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Women professionals around the world have to fight daily battles besides ‘just’ performing in their jobs
Every year on August 19th we celebrate World Humanitarian Day. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness of the efforts of professionals supporting people in crises around the world. This year’s theme is dedicated to Women Humanitarians. By choosing this particular group we want to honour women’s tireless efforts to help people in […]
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The Toll of War: How are Syrians standing up on their feet again?
Before, as many Jordanians, we used to take up a two-hour drive to Syria on weekends to enjoy the green nature, stay by the coast, purchase good quality goods, and come back home. After nine years of war, it took us a five-hour drive to reach Damascus, but nothing was the same anymore. The border […]
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Saving futures – the role of education in emergencies
When thinking of children and youth in their usual environment, we think of them amidst their families and friends, in the playground, and first and foremost, in schools. We grow up with school being a natural part of our lives. We are nervous on our first day in school, excited to learn how to read, […]
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Truth, you are fired – and this is what peace practitioners can do about it
We are living in the age of post-truth. Post-truth, because truth appears to be no longer relevant; it does not seem to matter if you tell the truth or lie. The value of a message lies within its entertainment value – how provocative it is and how it attracts annoyed masses.
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Fighting for better financing for education – on the Southern streets or in the Northern corridors of power?
How is advocacy best done for financing of education and the SDG goal 4, especially in situations of emergency and conflict? Is good advocacy about gathering evidence and data, and then meeting influential people with fat check-books? Or is it better to be out on the streets, mobilising grass-roots and sharing stories of injustice? When […]
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Hugely popular coding course united youth in Greece – without these actions, a new underclass will be born in Europe
In Athens, it is easy to forget that there is still a great number of people in the city who have come there to escape war or poverty. Watching the good-spirited crowds of the Plaka quarter or the tourists lining up to Acropolis, it does not immediately occur to you that since 2015, over a […]
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Moving when it is impossible
Youth on the Move describes the feeling, of not accepting to be stuck, of not accepting any reasons or excuses, to still say “we gotta move”.
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Eighth year of war begins in Syria, and the situation for civilians is worse than ever
Seven years have left behind unimaginable destruction and human suffering.
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Due Process and Rectifying the Basic Infringes of Human Rights in Liberian Prisons
We have all heard it when the alleged perpetrator of a crime says “I want to make a phone call”. It seems the right thing to say when you have been accused of a crime and you need help from your parents, guardian or a lawyer. We have all got used to hearing these same […]
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This is the time to build walls
It’s time to build a wall. Walls are in right now, a trending topic. A wall solves almost all problems. And if it doesn’t? Make it bigger. A great wall. The narrative of the wall keeps people safe. It creates corresponding images to the wall in our heads. The others need to be kept out. […]
