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  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Customers line up at the Gipsy Queens food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_64...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queens member Codruta Balteau (24) shapes pita dough for the the a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_54...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31) serves a customer at a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_67...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Maria Miglescu (20) and Codruta Balteau (24) eat a pita during a break at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_66...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Quen member Maria Miglescu (20) is here at the Ponte Nomentano park which hosts the iFest, an alternative music festival, where the Gipsy Queens have a food stand, in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_65...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queen member Codruta Balteau (24) and Aninfa Hokic (31) prepare typical Roma dishes at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_65...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (R-L) Gipsy Queen member Codruta Balteau (24) and Aninfa Hokic (31) prepare typical Roma dishes at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_64...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Codruta Balteau (24, center) prepares typical Roma dishes at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_64...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queens member Micescu Mieila (49) grills meat at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_64...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: A woman walks in the Ponte Nomentano park which hosts the iFest, an alternative music festival, where the Gipsy Queens have a food stand, in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_63...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31) serves a customer at a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_63...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queens members Aninfa Hokic (31) and Micescu Mieila (49) serve customers at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_63...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queens member Aninfa Hokic (31) grills meat at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_62...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31) serves a customer at a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_61...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Codruta Balteau (24) is walks toward their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_61...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Aninfa Hokic (31) and Codruta Balteau (24) put on their headscarves as they set up their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_61...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: The entrance to the iFest, an alternative music festival where the Gipsy Queens have their food stand, is seen here  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_60...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queen members Darmaz Florentina (33), Micescu Mieila (49),  Aninfa Hokic (31), Maria Miglescu (20) and Codruta Balteau, (24) pose for a group photo in front of the Astra 19 social center where they gathered to cook for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_60...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queen members Maria Miglescu (20), Darmaz Florentina (33), Aninfa Hokic (31) and Micescu Mieila (49) joke around as they gather for a group photo in front of the Astra 19 social center, before heading to their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_60...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Micescu Mieila (49) shapes dough for pitas for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_59...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Micescu Mieila (49) shapes dough for pitas for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_59...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Micescu Mieila (49) relaxes after shaping dough for pitas, before heading to a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_59...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Maria Miglescu (20) relaxes during a break before heading to a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here at the entrance of the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_59...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Maria Miglescu (20) relaxes during a break before heading to a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here at the entrance of the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_59...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (R-L) Gipsy Queen Maria Miglescu (20) chats with volunteer Francesca, while other Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31, left) laughs at the jokes of Grazia (12, daughter of Darmaz Florentina), during a break a break before heading to a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here at the entrance of the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_57...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (R-L) Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31) and Grazia (12, daughter of the Gipsy Queen member Darmaz Florentina) relax during a break before heading to a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31, top) relaxes and chats with volunteers (L-R) Francesca and her mother Maria during a break before heading to a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
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The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_57...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queens members Darmaz Florentina (33, right) and Aninfa Hokic (31, 2nd from left) chat during a break together with Darmaz's daughter Grazia (12, center) and two volunteers Francesca (left) and her mother Maria (2nd from right), before heading to their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
