{"id":5920,"date":"2025-11-09T22:59:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T21:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.associazionelui.it\/?p=5920"},"modified":"2025-11-09T23:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:07:06","slug":"the-experience-of-associazione-lui-an-italian-bip-faculty-giulia-de-gioia-gabriele-lessi-and-jacopo-piampiani-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.associazionelui.it\/en\/the-experience-of-associazione-lui-an-italian-bip-faculty-giulia-de-gioia-gabriele-lessi-and-jacopo-piampiani-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"The experience of Associazione LUI: An Italian BIP – Faculty: Giulia De Gioia, Gabriele Lessi and Jacopo Piampiani: Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

We present below the speech given by Associazione LUI at the 29th BISC-MI 2025 Annual Conference \u2013 \u201cSpotlight on Solutions: From Intervention to Transformation\u201d<\/a>, held from November 4 to 6, 2025, where Associazione LUI was the first Italian organization invited to speak on the sensitive issue of men who use violence.<\/p>\n

In the spirit of intellectual honesty, what follows is partially a re-elaboration developed also with the help of ChatGPT<\/a>, but it fully reflects our views.
\nEnjoy your reading:<\/p>\n

[David Garvin<\/a>]:
\nI\u2019d like to invite our friends from Italy to the stage.
\nI\u2019ll let Jacopo<\/a>, Gabriele<\/a>, and Giulia introduce themselves. The slides will start from here.<\/p>\n

Giulia:
\nHello everyone.
\nI\u2019m truly very moved \u2014 not only because this is my first time speaking at a conference, but also because of everything I have received in this space, where we\u2019d like to contribute by sharing our experience.<\/p>\n

My name is Giulia, and here with me are my colleagues Gabriele and Jacopo.
\nWe come from Italy \u2014 specifically from Livorno, a small seaside city in Tuscany.
\nWe represent Associazione LUI<\/a>, an organization that, along with other initiatives and services, also runs a CUAV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned, we wanted to contribute to this wonderful event by sharing our experience and explaining the program for men who use violence that we run.<\/p>\n

I will talk to you about the context in which all this happens \u2014 because, as we\u2019ve heard many times here, understanding and reading the context is essential for grasping the reasons behind choices.<\/p>\n

After me, Gabriele, who is a lawyer, will talk about the legal framework in Italy.
\nFinally, Jacopo will describe in more detail how our program \u2014 called P.U.M. CUAV \u2014 is concretely structured.<\/p>\n

\u201cP.U.M.\u201d is an acronym for Programma Uomini Maltrattanti (Program for Men Who Use Violence), but it\u2019s also the onomatopoeic sound \u201cPUM!\u201d, like in comic books when someone throws a punch.<\/p>\n

CUAV, on the other hand, is the official acronym we are required to use by law: Centro per uomini autori o potenziali autori di violenza domestica, sessuale e di genere \u2014 Center for Men Who Have Committed or Are at Risk of Committing Domestic, Sexual, or Gender-Based Violence.<\/p>\n

We are here to share, but also to learn.
\nI\u2019ve already learned so much from all of you.
\nThank you for your community spirit, your openness, and your inspiring experiences.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d also like to thank Valentina, Daria, Pino, Matteo, and Giorgio, who are back in Italy working while we are here with you.<\/p>\n

Now, let me tell you a bit about the Italian context.<\/p>\n

I am an interpreter and translator specialized in psychology and transactional analysis, and I am also a counselor in TA.<\/p>\n

After graduating, I was looking for a way to apply what I had studied, and I began collaborating with Casa della Donna in Pisa \u2014 an association that runs a women\u2019s anti-violence center offering phone counseling and a shelter for women survivors of violence.<\/p>\n

I worked there for about five years, listening to countless stories.
\nThere, I discovered the concept of a local anti-violence network, what in the U.S. is known as the CCR \u2013 Coordinated Community Response \u2014 and it completely changed the way I saw my city.<\/p>\n

I started exploring the various services, how they functioned, and tried to better understand the overall phenomenon of gender-based violence.<\/p>\n

As often happens, one opportunity led to another: around 2018 I took part, as an interpreter, in an Erasmus+ project with five other European countries, where I met Gabriele and Jacopo \u2014 who had already founded their association.<\/p>\n

I was struck by their enthusiasm, curiosity, and eagerness to learn.
\nSo I began working with them, and today I coordinate the team and co-facilitate both men\u2019s and women\u2019s groups.<\/p>\n

Now, a brief historical overview:<\/p>\n