drugs, and for sexual and religious freedoms. She has fought for an end of capital punishment, against female genital mutilation, and the extermination of world hunger. The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...
The Transnational Radical Party is a political association of citizens, parliamentarians and members of government of various national and political backgrounds who intend to use nonviolent means to create an effective body of international law with respect for individuals and the affirmation of democracy and freedom throughout the world. ...
This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ...
The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ...
Giacinto Pannella, aka Marco (Teramo May 2, 1930 from an Italian father and a Swiss mother) is an Italian politician. ...
A number of political organizations have called themselves the Radical Party, or have Radical as part of their name. ...
Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...
Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage, which can be contrasted with an annulment which is a declaration that a marriage is void, though the effects of marriage may be recognized in such unions, such as spousal support, child custody and distribution of property. ...
Abortion, in its most common usage, refers to the voluntary or induced termination of a pregnancy, generally through the use of surgical procedures or drugs. ...
Death Penalty World Map Color Key: Blue: Abolished for all crimes Green: Abolished for crimes not committed in exceptional circumstances (such as crimes committed in time of war) Orange: Abolitionist in Practice Red: Legal Form of Punishment Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered...
In June 1999, she obtained a historical number of 8.5% of votes in the European elections (vs. the usual 2-3% that Radicals got in the previous and subsequent elections). Her list (Lista Bonino) won 7 of 87 italian seats in this election. The first 7 on the list were: This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Italian political parties ...
- Emma Bonino
- Marco Pannella
- Olivier Dupuis
- Marco Cappato
- Massimo Bordin
- Maurizio Tuco
- Gianfranco Dell 'Alba
From 1999 to 2004, the Lista Bonino was non-affiliated. Since 2004, it is part of the ALDE group. ALDE logo The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour lEurope) is a Group in the European Parliament. ...
In October 2000, she was the center of controversy of the massive use of spam e-mail for campaigns. which has been forbidden in 2001.
In December 2001, she moved to Cairo with the objective of learning Arabic language and culture. In March 2003, she started a daily review of the arabic press on Radical Radio. View of the modern citys skyline. ...
In January 2004, she organized the "Regional Conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the role of the International Penal Court", the first for an Arabic country.
For her battles and engagements with controversial issues, her engagement in the promotion of the human rights and civil rights in the world, she received the "Open Society Prize 2004" and "Prix Femmes d' Europe 2004" for Italy. Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...
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