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The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_57...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Darmaz Florentina (33), Maria Miglescu (20) and Aninfa Hokic (31) prepare typical Roma dishes for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_56...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens member Darmaz Florentina (33) prepares sarmales, a typical Roma dish made of savoy cabbage rolls stuffed with rice and ground meat, for a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_56...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens member Darmaz Florentina (33) prepares sarmales, a typical Roma dish made of savoy cabbage rolls stuffed with rice and ground meat, for a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_56...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Codruta Balteau (24), Darmaz Florentina (33) and Maria Miglescu (20) prepare typical Roma dishes for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_56...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31) shapes puts the pitas stuffed with zucchinis and ricotta in the oven for a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_55...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31) shapes dough for pitas stuffed with zucchinis and ricotta for a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_55...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Codruta Balteau (24) and Darmaz Florentina (33) prepare typical Roma dishes for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_55...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (R-L) Gipsy Queens members Micescu Mieila (49) and Maria Miglescu (20) cut savoy cabbage used in sarmales (a typica Roma roll made of savoy cabbage stuffed with rice and ground meat) for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the kitchen of the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_55...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Micescu Mieila (49) and Maria Miglescu (20) cut savoy cabbage used in sarmales (a typica Roma roll made of savoy cabbage stuffed with rice and ground meat) for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the kitchen of the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_54...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Codruta Balteau (24), Darmaz Florentina (33) and Maria Miglescu (20) prepare typical Roma dishes for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_54...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Visitors gather at the Ponte Nomentano park which hosts the iFest, an alternative music festival, where the Gipsy Queens have a food stand, in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
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The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Aninfa Hokic (31) and Codruta Balteau (24) grill meat at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
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The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_62...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Codruta Balteau (24), Darmaz Florentina (33), Maria Miglescu (20) and Aninfa Hokic (31) prepare typical Roma dishes for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_55...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: An oven cooking rice for sarmales (savoy cabbage rolls) made by the Gipsy Queens, a catering business founded by Roma women, is here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
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In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_53...jpg
  • Tunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on international broadcasts before the “Jasmine Revolution" began. Described as one of the bravest bloggers in the world, much of Ben Mhenni’s writing focuses on freedom of expression and the rights of women and students.<br />
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Ph. Gianni CiprianoTunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on internation
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  • Tunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on international broadcasts before the “Jasmine Revolution" began. Described as one of the bravest bloggers in the world, much of Ben Mhenni’s writing focuses on freedom of expression and the rights of women and students.<br />
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Ph. Gianni CiprianoTunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on internation
    CIPG_20111219_TUNISIA_Lina-Ben-Mhenn...jpg
  • Tunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on international broadcasts before the “Jasmine Revolution" began. Described as one of the bravest bloggers in the world, much of Ben Mhenni’s writing focuses on freedom of expression and the rights of women and students.<br />
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Ph. Gianni CiprianoTunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on internation
    CIPG_20111219_TUNISIA_Lina-Ben-Mhenn...jpg
  • Tunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on international broadcasts before the “Jasmine Revolution" began. Described as one of the bravest bloggers in the world, much of Ben Mhenni’s writing focuses on freedom of expression and the rights of women and students.<br />
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Ph. Gianni CiprianoTunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on internation
    CIPG_20111219_TUNISIA_Lina-Ben-Mhenn...jpg
  • Tunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on international broadcasts before the “Jasmine Revolution" began. Described as one of the bravest bloggers in the world, much of Ben Mhenni’s writing focuses on freedom of expression and the rights of women and students.<br />
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Ph. Gianni CiprianoTunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on internation
    CIPG_20111219_TUNISIA_Lina-Ben-Mhenn...jpg
  • Tunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on international broadcasts before the “Jasmine Revolution" began. Described as one of the bravest bloggers in the world, much of Ben Mhenni’s writing focuses on freedom of expression and the rights of women and students.<br />
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Ph. Gianni CiprianoTunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on internation
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  • Tunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on international broadcasts before the “Jasmine Revolution" began. Described as one of the bravest bloggers in the world, much of Ben Mhenni’s writing focuses on freedom of expression and the rights of women and studentsonly Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on international broadcasts before the “Jasmine Revolution" began. Described as one of the bravest bloggers in the world, much of Ben Mhenni’s writing focuses on freedom of expression and the rights of women and students.<br />
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Ph. Gianni Cipriano
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  • FORCOLI, ITALY - 23 JULY, 2011: Cristina, 43, participates at Miss Cicciona (Miss Chubby), a pageant open only to women who weigh more than 220 pounds, in Forcoli, Italy. Miss Cicciona gives plus-size women, who could normally not eventer beauty pageants, an opportunity to take home a tiara. "The competition aims to recognize and give light to the beauty and simple and true affection of women who usually ... are excluded from the spotlight," wrote pageant founder Gianfranco Lazzereschi on the Miss Cicciona website.
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  • FORCOLI, ITALY - 23 JULY, 2011: Maria, 48, participates at Miss Cicciona (Miss Chubby), a pageant open only to women who weigh more than 220 pounds, in Forcoli, Italy. Miss Cicciona gives plus-size women, who could normally not eventer beauty pageants, an opportunity to take home a tiara. "The competition aims to recognize and give light to the beauty and simple and true affection of women who usually ... are excluded from the spotlight," wrote pageant founder Gianfranco Lazzereschi on the Miss Cicciona website.
