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Human Trafficking in Romania – From the Caracal Case to Today
In 2019, when two girls were kidnapped and possibly murdered in the city of Caracal, the high-profile case brought the severity of human trafficking and the police shortcomings to the Romanian public....
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Child marriage – its causes and solutions
Throughout the world, marriage is generally regarded as a joyous occasion and a landmark event in life. Unfortunately, there seems no cause of celebration regarding the practice of early marriage....
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The Bangladesh garment industry – A human rights crisis worsened by COVID-19.
Factory workers in Bangladesh are among the most harmed by the economic repercussions of the pandemic. Millions of workers have been sent home without enough pay to provide for their families. Ten...
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Heineken in Africa – two sides of the story
Heineken in Africa book cover Last year, Olivier Van Beemen published Heineken in Africa, a multinational unleashed, the result of six years of investigation of the famous Dutch brewer’s practices in...
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The Multi-Layered Abuse of Adivasi Women in India
The plight of Adivasi women in India is dire. Like countless Indigenous women around the world, many Adivasi women are at the forefront of the anti-extractivist struggle with the goal of protecting...
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The Syria crisis, life in Turkey, and gender-based violence
Gender-based violence targets women and girls in the largest forced displacement crisis in the world with almost 14 million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance, 5 million of them women and...
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Homelessness in the time of COVID
“In March, 2020, when the World Health Organization said that the only prescription they could offer against COVID-19 was to stay home, wash your hands and maintain physical distance, the issue...
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Building health and empowering women – with cookstoves
About 2.75 billion people lack access to clean cooking solutions. They cook over open fires or use polluting fuels and technologies, posing serious health, environmental and economic problems. Unclean...
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The sanctions on Syria & their impacts on women
“I don’t believe that the sanctions have been effective enough. They have tightened a little bit the grip on the regime, but the regime is still functioning. They’re doing whatever they want. They’re...
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“It’s punishment, punishment, punishment. There is no healing.” First Nations...
Although she says that her childhood was positive in many ways, Sheri Pranteau grew up disconnected from her ethnicity, surrounded by alcoholism, violence and dysfunction, and amongst adults trying to...
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Al-Yarmouk camp – what is the future for Palestinians in Syria?
Established in 1957 as an accommodation for families who were expelled from their homes during the 1948 Nakba, al-Yarmouk camp is considered the capital of the Palestinian diaspora as well as a symbol...
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Have a cuppa, and spare a thought for tea workers
Listen to the related podcast here On a cold winter’s day or a slow afternoon, I often turn to tea for comfort or a pick-me-up. It wasn’t until I recently read that after water, tea is the most...
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Film Review: Tagaq’s music comes alive in “Ever Deadly”
Two women stand face to face, so close their lips will touch. Despite being at a viewpoint overlooking the expansive Nunavut territory, their unflinching eye contact locks them into an enclosed,...
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Autism – invisible and easily overlooked?
Listen to the companion podcast here Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurological condition causing differences in development, skill display, or sensory, social, or behavioral processing. It...
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Podcast – Myanmar women opposing military regime
Our latest podcast episode at Human Rights Magazine explores the particular role of women in the resistance to the brutal military regime in Myanmar. Produced by Ruolan Ma, it follows on the podcast...
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Coming out as an LGBTQ+ refugee in Canada
Listen to the companion podcast here In a world where heterosexuality is the norm, the act of coming out as LGBTQ+ is to declare both who you are and who you are not. To declare that you are not the...
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Expression and Repression in Cambodia’s Garment Industry
Click here to listen to the companion podcast Speaking to me on his mobile phone via Zoom, Ath Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU) recalled his...
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Review: CHOM5KY vs CHOMSKY
CHOM5KY vs CHOMSKY: A playful conversation on AI is a VR experience that allows people to converse with an AI model, Chom5ky, based on digital traces of the leading contemporary philosopher and...
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The imprisoned children of Australia
Editor’s note: In September 2023 Queensland suspended its Human Rights Act, not for the first time, to allow locking up more children. The government now allows under-18s – including children as young...
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La Révolution silencieuse
Évolution de l’émancipation des femmes marocaines a l’ombre de la Moudawana Cet article cherche à capturer la complexité du combat féministe au Maroc dans une ère de réforme politique et juridique. Il...
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