Have you ever wondered what it feels like to grow up in a country that does not recognise you as its citizen? How would you feel if there was a big bureaucratic wall between you and who you think you are? Would you feel as you were left out? I am Kejsi Hodo, born in…
The death penalty entails the execution of a person who has committed a felony. The crimes that can be punished by death vary according to the jurisdiction and the most common ones are all major crimes against people — such as murder, rape, exploitation — or those against the governments, including espionage and terrorism. According…
THE PROBLEM OF OVERFISHING Overfishing is among the activities that threaten the existence of sea life and, consequently, contribute to climate change, endangering the condition of human life. It consists of “the removal of a species of fish from a body of water at a rate that the species cannot replenish, resulting in those species becoming underpopulated in that area”.…
Surveillance is often praised in the name of security, but when the gaze of an authoritarian state penetrates every layer of a person’s life, reality starts to take the shape of a literary dystopia. The all-seeing surveillance system in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, however, is no fiction: with constant police patrols and high-tech cameras…
If we walk around our cities without getting too much distracted by our routine, we will notice that some people actually live on the streets we walk. Unfortunately, all around the world, there are people who have no fixed abode and they are among the most vulnerable ones. Why do people become homeless? People…
Water is arguably the most precious resource on Earth, and yet we often value and manage it extremely poorly. Typically, the price of water reflects a limited number of costs, from treatments to transport, but its actual value is far greater. The fact that the prices of water are low and subsidized is important to…
The reasons behind this wage disparity are many and they are a consequence of the way women are perceived by the society they belong to. The first reason is occupational segregation, as women’s and men’s economic status is influenced by the sectors in which they work. The majority of women work in lower-level sectors, such…
Inequality at work How much is the work of a woman worth? Although the obvious answer should be ‘just as much as that of a man’, data suggest that we are still far from reaching gender equality in the workplace. As a recent report by the European Commission has revealed, in 2020, on average, women…
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…
Nelson Mandela said that “there can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children”. The children have always been one of the most vulnerable groups in society, with particular attention to those living in contexts of armed conflicts. From physical to psychological violence, from migration to…