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  • FORCOLI, ITALY - 23 JULY, 2011: Veronica, 29, participates at Miss Cicciona (Miss Chubby), a pageant open only to women who weigh more than 220 pounds, in Forcoli, Italy. Miss Cicciona gives plus-size women, who could normally not eventer beauty pageants, an opportunity to take home a tiara. "The competition aims to recognize and give light to the beauty and simple and true affection of women who usually ... are excluded from the spotlight," wrote pageant founder Gianfranco Lazzereschi on the Miss Cicciona website.
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  • Tunis, Tunisia - 19 December, 2011: Lina Ben Mhenni, 28, cyber activist author of the popular blog "A Tunisian Girl" and teaching assistant of linguistics at the University of Tunis, is photographed in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 19, 2011. Her influential blog, which was censored under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom. When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, Ben Mhenni began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police. She risked her safety as one of the only Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on international broadcasts before the “Jasmine Revolution" began. Described as one of the bravest bloggers in the world, much of Ben Mhenni’s writing focuses on freedom of expression and the rights of women and studentsonly Tunisians to criticize the repressive government openly on international broadcasts before the “Jasmine Revolution" began. Described as one of the bravest bloggers in the world, much of Ben Mhenni’s writing focuses on freedom of expression and the rights of women and students.<br />
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Ph. Gianni Cipriano
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  • FORCOLI, ITALY - 23 JULY, 2011: Anna, 24, participates at Miss Cicciona (Miss Chubby), a pageant open only to women who weigh more than 220 pounds, in Forcoli, Italy. Miss Cicciona gives plus-size women, who could normally not eventer beauty pageants, an opportunity to take home a tiara. "The competition aims to recognize and give light to the beauty and simple and true affection of women who usually ... are excluded from the spotlight," wrote pageant founder Gianfranco Lazzereschi on the Miss Cicciona website.
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  • FORCOLI, ITALY - 23 JULY, 2011: Susanna, 44, participates at Miss Cicciona (Miss Chubby), a pageant open only to women who weigh more than 220 pounds, in Forcoli, Italy. Miss Cicciona gives plus-size women, who could normally not eventer beauty pageants, an opportunity to take home a tiara. "The competition aims to recognize and give light to the beauty and simple and true affection of women who usually ... are excluded from the spotlight," wrote pageant founder Gianfranco Lazzereschi on the Miss Cicciona website.
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  • FORCOLI, ITALY - 23 JULY, 2011: Patrizia, 46, participates at Miss Cicciona (Miss Chubby), a pageant open only to women who weigh more than 220 pounds, in Forcoli, Italy. Miss Cicciona gives plus-size women, who could normally not eventer beauty pageants, an opportunity to take home a tiara. "The competition aims to recognize and give light to the beauty and simple and true affection of women who usually ... are excluded from the spotlight," wrote pageant founder Gianfranco Lazzereschi on the Miss Cicciona website.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, steps out of an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_69...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, steps out of an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_71...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, steps out of an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_71...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, steps out of an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_71...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_70...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, wears a necklace with a Trinacria, the three-legged symbol of Sicily, during a portrait session in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_70...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, wears a necklace with a Trinacria, the three-legged symbol of Sicily, during a portrait session in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_70...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_70...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_70...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_69...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_69...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_69...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison (left) and Mary Rambin (right) posing in front of their best friend and blogger Meghan Asha (meghanasha.com). 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008.  Julia Allison at the Paris Commune bar in the west village. On the right is Ux Alptraum, blogger of sex blog boinkology.com.27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • 25 October, 2008. New York, NY. Obama volunteers get ready for the show "Fashion for Change" in the East Village, a fashion show fundraiser for Obama organized by fashion designer Kated Goldwater. Kate Goldwater, owner of the East Village store AuH2O, sells recycled t-shirts, skirts and dresses with Obama's face printed on it. The Obama volunteers in New York have been helping the campaign for weeks organizing phone banking, fund raisings, canvas, concerts, fashion shows, etc.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008.  Julia Allison at the Paris Commune bar in the west village. On the right is Ux Alptraum, blogger of sex blog boinkology.com.27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Juila Allison. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allsion. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison (left) and Mary Rambin (right). 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. From left to right: Meghan Asha (Julia Allison and Mary Rambin's best friend. Her blog is meghanasha.com), Julia Allison, Krystal Kahler (close girlfriend) and Kaitlin Herrmann (Julia's ex room mate). 