AUTHOR: Eleonore Donnen “I urgently need support to build a safe space with proper facilities for these vulnerable women and girls.”Imrana Imdad I had the opportunity to speak with Imrana Imdad, a clinical psychologist from Balochistan, Pakistan. She works actively with local organisations to support survivors of gender-based violence, people affected by conflict, and mental health issues. I met her …
AUTHOR: Kenza S. Two years after the start of the war in Sudan, it can definitely be said that the international community has failed to stop what is described as one of the worst humanitarian crises ever in the world. Famine and sexual abuse against women show how civilians are the ones who suffer the most in the middle of …
AUTHOR: Sara B. Gero Europe often presents itself internationally as a place of equality, equity and human rights, yet the situation of the Roma tells a different tale. The Roma represent between 10 and 12 million of the European population, with the most significant populations being in central and eastern Europe. They have faced centuries of genocide, slavery, discrimination and …
AUTHOR: Muriëlle van Hagen Dozens of Rohingya villages in Myanmar were surrounded and set on fire, in August 2017. People were shot, tortured, raped, or burned alive, leaving behind only corpses and ash. This was all part of an ethnic cleansing campaign by Myanmar’s military, in an attempt to permanently erase the Rohingya community from the country—causing over 740,000 to …
AUTHOR: Jessica Giovanella On the 8th of May, 2025, the Lithuanian Parliament voted in favour of the recent decision to leave the Ottawa Convention, a convention banning anti-personnel mines. Lithuania is not an isolated case, as Finland also started withdrawing from the Convention in April 2025. Those withdrawals seem to follow a global trend. Indeed, the defence ministers of Lithuania, …
AUTHOR: Muriëlle van Hagen Two-year-old Whitney was abducted from her bed while she was sleeping. Nine-year-old Harry was snatched from his home, and 30-year-old Jenifer never returned from a bike ride. These are only three examples of people with albinism in Malawi who were later found murdered, with parts of their bodies cut off. This is both a sad and …
AUTHOR: Inês Alves Tomé For over 40 years, Iran has been suffering from gender apartheid. During this time, the Iranian government has been implementing a regime in which some parts of the population, in particular women, are discriminated against and extremely excluded from participating in normal society. Unfortunately, this discrimination which Iranian women face on a daily basis is still …
AUTHOR: Sara B. Gero Coltan is an essential material for renewable technologies, however, the mining industry behind them is linked to human rights abuses, including war crimes committed by armed groups, and land conflict. Currently, there are over 100 armed groups operating in the DRC, most of them smaller, local militias who attempt to protect their own communities after decades …
