Marianna Orlandi, Ph.D.

Marianna Orlandi contributed to C-Fam’s government relations efforts both at the United Nations and at the Organization for American States in from 2015-2017. She wass C-Fam’s representative and expert at the Organization of the American States, focusing her legal research on the policies being discussed and on the decisions being adopted by its Human Rights’ bodies and commissions.

Prior to joining C-Fam, Marianna earned a Ph.D. in Criminal Law, issued by both the University of Padua and the Austrian University of Innsbruck. She graduated in Law in Padua, where she also practiced as an attorney. Her international legal education included one year abroad study experience at the University of Berkeley; later, she conducted some of her Ph.D. research in Berlin. She held seminars and conferences at the Catholic University of Buenos Aires, in Moscow and in Japan. She is fluent in Italian, English, German and Spanish.

Marianna has been active in the Italian pro-life and pro-family debate for many years, both as an academic and as a private citizen. She published several newspaper articles on the topics of family, gender and marriage. She collaborated with Italian networks of pro-life and pro-family lawyers, jurists and politicians and quickly became one of their most important connections with allied European and American associations. At C-Fam, she continued to dedicate part of her time and attention to the European debate.

Violence, Spin, and Abuse of Power at OAS Meeting

For years the head of the OAS bureaucracy has tried to impose abortion and homosexuality throughout the Americas while the people have tried to protect their families and religious liberty. This week at annual meeting in Santo Domingo, the fight literally came to blows.

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Uruguay vs. Uruguay. The OAS closes its doors to Deputy Carlos Lafigliola.

The Deputy of Uruguay, Carlos Lafigliola, a strong defender of life and family, is being denied access to the General Assembly of the OAS. He was supposed to be there,…

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Video of transgender violence.

This video shows how Gregory Mertz and Jean Marco Pumarol were assaulted by members of the LGBT community at the 46th General Assambly of the OAS, in Santo Domingo. The…

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Civil Society meetings at the OAS: the uneven fight for life and for family.

The General Assembly (GA) of the Organization of the American States (OAS) regularly includes a whole day program dedicated to the Civil Society representatives. During this day, which precedes the…

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LGBT rights and abortion as a fundamental right: the 46th General Assembly of the OAS.

  The Dominican Republic is about to host the General Assembly of the Organization of the American States (OAS). As observers predicted, this year also the resolutions that the member…

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Mexicans defend the family – and the whole world joins them. #DefendemosLaFamilia

After the recent declarations of the Mexican President, who is pushing for same-sex marriage and for constitutional amendments, more than one thousand Mexican NGOs have reunited: to defend the family….

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Paraguay Defies Organization of American States, Defends Unborn and Family

President Horacio Cartes of Paraguay has vowed to fight any threat from the Organization of American States to impose abortion or redefine the family to include homosexual couples.

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“Hope betrayed”: same-sex unions are part of Italian law. Same-sex adoptions too.

The Italian President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, did not listen to the requests of the legal scholars. Without exercising any sort of veto power, he “obediently” signed the bill…

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Sweden teaches homosexuality in pre-school: will it be a leader?

While Sweden decided to lead the deconstruction of the sexes and to teach its pre-school children that sexuality is fluid, other European countries are showing resistance. The Swedish Equality Ombudsman…

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The Mexican President wants same-sex marriages – and all that comes with it. What about Mexicans?

On Tuesday, May 17th, International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, the Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced his intention to change the Constitution to allow same sex marriage. His…

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