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CYIS Organisation
Feb 114 min read
Addressing Displacement Caused by Climate-Induced Disasters: A Call for Action
In recent years, the twin crises of climate change and human displacement have become inseparable, manifesting in devastating ways. From...
Freya Thompson
Oct 26, 202411 min read
A complex paradox: what happens when economic empowerment to prevent GBV causes more harm than good?
Introduction The WHO’s recent report on the prevalence of violence against women using data from 2000 to 2018 across 161 countries and...
Sarah Nappi
Oct 26, 20247 min read
Not so “Natural” Disasters: The Historical Processes behind Caribbean Hurricane Vulnerability
As anthropogenic climate change leads to increasingly devastating storms, the Caribbean must contend with much more than the storms...
Aurore Saccagi & Morane Verhoeven
Oct 26, 20249 min read
The Future of Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Aurore Saccagi & Morane Verhoeven DISCLAIMER In February 2021, CYIS’s humanitarian research dimension had the opportunity to interview...
Afsaneh Hachemian
Oct 26, 20248 min read
No Strings Attached? The Strengths and Weaknesses of China's Infrastructure Projects in Africa
The recent engagements between China and Africa, as well as China’s expanding presence on the global market have provoked polarising...
CYIS
Oct 26, 20244 min read
Impact of COVID-19 on Official Development Assistance in African countries
Official development assistance (ODA) is defined by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) as government aid that promotes and...
Katherine Hellier
Oct 26, 20248 min read
Chaos in Colombia: In the Wake of a Fragile Peace Deal
“It’s no secret that peace never came to Colombia” – Danelly Estupinán (leader of the Black Community’s Process (PCN) in Buenaventura,...
Angel Cortez
Aug 14, 20226 min read
The Sahel: Food Insecurity and the Role of Youth
Sahel food crisis 2012: drought response in Mauritania . Photo by Pablo Tosco/Oxfam . Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ...
Stephanny Ulivieri
Mar 12, 202210 min read
The world’s blind spots: Underreported humanitarian emergencies
Sudan: A Forgotten Crisis . Photo by: EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid. Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Last...
Afsaneh Hachemian
Mar 1, 20228 min read
No end in sight? Where the Ethiopian crisis stands today
Oromo Liberation Front rebels . Photo by: Jonathan Alpeyrie. Licensed under: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Licence In...
Anoushka Gupta
Oct 27, 20214 min read
Centring Justice and Equity in Conversations on Global Vaccine Distribution
Photo: Agência Brasília, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons More than a year-and-a-half into...
Afsaneh Hachemian
Oct 9, 202110 min read
Mali: The Effects of Climate Change in Conflict-Affected Areas.
Over the last decades, Mali has suffered immensely from rising temperatures, variability in rainfall, and armed conflict.
Julieta Longo
Sep 8, 20217 min read
Power to the People: Reconciling Chinese Investments with Sustainable Development in Latin America
Members of the mapuche community protesting against a Chinese-backed mining project in Neuquén, Argentina. Source China is currently...
Sofia Biasin
Aug 11, 20218 min read
Next Generation, Youth? Why We Need More Youth Participation in Sustainable Development Policy
With more than half of the world’s population today under the age of 30, young people will be instrumental in finding solutions to...
Angela Wang
Jul 6, 20217 min read
Combat Between the Great Powers in a Low-Fertility Era
In this past decade, the strategic competition between the U.S. and China has been centred on the two countries' economic development,...
Sophia Mason
Mar 24, 20216 min read
The EU as an ‘LGBTIQ Freedom Zone’: Boundary-making and human rights
On Thursday 11 March, the European Parliament voted to declare the European Union (EU) an ‘LGBTIQ Freedom Zone’ where all LGBTIQ...
Staffan Akesson, Davide Grison & Mathilde Cournut
Nov 18, 20204 min read
The Constraints on a Hydrogen-Fueled Energy Transition in the EU
If the European Union is to achieve its 2050 climate goals, an increasing amount of the electricity consumed must be produced from...
Yentl Stutterheim & Mathilde Cournut
Nov 17, 20204 min read
Next Generation EU: a unique opportunity to repair and prepare European economies
The COVID-19 pandemic is more than just a health crisis. National leaders across the Union are struggling to find a balance between...
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