The protection of rights is only possible through collective action

"Alley Oop has not only narrated change, it has legitimised it and demonstrated that inclusion is an architecture and not an addition". This was said by Igor Suran, general director of Parks - Liberi e Uguali, an association set up to support companies in the development of practices respectful of diversity and who, on the occasion of the event "10 years of Alley Oop - Il Sole 24 Ore: women, rights and alliances for a more inclusive country" was among the protagonists of the Alley Talk moments. Interspersed between one round table and another, a heterogeneous mix of voices from institutions, politics and the third sector took to the stage bringing a key word that could, on the one hand, recount their own efforts on the long road to rights and, on the other, bear witness to the stretch of road travelled together with Alley Oop. Suran spoke with a reflection on 'alliances' while economist Azzurra Rinaldi explored the concept of 'power'. The word 'rebellion' was at the centre of the speech by Alessandra Marzari, a doctor at the Niguarda Cà Granda Milano Hospital Emergency Room and president of Consorzio Vero Volley, as well as co-founder of Change The Game, an association against abuse in sport. Of her choice she says: 'It is important to be able to rebel against what is unfair, contrary to our values, and to have the tools to do so' and it is precisely sporting activity that 'helps to develop those skills that allow healthy rebellion'.

In this collective journey among the lemmas of equality, Ilaria Parlanti, writer, Alley Oop signature and activist for the rights of people with disabilities, chose 'inclusion', while the Sole 24 Ore journalists and experts in gender violence Simona Rossitto and Livia Zancaner spoke about 'network' and 'awareness' respectively.

Cristiana Scelza, president of Valore D (a network of companies promoting gender balance in organisations), focused on the concept of 'opportunity' and, quoting Einstein, recalled that inventiveness is born out of crises: 'How many times have we thought: "is this really the end?" and then a new chapter was opening'. Darya Majidi, an Italian-Iranian entrepreneur and president of Un Women Italy, the national committee that supports Un Women's mission in Italia, addressed the issue of 'impact'.

From the heart of the third sector come the voices of Marco Chiesara and Daniela Fatarella, leading figures for the rights of children, women and vulnerable communities. Chiesara, president of WeWorld, focused on 'consensus', while Fatarella, director general of Save the Children Italia, on 'equity', understood - she explained - 'not as an ideal but as the result of clear decisions, which make it possible for every child to have the freedom to be and to do'.

The strength of the Alley Talks was the choral nature of the contributions, proving that inclusive development and the protection of rights necessarily pass through collective action.