“Kung Fu” Nuns Bike Himalayas to Oppose Human Trafficking
Clad in black sweatpants, red jackets and white helmets, the hundreds of cyclists pedaling the treacherously steep, narrow mountain passes to India from Nepal could be mistaken for a Himalayan version of the Tour de France. The similarity, however, ends there. This journey is longer and tougher, the prize has no financial value or global […]
Does UK’s Landmark Anti-slavery law Live up to The Hype?
From life imprisonment for human traffickers to forcing pimps to pay compensation to their victims, Britain has some of the world’s toughest sanctions against modern slavery. Passed a little more than a year ago, Britain’s Modern Slavery Act has been hailed as a milestone in the anti-slavery fight, combining harsh penalties with progressive measures such […]
Experience A Gaza Refugee Camp in 3D
The Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip is home to more than 110,000 refugees, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Among them are children, so many that the camp’s 20 schools work double shifts to accommodate them all. Some children are third-generation refugees, whose grandparents settled in the region […]
George Clooney Admits to Spying on Sudan
At some point actor George Clooney realized that swinging the spotlight off himself and onto pressing social issues was a good idea. Since 2010 he’s been actively campaigning against the genocide in Sudan, an East African country that’s been torn apart by a bloody 21-year civil war that has claimed more than 2 million lives […]
Obama on Refugees: Why do we Keep Making Excuses?
As reported by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the world is facing the largest displacement crisis on record. Sixty-five million people have been forced to flee their homes by violence, persecution, and instability. Many countries have given them sanctuary and assistance, so that families have shelter, medical care, and basic services, and children can […]
Yes, Kids Can Create Lasting Peace
There are over 1.8 billion people on this planet between the ages of 10 and 24—the most at any time in history. This figure is a positive sign, for, in all the societies and countries of the world, young women and men are a group that actively looks for opportunities to generate unprecedented change and […]
Working with Refugees Today to Prevent Tomorrow’s Conflicts
As the international community comes together to commemorate World Refugee Day, we face the somber reality that the number of refugees around the world continues to grow to unacceptable levels. Today over 60 million people—about 1 per every 122 people on the planet—are currently displaced due to violence or conflict. To put that in perspective, […]
Building Peace in the Digital Age
Over the past decade, we’ve seen many examples of how technology has changed the ways we respond to crises and build broad-based, popular movements. After the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, individuals on the ground used the crowdsourcing platform Ushahidi to help direct search-and-rescue teams to the locations where they were needed most. In 2011, […]
Overlooked and Misunderstood: Older People Speak out About Conflict
Overlooked and misunderstood: older people speak about their experiences of conflict. A new HelpAge International survey of 300 older refugees fleeing from conflict in Syria, Ukraine and South Sudan has found evidence of neglect, poor health provision and feelings of isolation and fear. The refugee crisis of the last few years has mainly focused on the […]
17 Goals For Global Action
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Countries have started adopting a new sustainable development agenda, put forward by the United Nations, with targets to be achieved over the next 15 years. These 17 new Sustainable Development Goals build on the eight Millennium Development Goals that ended in 2015. While there have […]
