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Vulnerability to Forced Labour and Trafficking: The case of Romanian women in the agricultural sector in Sicily
2015
This paper focuses on labour and sexual exploitation faced by Romanian female workers employed in the agricultural sector in Ragusa, Sicily, Italy. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in 2013 and 2014 with Romanian female farm workers in Ragusa, the paper identifies factors that contribute towards their vulnerability to exploitation. By paying specific attention to the experiences of women who are mothers with dependent children, we look at structural factors that increase their vulnerability and consider how this vulnerability ‘forces’ women into situations whereby they effectively accept and/or submit to abuse. We also highlight how European Union (EU) citizenship does not automatically protec…
The vulnerability of Nigerian and Romanian women in sexual exploitation. Motherhood as being a double vulnerability.
2018
Trafficking in Women in Europe: Revisiting Feminist Perspectives on ‘Sex Trafficking’
2012
Looking for the "Vulnerable Subject": The Mencian Account of the Person
2019
The idea of the legal subject as an autonomous agent, with the capacity to choose and freely determine herself without external constraints or interference, complete in herself and independent, has had remarkable normative implications in structuring contemporary legal systems. The philosopher Martha Fineman recently argued against this notion, proposing the alternative one of “vulnerable subject.” This paper suggests that the notion of the person elaborated by the classical Confucian thinkers encompasses the “vulnerable subject.” The Confucian theorizations resonate with the ethic of care; however, their moral and normative relevance carries the potential for a broader scope of application…
The Slave Coasts. Transnational Sexual Exploitation from Nigeria to Italy. From human trafficking to human rights
2019
This research intends to open a global debate on the current strong link between migration and prostitution on the basis of the reality observed in Palermo in the timespan 2015-2017. The main three elements emerging from the analysis are criminality, poverty and exploitation. As data suggests, Italy is the favorite destination of the Nigerian sexual exploitation market. In particular, Sicily plays a major role in the sexual exploitation ring involving Nigerian migrants, besides headquartering the Italian as well the Nigerian mafia. The agreement between Cosa Nostra (Sicilian Mafia) and the two organizations known as Black Axe and Eye (Nigerian mafia) represents the starting point for sexual…
La tutela della vulnerabilità in ambito giuridico. Rilevanza del concetto nel contesto della tratta e del traffico di persone migranti
2022
The legal system started to use the word “vulnerability” to provide protection in cases of abuse or need. Understanding the double face of vulnerability, as both universal and individual, may lead us to overcome the traditional liberal paradigm and its idea of indi-viduals independent and autonomous, and finally embrace an idea of legal subject based on his inherent vulnerability. The differences between these paradigms are evident in the fields of migration and human trafficking. This paper proposes to rethink the approach to migration starting from vulnerability.
Il boulevard di Palermo. Dinamiche del commercio nell’asse via Ruggero Settimo-viale della Libertà
2019
Il presente saggio si inserisce in seno alla pubblicazione del volume finanziato con i fondi del Progetto di ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN), bando MIUR 2015, dal titolo Commercio, consumo e città: pratiche pianificazione e governance per l’inclusione, la resilienza e la sostenibilità urbana. Il saggio si concentra, attraverso l'analisi delle evidenze rintracciate con una ricerca sul terreno, sull'evoluzione dell'asse commerciale di viale della Libertà e Via Ruggero VII, a Palermo: il commercio rappresenta infatti una funzione umana che ha un forte potere di connotazione degli spazi.
Dinamiche geo-commerciali nel Centro Storico di Palermo. Il caso di via Maqueda
2019
Il presente saggio si inserisce in seno alla pubblicazione del volume finanziato con i fondi del Progetto di ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN), bando MIUR 2015, dal titolo Commercio, consumo e città: pratiche pianificazione e governance per l’inclusione, la resilienza e la sostenibilità urbana. Il saggio si concentra, attraverso l'analisi delle evidenze rintracciate con una ricerca sul terreno, sull'evoluzione dell'asse commerciale di via Maqueda, a Palermo: il commercio rappresenta infatti una funzione umana che ha un forte potere di connotazione degli spazi.
La ricerca: il fenomeno del traffico di stupefacenti
2014
SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A VEHICLE CRASH TEST WITH A FIXED SAFETY BARRIER BASED ON HAAR WAVELETS
2011
Author's version of an article published in the journal: International Journal of Wavelets, Multiresolution and Information Processing. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219691311003979 This paper deals with the wavelet-based performance analysis of the safety barrier for use in a full-scale test. The test involves a vehicle, a Ford Fiesta, which strikes the safety barrier at a prescribed angle and speed. The vehicle speed before the collision was measured. Vehicle accelerations in three directions at the center of gravity were measured during the collision. The yaw rate was measured with a gyro meter. Using normal speed and high-speed video cameras, the beha…