Vanessa Manente

Vanessa Manente

Vanessa studied International Relations at "La Sapienza" University in Rome, where she graduated with a final dissertation concerning the death penalty in the US. After her studies, she started working for the Embassies of Malta in Brussels and in Rome during the Maltese EU Presidency. Previously, she volunteered at a shelter for migrants in Italy; whilst, in Belgium, where she is currently working as a liaison officer, she volunteers within the events team of Emergency, an Italian NGO that provides free medical treatments to the victims of poverty and war, promoting a culture of peace.

Nine days in Cairo: torture and murder of Giulio Regeni

Vanessa Manente

14/03/2018

In 2016, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution, during the curfew hours in Cairo, Giulio disappeared. Only 9 days later, on February 3, was his body, half-naked and with clear signs of torture, discovered in a ditch along the highway from...
Human – Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Vanessa Manente

17/01/2018

“I am one man among seven billion others. For the past 40 years, I have been photographing our planet and its human diversity, and I have the feeling that humanity is not making any progress. We can’t always manage to live together. Why is that? I...