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A reflection on 2020 Pride: a case for community, a case for resistance

“Pride is a riot” – Stonewall Inn Pride, for so many of us, is a space of belonging. An enclave where we can be safe, sincere, and unapologetic of a reality still so often implicitly or explicitly censored around us. Pride offers resilience through community, support where there is so often rejection, and an example…

Esther Brito June 24, 2020

Child labor: Sweetheart for sweet-money?

Sometime in our childhood, we must have argued with our parents, refusing to go to school. Despite all the tantrums we, as children throw, the pouts we put on our faces, we are loved and embraced as sweethearts. As we grow older, we are compared to “African or third-world children”, as if they are symbols…

Multiple Authors June 18, 2020

International Day of the African Child: Importance of Child Justice Systems

In 2018, Noura Hussein held the world captive with her heart wrenching story. The Sudanese teenager had been tried and convicted of murder at just 19 years old. Married at only 16 years old, she had tried to escape to pursue her dreams of training as a teacher. For the murder of her ‘rapist husband’,…

Sheila Ochieng' June 16, 2020

The Changing Tides of Advocacy

The 21st century heralds a new crop of activism led by youth and children. The youth play an important role in advocacy, ensuring that their voices are heard in a world riddled with self-interest. Youth activism has made a significant contribution in addressing challenges faced by the voiceless in society.

Sheila Ochieng' June 10, 2020

Trafficking: where globalisation and money meet

Trafficking, in all its expressions, is a global threat to which no country is immune. The phenomenon has come to be marked by its ever-increasing complexity, and has become a political priority for governments around the world. Often, when looking at trafficking, we center on victim profiles and rehabilitation. But this focus continues to allow only palliative measures. We must…

Esther Brito March 25, 2020

The Endemic Trade: Slavery in the 21st Century

The issues associated with slavery are incredebly widespread. They all fall under the same bracket, however, and whether you attempt to abolish human rights abuses on an acute or systemic scale, it all makes a difference to those who only know a life of misery, condemned by their captors.

Benjamin White March 7, 2020

Women in Peacekeeping: roles and opportunities in diversity

The role of women in Peacekeeping Operations (PKOs) as a principal driver of long term peacebuilding and a necessary element of optimal implementation has only recently been acknowledged. The United Nations has since spearheaded initiatives to diversify Peacekeeping Operations across the world, yet the percentages of women participating in these operations still remain strikingly low. In 1993,…

Esther Brito March 5, 2020

A Beautiful Face!

Article By Hadil Alashwal Hadil Alashwal, is a Yemeni national who lived in Yemen for two decades of her life. Having lived in such a patriarchal society for quite long, she is dedicated to fighting for gender equality in Yemen and all around the world. Writing is her way of expressing herself and that’s how…

Guest Author March 3, 2020

What Do You know About Female Genital Mutilation?

It is understandable that communities around the world have diverse cultural customs and traditions that define them and are inherent to their identities. It is imperative, however, to admit to the fact that culture should be seen as a flux and not a static unchanging set of beliefs. Numerous cultural practices have proven themselves to…

Hanen Ben Ghzayel March 1, 2020

A dilemma in food aid: mishmash of biometrics and food

Collapsed edifices, ruins piled up on the floor, tanks casually patrolling the streets, smoke encapsulating the country- these have become the norm for the Yemeni. Behind the desolate, lifeless climate, there lies voices to be heard, pain to be resonated with. Clothes powdered with dust, brows knitted together in remembrance of the uplifting chants that…

Ip Anna Tin Wai February 28, 2020

Survivors leading solutions: a voice, a mission, a new approach

The scope and reach of NGOs and humanitarian organizations has experienced a golden era within the age of communications. The number of NGOs grows daily, and so does the money and resources donated to them. By 2030, the expected global value of these resources is projected to grow to 2.5 billion dollars. Nevertheless, NGO assistance tends…

Esther Brito February 14, 2020

Systematic Counter-Oppression: A Case For Louder Voices

Ranking as the most heinous war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing are prevalent in a number of regions today. Two cases, in particular, have recently caught the world’s attention, however, and both are against highly vulnerable minority groups. A wider response is necessary to counter these cases of oppression and, as this account will argue,…

Benjamin White January 30, 2020

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