The right to seek an abortion that is safe, legal and accessible is a human rights imperative. Despite this, abortion laws in many countries are severe; jeopardising not only the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls, but often, blighting lives. Latin America is a bastion of restrictive abortion statutes; arguably among the most notorious, with seven countries in the region ...
Read More »Corruption in the education sector in Tanzania – What can be done?
During my internship with the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) in September-December 2015, interning in the Programs & Activities department I learned a lot about corruption and anti-corruption efforts globally. During the first week I was invited to attend some of the tailor-made trainings on anti-corruption at the academy, and after following the research of international institutions such as the World Bank and ...
Read More »Hungary’s hope-crushing border fence and the right to seek asylum
The conflict in Syria began over four years ago and has since grown into a deadly proxy war which has ignited large regional hostilities, killing more than 300,000 people. The exacerbating humanitarian situation, coupled with international inaction, has led to an epidemic of despair. Concurrently, the conditions in the countries neighbouring Syria are deteriorating due to funding shortfalls as the number of ...
Read More »The CREAN Conference on Children’s Rights to Non-Discrimination
The 2nd CREAN Conference, entitled “Children’s Rights to Non-Discrimination” took place in Vilnius, Lithuania on 4th and 5th December 2014. It was organised by the Siauliai University and the Mykolas Romeris University, two partners of the Children’s Rights Erasmus Academic Network (CREAN), and was held at the Lithuanian Parliament in Vilnius. As it has always been one of the objectives of the ...
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