USA AMMPE

ation of women journalist and writers groups around the world. The presidency rotates every two years, and its biennial Congress is held in the country where the President of AMMPE resides. The current presidency is in Italy, and the next Congress will be in Rome. The goals of the group are:

--to raise awareness of the issues affecting journalism and writing in general, and women in particular

--to promote gender diversity in these areas

--to provide an international network for women writers and journalists. The current President is Chilean journalist Patricia Mayorga, the Rome correspondent the El Mercurio, newspaper chain, and Radio “Bio-Bio”. The last Congress, in London 2018, was attended by 350 women from around the world, and took place in important locations like BBC Headquarters, the University of London, Google Headquarters and Kent University. The theme was “Telling the story: a complex world needs all its storytellers”. Journalists and writers from across Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia attended.