Five Milestones For Women’s Rights We Should Achieve In 2015
This year will see the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women in September 1995 in Beijing, which produced a blueprint for advancing women’s rights. 20 years on, what still needs to be done for women?
Top 5 Human Rights Successes Of 2014
Today marks World Human Rights Day. However, in today’s world, the term “human rights” often takes a somber tone. As we look back on 2014, it’s disappointing to note the sheer number of high profile h...
Balkan Psychosis and Bosnia’s Enduring Legacy
The traumatic images and gruesome stories of ‘ethnic cleansing’ which emanated from the conflict in Bosnia & Hercegovina dominated television screens in the early 1990s. The conflict ended in November 1995 with the sign...
The Hypocrisy of Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones
With news of the last deployment of British troops of Afghanistan breaking last month it seems appropriate to look back at what has been, by all accounts, a highly contentious and controversial mission. Although these have been...
50Days4Gaza: Narrating Palestine’s loss through personal experience and comedy
It is estimated that Israel’s’ Operation Protective Edge that was launched in July 2014 and lasted for 50 days has resulted in the displacement of over 106,000 Palestinians. When reading statistics about refugees and displa...
82 Young Brazilians Are Killed Every Day. The Majority Are Black.
Brazil has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. To raise awareness of the large amount of young black victims, the Brazilian Amnesty International (Anistia Internacional Brasil) have launched a campaign this Novembe...
