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Human Rights

Unpaid Internships: The Only Route To Success?

Right under our noses a poisonous, if not deadly epidemic has struck. No it’s not the measles, its unpaid internships – and whose fault is it anyway? The education system, parliament and employers have all faced criticism,...
by Jessica McGreal
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Human Rights

WATCH: 11-Year-Old Yemeni Girl “would rather die than get married at this age”

A video uploaded to YouTube of 11 year old Nada Al-Ahdal from Yemen has been doing the rounds the last few days. In the video Nada talks about how she has to run away from home in order to avoid being married off by her parents...
by Natasha Lipman
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Human Rights

Future of Burundi

“The masses have decided to take into their own hands the destiny of the nation to remedy this unconstitutional environment into which Burundi has been plunged. The masses vigorously and tenaciously reject President Nkuru...
by Samson Faboye
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Human Rights

Social Experiment Shows Us How Invisible The Homeless Have Become

Would you recognise your wife if you walked by her on the street? What about your sister or your brother? Or your grandmother? A group of people volunteered to disguise themselves as homeless. They then had their unsuspecting r...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Human Rights
International Political Forum

‘An Extensive Human Rights Abuse That The EU Cannot Afford To Overlook’ – Estimating The Financial Cost Of Violence Against Women

A new survey published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in the first week of March revealed one in three women in Europe have suffered some form of violence, sexual or physical, in her lifetime. The rep...
by Isabella Grotto
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Human Rights

The Sinai Dilemma

“The world is a fine place and worth fighting for” (Ernest Hemingway) Throughout history, the Sinai Peninsula has served as a bridge between Africa and Asia. This same region was, according to biblical tradition, where Mose...
by Tarek Heleka
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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...
by Victoria Briggs
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Human Rights

Massacre in Houla: Isn’t it Time for Concrete Action?

How much “pressure” will international leaders apply before they take concrete action? Tuesday’s announcement that Syrian ambassadors were being expelled from Britain, France, Australia, Germany and other Western nations ...
by Nadine Tewfik-Saad
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Health

Food, Blankets and Shelter—Only Basic Needs?

Let’s just go ahead and state the obvious—it is much easier for an NGO to market basic needs programs than it is to market programs directed at resolving more complicated issues. Because the more complicated issues (for...
by Tiffany Brittingham
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