Of: Maja Brändström Nyström
Countless testimonies of violence have bubbled to the surface in recent months. After the coup 40 years ago, the Seychelles social climate has been marked by political repression. A newly started peace research center works together with the National Assembly for national reconciliation. - It is time to stop silencing this now, says a local cultural profile. Less than a year after […]
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June 11, 2018, FUF-correspondents
Of: Nathalie Mejia
On October 26, a seminar organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) was held in Guatemala. The seminar was about how the legal system is used incorrectly and criminalizes human rights defenders who protect land and land rights in the country.
June 11, 2018, FUF-correspondents
Of: Nikolina Stålhand
I understand that it is important for donors, taxpayers and other funders of aid and development projects to be able to see a measurable difference in the money spent. Despite this, it can sometimes be difficult to quantitatively measure all types of change. Social aspects such as increased self-confidence, mental support or new friends may not always […]
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June 11, 2018, FUF-correspondents
Of: Karin Carlsson
The women of the San Expedito Cooperative in Nicaragua are artists. Fifteen years ago, the art form, a legacy of the area's indigenous people, remained within the walls of the home, but thanks to their organization, their ceramics have reached not only the national but also the international market. We visited the cooperative to see how organization and entrepreneurship can create autonomy […]
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June 11, 2018, FUF-correspondents
Of: Nikolina Stålhand
From the first day of the training at IM in Lund, we learned that an important part of IM's work is to see people as rights holders and to continuously involve and build the capacity of the local population. Being now in place and actually seeing how this works in practice has been both inspiring and […]
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June 11, 2018, FUF-correspondents
Dil Maya, who is the secretary of the agricultural group, talks about the latest developments in the area. Photo: Nikolina Stålhand / IM
Of: Nikolina Stålhand
- I now know that women can do everything and therefore want to encourage other women to become leaders and increase women's leadership in Nepal. The words come from Chin Maya, chairman of one of the agricultural groups in Naram that has received support from IM through MADE-Nepal. Since Chin Maya became part of the group for two years […]
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June 11, 2018, FUF-correspondents
Meeting with Sneha Gurung (far left) and the other women in the group who learned how to make Dhaka clothes. Photo: Nikolina Stålhand / IM
Of: Nikolina Stålhand
On April 25, 2015, life changed completely for many people in Nepal. The earthquake that occurred measured 7,5 on the Richter scale and was the strongest in just over 80 years. 9000 people died, almost 30 were injured and the material damage amounted to billions. Although many people are still living in the suites of this disaster, it is a […]
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June 11, 2018, FUF-correspondents
Of: Emma Rönngren
Every year, 800 people in the world commit suicide and many times more try to take their own lives. Kazakhstan, a country in Central Asia that few Swedes know anything about and that occupies an area as large as the whole of Western Europe, is according to the World Health Organization WHO one of the countries where most suicides are committed among children and young people in […]
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May 24, 2018, FUF-correspondents
Integration must take place on the terms of migrants, says Suleiman Abdulahi. Pictured is the Beacon of Hope peace statue in Belfast. Photo: William Murphy, Flickr.
Of: Jacob Kosharis
In today's Europe, it is difficult to avoid issues of migration and integration. This is perhaps even more true in the UK, given the country's imminent exit from the EU. It is against this background that the conversation with Suleiman Abdulahi from the organization Horn of Africa People's Aid Northern Ireland takes place.
May 3, 2018, FUF-correspondents
It is not enough to improve the treatment plants in Ecuador, it is necessary to create trust among the inhabitants. Photo: Flickr / MunicipioPinas
Of: Josephine Biro
The water situation in Guayaquil, Ecuador, has greatly improved over the last 17 years. Despite this, many of the households in the city still have an old picture of their tap water, a picture that does not correspond to the current situation. Residents do not believe that tap water is drinkable, even if the responsible players in water distribution and treatment say so.
May 3, 2018, FUF-correspondents
