News from VSE members
Rete Dafne held its first residential seminar to enhance the integration of general and specialised support services for victims, particularly women affected by gender-based violence. Meanwhile, the new journal Cura e Giustizia, launching at the Verona Conference, explores the intersection of justice and care through an interdisciplinary lens.
First residential seminar for Rete Dafne practitioners
On February 28 and March 1, 2025, in the beautiful frame of Eremo di Lecceto (near Florence), a first residential seminar was held. The seminar was born out of the need to understand better which is the support and care offered by Rete Dafne to any victim and especially to women victims of violence, and which is the relationship that can be established with the anti-violence centers (which are support services dedicated to women who are gender-based violence victims). In line with European Directives, what’s a possible integration between general and specialised services?
The seminar was also an opportunity to approach a second important issue. Rete Dafne services are now well-established and widespread, recognized by other services and institutions. The operators, who work there full-time, part-time or as volunteers, have developed a membership that deserves, at this point, to be better known.
We are, after all, also a movement that becomes an institution, in different ways from place to place. We tried to address together the meaning of this passage.
“Cura e Giustizia”, a new Journal
The journal, which will be officially presented at the Verona Conference on Feb. 28 and 29, 2025, was born as a cultural project inspired by the need to provide solid scientific foundations for reflection on the increasingly complex relationships between law – particularly judicial activity – and the ethical duty of “care,” understood as attention to the needs and rights of people involved in law enforcement.
It’s the result of a collaboration between an association committed to assisting victims of crime – Rete Dafne – and researchers from Italy and other Countries. The journal explores the dynamics between justice and care from an interdisciplinary perspective. its goal is to analyse not only the point of view of victims, but also of the accused, the convicted and all those who are confronted with the experience of injustice and possible paths to justice.
Its interdisciplinary vocation characterises its identity: criminal law, criminal procedure, philosophy, psychology, criminology and sociology, “language and law” and sociolinguistics, are interwoven to enable the need for a renewed interrelationship between justice and care to be analysed and measured.
The journal is divided into four sections, each with a distinct thematic identity. The first, “Words and Language”, focuses on the analysis of human discourse and its forms of expression, considered the indispensable context for exploring the complexity of legal and social reality.
The second, “Studies and Research”, hosts scientific articles, in Italian and foreign languages, pertaining to the relevant disciplines. The third, “Dialogues and Intersections”, collects contributions arising from interdisciplinary, comparative research or multi-voice dialogues. And the fourth section, “Maps and Charts”, is configured as a point of orientation and in-depth study, through readings, interviews and reviews.