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison at her birthday party at the Paris Commune bar, in the west village. On the left is her agent Jason Fox. On the right is Tionna Smalls, of talkdatish.com.  27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Juila Allison posing for friend Nick McGlynn (right), blogger of randomnightout.com,who was the snapshot photographer fot the party. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison (right), Mary Rambin (left) and friend/photographer Michael Leonhard that used to work as a photographer  for Julia's AM New York articles. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison at the Paris Commune bar in the west village.  27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison (center), Mary Rambin (right) and Nick McGlynn (left), blogger of randomnightout.com who was the snapshot photographer fot the party. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison and Mary Rambin posing for cameraman and friends. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (on the left)(juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin (on the right), designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison and Mary Rambin posing for cameraman and friends. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (on the left)(juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin (on the right), designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (on the left)(juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin (on the right), designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Paris Commune bar, west village.  Julia Allison at her arrival at the Paris Commune Bar in the west village. On the left is Meahan Alagna, Jullia's assistant. On the right (with the camera) is Nick McGlynn, blogger of randomnighout.com, thas has taken pictures all night. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • 25 October, 2008. New York, NY. Obama volunteers get ready for the show "Fashion for Change" in the East Village, a fashion show fundraiser for Obama organized by fashion designer Kated Goldwater. Kate Goldwater, owner of the East Village store AuH2O, sells recycled t-shirts, skirts and dresses with Obama's face printed on it. The Obama volunteers in New York have been helping the campaign for weeks organizing phone banking, fund raisings, canvas, concerts, fashion shows, etc.<br />
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  • 25 October, 2008. New York, NY. Obama volunteers get ready for the show "Fashion for Change" in the East Village, a fashion show fundraiser for Obama organized by fashion designer Kated Goldwater. Kate Goldwater, owner of the East Village store AuH2O, sells recycled t-shirts, skirts and dresses with Obama's face printed on it. The Obama volunteers in New York have been helping the campaign for weeks organizing phone banking, fund raisings, canvas, concerts, fashion shows, etc.<br />
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  • 25 October, 2008. New York, NY. An Obama volunteer get ready for the show "Fashion for Change" in the East Village, a fashion show fundraiser for Obama organized by fashion designer Kated Goldwater. Kate Goldwater, owner of the East Village store AuH2O, sells recycled t-shirts, skirts and dresses with Obama's face printed on it. The Obama volunteers in New York have been helping the campaign for weeks organizing phone banking, fund raisings, canvas, concerts, fashion shows, etc.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Beginning of the 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • 2 June, 2009. Tehran, Iran. Women try to get on stage to meet candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after he gave a speech at the Azadi Sports Complex rally, where thousands of women participate to support him. Conservative reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is running against the ultra-conservative current President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad.<br />
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  • 2 June, 2009. Tehran, Iran. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is here after a women's rally at Azadi Sports Complex, where thousands of women gathered to support him for the presidential election of June 12th. Conservative reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is running against the ultra-conservative current President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. <br />
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  • 2 June, 2009. Tehran, Iran. Thousands of women participate at a rally at the Azadi Sports Complex to support candidate Ahmadinejad. Conservative reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is running against the ultra-conservative current President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.<br />
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  • 2 June, 2009. Tehran, Iran. A woman listens to the speech given by candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and showin a poster of the spiritual leaders Khatami (left) and Khomeini (right). Thousands of women participate at a rally at the Azadi Sports Complex to support candidate Ahmadinejad. Conservative reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is running against the ultra-conservative current President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.<br />
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  • 2 June, 2009. Tehran, Iran. Candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sits in his car after saluting the crowd at the Azadi Sports Complex, where thousands of women gathered to support him.  Conservative reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is running against the ultra-conservative current President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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  • 2 June, 2009. Tehran, Iran. Thousands of women participate at a rally at the Azadi Sports Complex to support candidate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Conservative reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is running against the ultra-conservative current President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. <br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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