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| Mafia Women - Interactive Forum ![]() Women can no longer hide behind the mafia screen A deadly shoot-out in a sleepy, southern Italian village has marked a new, dark era in mafia savagery. Women have become both the victims and the suspected killers. The last mafia taboo has been broken. Click here to view the forum
Correspondent's Pam Giddy is joined by international journalist Yvonne Ridley and "Mafia Women" producer Juliet Dwek to examine how and why some women have become seduced by violence for a cause. What makes women take up a cause worth dying for? - from FARC rebels in Colombia to the latest Chechen rebels siege in Moscow - women are heavily involved. Why?
After the programme on Sunday 3 November 2002 at 2000 GMT, you will be able to view, and join, the interactive discussion from this website and on digital television. You can send your comments at any time, by using the e-mail form below. Mafia Women: Sunday 3 November 2002 on BBC Two at 1915 GMT Producer / Reporter: Juliet Dwek Disclaimer: The BBC will put up as many of your comments as possible but we cannot guarantee that all e-mails will be published. The BBC reserves the right to edit comments that are published. |
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