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Date and time: 25 Jan, 17:30 - 19:30
To register » Are you passionate about a fair and sustainable world? Do you want to meet like-minded people, gain valuable experience, make contacts and develop your communication skills? Then you are welcome to get involved in the Association for Development Issues (FUF) in the spring of 2023! On 25 January 2023, FUF invites you to an information meeting. Then we will tell […]
On December 14 at At 17.30, the FUF's local group in Gothenburg invites you to a discussion evening about the protests in Iran, which have the slogan "woman, life, freedom". The local group will begin with a short presentation of the country's history and significant events from 1950 to the present day. After that, we watch SVT's Foreign Office episode "Anger in Iran" together. After the episode [...]
December 7, 2022, Calendar, Local group, Educational activity
Date and time: 12 Dec, 13:15 - 15:00
To report » On September 13, 2022, Mahsa Jina Amini was arrested by Iranian morality police as they believed she was wearing the veil improperly. A few days later she dies in hospital. The death of Mahsa Jina Amini is the starting point for the protests against the forced veil in Iran. FUF welcomes you to a seminar on the protests in Iran […]
Date and time: 13 Dec, 18:00
To register » Marzieh Kheir Khah was born in Afghanistan in 1996. The following year, she and her family flee to Iran, which is the beginning of a long journey to Europe and Sweden, where she arrives herself in 2015. The flight is painful and characterized by uncertainty, people smugglers and a constant worry to not survive. Now Marzieh is current with […]
Date and time: 9 Dec, 11:30 - 13:00
To register » Welcome to the lunch seminar on UN Security Council Resolution 2250 on youth, peace and security! On the anniversary of the resolution, we delve into what it means in an international and Swedish context, as well as how young people in Sweden experience their inclusion at decision-making levels. Lunch wrap is served from 11.30. Program Introduction to Sweden's 2250 network and the resolution Representative [...]
Mahdieh Golroo will talk about what is happening in Iran right now - the protests against the Islamic regime and the fight for women's rights - as well as her own history and experiences as an Iranian journalist and women's rights activist. Date and time: 30 November 2022 at 17.00-18.00.
November 24, 2022, Calendar, Local group, Educational activity, Webcast
Date and time: 30 Nov, 17:30 - 18:30
To register » During the autumn, Sweden's new government was appointed and in connection with that, focus was placed on the new budget. Aid became a symbolic issue during the negotiations and a reduction in aid was clear, 0.88% of GNI must now be spent on aid, a reduction of 1,4 billion for next year. What consequences will the reduction have [...]
Date and time: 7 Dec, 17:30 - 19:30
To registration » Welcome to a conversation about how you can find your dream job within the development sector! During the evening, people who in different ways work with international development will discuss how one can increase their chances of getting an international job, a trainee position or an internship after their studies. You will […]
Date and time: 28 Nov, 17:00 - 18:00
The global average temperature has risen by 1,1 degrees since pre-industrial times. If the temperature rises above 1,8 degrees, the climate could become life-threatening for half of the world's population, according to the UN's climate panel IPCC. 194 of the world's countries agreed through the Paris Agreement in 2015 to limit temperature increases to 1,5 degrees. From the 6th to the 18th of November, COP27 is taking place, which is [...]
The right to a safe and legal abortion is far from obvious today, and in some parts of the world the trend is going backwards. About 95 percent of all unsafe abortions are carried out in Latin America, Africa and South and West Asia, according to Doctors Without Borders. On December 12 at 17.30 FUF's local group Stockholm Södra invites you to […]
November 11, 2022, Calendar, Local group, Educational activity