The launch of the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness provides an opportunity for the EU to eradicate homelessness. Housing First is an approach which has worked in Finland and could…
While the world is rapidly modernizing and digitalizing, many people, especially senior citizens, feel left behind by the ever-increasing portion of society moving online. However, in Spain, a country with…
The chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan and subsequent takeover by the Taliban in August 2021 has created a dire humanitarian crisis. Economic collapse and drought have “forced” Afghan families to…
Korea’s remaining comfort women continue the world’s longest-running protest against their enslavement as sex workers during World War II. Japan has refused to apologize officially for these war crimes. Protests…
The Catholic Church in Cologne has been harshly criticized for the disappointing way in which it handled accusations of child abuse, adding to the pre-existing discontentment of many over traditional…
The abuse and corruption scandal at SOS-Kinderdorf surfaced early May 2021. The organization is doing its best to restrict information on the internal ‘independent’ investigation headed by Waltraud Klasnic. The…
With Erdogan’s decision to withdraw Turkey from the Istanbul Convention, women’s rights are under siege and a dangerous precedent for authoritarian regimes has been set. Allison Westervelt, 29 April 2021…
The sharp contrast between the way the police force dealt with the January 6 Capitol riot versus the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 put a spotlight on the racist…
Migrant voting rights are the only way for achieving a cohesive society. Niklas Danninger, 06 February 2021Outrageous images of border fences enmeshed in barbed wire, people drowning in the sea and children…