Grazia Francescato (born 23 November 1946 in

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) is an

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, journalist and activist.

Biography

She graduated in Foreign Languages and Literature at the

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, then moved to

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and worked for the Daily American and

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. In 1973 she was among the founders of Effe, the first feminist magazine in Italy, which she also directed for two years, between 1976 and 1978. She was editor of

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since 1977, of which she was also a correspondent from

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. She also collaborated with many magazines and newspapers including

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and

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. In 1985 she collaborated on the film Acta General de Chile, which was illegally filmed in

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by director

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, that won four prizes at the

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. In 1990 she conducted the TV program ''Geo'' on Raitre. In 1986 she was elected to the WWF National Council and in the following year was a candidate for the 1987 parliamentary election with the

Federation of Green Lists The Federation of Green Lists () or Green List (''Lista Verde'', LV) was a green political party in Italy. Its members included Gianni Francesco Mattioli, Lino De Benetti, Gianfranco Amendola, Alexander Langer, Enrico Falqui, Sauro Turroni and A ...

. In 1989 she was candidate for the European Parliament, again among the Green Lists. President of WWF Italy from 1992 to 1998, in 1994 she also joined the WWF International Council. From 1999 to 2001 she was President of the

Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens (, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens. The FdV was part of the Eur ...

. On 3 May 2003 she was elected in

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Female Spokesperson for the European Greens during the XIV Couincil Meeting of the

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. From 2003 to 2008 she was municipal councilor in

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and in 2006 she was also elected Deputy among the ranks of the Greens. Candidate for the 2008 general election on the Rainbow Left list, she was not re-elected. In July 2008 she was appointed spokesperson for the Greens, but in 2009 she decided to leave the party to join

Left Ecology Freedom Left Ecology Freedom (, SEL) was a democratic socialist political party in Italy whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party. The party's leader was Nichi Vendola, a former President of Apulia. On 17 December 201 ...

, led by Nichi Vendola. Candidate again for the Senate in the 2013 parliamentary election on the list on the SEL list, she was not elected.

References

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