Piero Melati is deputy current affairs editor of the Italian weekly Il Venerdì diRepubblica. He was responsible for the opening of the local offices of the Italian daily La Repubblica in Naples and Palermo.
Southern Italy in general, and Calabria in particular, remains a patriarchal culture. The latest book by Lirio Abbate entitled Fimmine rìbelli pays tribute to the Calabrian women who are attempting...