Since the beginning of 2020, the world has been facing a pandemic caused by the Coronavirus. This pandemic has reached almost every country in the world, and its effects continue. Although the vaccination brings hope, there are still concerns about the recovery process. The spread of the virus has caused these countries’ economies to spiral…
What is the Western Sahara Conflict? Western Sahara is a region located in the northeast of Africa and it is contested by Morocco and the Polisario Front, a Saharawi national liberation movement. After years of conflict and instability, its status remains an unresolved problem. Although in 1963 the area was recognised by the United Nations…
What are food loss and food waste? Goal 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) is reducing food waste on a global scale. According to a survey by FAO, presented in 2011, although world hunger has been increasing, in fact, an estimated 1/3 of food is lost or goes to waste. Indeed, there is…
Would you ever say that jail is a place that makes people free? Some people would. They are not famous lawyers, nor scholars who firmly think that the criminal justice system is effective. Actually, they are prisoners. In fact, there are Italian prisons implementing initiatives that give a job to inmates. On the one hand,…
WHY IS REPRESENTATION ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT? Our view of the world is influenced by external stimuli and the media industry knows that very well. The social impact of what we are surrounded by is becoming more and more crucial in shaping our cultural ideology and in influencing how people see themselves and interact with others. However,…
IS THE PANDEMIC AFFECTING OUR MENTAL HEALTH? The spread of COVID-19 has forced Governments to adopt guidelines that have radically changed everyone’s daily life. Among the many issues linked to the pandemic, one of the less visible but most significant ones is its effect on people’s mental health. SOCIAL DISTANCING AND USE OF ANTI-ANXIETY…
Electronic waste or e-waste describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. Used electronics that are destined for refurbishment, reuse, resale, salvage recycling through material recovery, or disposal are also considered e-waste. Informal processing of e-waste in developing countries can lead to adverse human health effects and environmental pollution. The rapid expansion of technology and the consumption-driven…
The New Green Deals The European Union has just approved a thirty-year plan to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with one hundred billion euros of investments per year for the next decade. Joe Biden overturns Donald Trump’s negationist on climate change with much higher numbers than the EU. Seven thousand billion dollars for…
What is period poverty and who does it affect? All around the world, people who menstruate are facing complications. To mention a few, some are not able to afford sanitary products and access proper hygiene practices or are even shamed for having their period. Let’s talk numbers: in Kenya, about half of young girls cannot…
Since the explosion of the Covid19 pandemic, our news and media have obviously been totally dedicated to the coverage of issues connected to it. However today there are other problems that the world is seeing, and here we will briefly highlight some of them. 1. Lebanon: 100 days since Beirut’s port explosion It has…
