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Fading rights: The case of Ukrainian refugees & abortion rights in Poland
Content warning: this article discusses sexual violence, including rape Protest against abortion restriction in Kraków . Photo by Silar ....
Stephanny Ulivieri
Jun 21, 202210 min read
Absent Safety: Humanitarian Corridors & the Ukrainian Crisis
Ukrainian civilians are evacuated from Volnovakha in the Donetsk region . Photo by Міністерство внутрішніх справ України. Licensed under...
Stephanny Ulivieri
May 11, 20228 min read
The need for a transition in Venezuela to solve the humanitarian crisis?
People from the opposition march peacefully to the vicinity of the Palace of Justice in the city of Maracaibo . Photo by: María Alejandra...
Angel Cortez
May 3, 20227 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...
Stephanny Ulivieri
Mar 12, 202210 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...
Afsaneh Hachemian
Mar 1, 20228 min read
A European Outlier: Poland, Abortion Rights and the Erosion of Democracy
Black March in support of abortion rights, Łódź, October 2nd 2016. Uploaded to Wikipedia by Zorro2212 , licensed under Creative Commons...
Freya Thompson
Jan 28, 20229 min read
A Looming Security Threat: Mozambique’s Jihadi Insurgency & Links to Drug Trafficking
Since 2017, a heavily armed ISIS-affiliated group known as “al-Shabaab” (previously “Ahlu Sunnah wal-Jamaa”) has repeatedly engaged in...
Afsaneh Hachemian
Nov 17, 20219 min read
Gender Equal Until We Talk Money: Prioritising Gender on the EU Agenda
The European Union calls itself a ‘frontrunner’ for gender equality. The European Commission claims that “the EU has made significant...
Morane Verhoeven & Freya Thompson
Nov 15, 20216 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...
Anoushka Gupta
Oct 27, 20214 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.
Afsaneh Hachemian
Oct 9, 202110 min read
Courtroom Narratives of Sexual Violence: Victimhood and Agency during International Criminal Trials
Prior to the 1990s, the use of sexual violence in conflicts was a consequence of weaponised masculinities, with little attention being...
Andjela Draganic
Sep 23, 202111 min read
The Ovaherero and Nama Genocide: Why is Germany’s recent recognition not enough?
On 15 May 2021, Germany and Namibia agreed on a Joint Declaration addressing Germany’s colonial crimes after six years of negotiations....
Andjela Draganic
Aug 25, 20219 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...
Sofia Biasin
Aug 11, 20218 min read
Making Sense of the Mexican 2021 Midterm Elections: The End of a Hegemony But Not Dominance
The midterm elections which took place in Mexico on June 6 were nothing short of historic. Typically, midterm elections generate...
Marco Antonio García Mendez
Aug 9, 20218 min read
Can Space Exploration Be Ethical? The ‘Billionaire Space Race’ and Egalitarian Galactic Democracy
Over half a century since the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing, the world is entering an era of space revival. States are once more turning...
Sophia Mason
Jul 30, 20219 min read
Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention: A victory for the ‘anti-gender agenda’?
On 20 March 2021, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced his country’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention which aims to...
CYIS Organisation
Apr 12, 20218 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...
Sophia Mason
Mar 24, 20216 min read
Why queering the agenda should be the next step for Women, Peace and Security
On 31 October 2000, the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1325 calling for women’s increased participation...
Sophia Mason
Dec 8, 20207 min read
The uncovering of the World Health Organization
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been coordinating one of the largest global...
Marie Smit & Morane Verhoeven
Nov 20, 20205 min read
Breaking down the challenges ahead for Guinea’s sustainable economic growth
As elections in Guinea saw Alpha Condé securing his third term as president, political unrest and growing economic instability called for...
Lucía Palacio Sasse & Morane Verhoeven
Nov 5, 20204 min read
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