Paralympic Power: Disability in Sierra Leone
As London celebrates a wealth of skill from disabled people around the world, Hannah Loryman considers the shifting attitudes towards disabled people in Sierra Leone This year’s Paralympics sees the...
View ArticleUK policy in Sri Lanka: saying one thing, doing the other
Three years after Sri Lanka’s brutal civil war ended, both sides are still feeling the repercussions. Nate Barker reports on the British government’s hypocrisy in its policy towards the country....
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Film Festival: The Patience Stone
In the first of a series of reviews from the Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2013, blog editor Emily Wight finds a moving account of one woman’s story in Afghanistan. About a month ago Shinkai...
View ArticleSyria: where do we go from here?
As the UN’s stalemate remains in place, with no official intervention, former DiA volunteer Lydia Greenaway explores the differing attitudes towards intervening and what the key issues are The Syrian...
View ArticlePartitioning: A tool for Greater Stability in Syria and Iraq
Is the current strategy used by the international community preventing conflict between Syria and Iraq? Jordan Creed suggests the potential of partitioning as a more effective strategy in the...
View ArticleThe fate of child soldiers
Recent news has demonstrated that Aegis, a British security firm, has been hiring child soldiers. Here, Vanessa Cameron discusses new research that asks what can be done to support child soldiers, once...
View ArticleCrisis in the Central African Republic – The regional impact
In this article Ben Jackson discusses the regional impact of the Central African Republic crisis. The Central African Republic (CAR), a landlocked state in the middle of the African continent, has been...
View ArticleSyria is a shining example of a greater cooperative need for a responsibility...
The civil war in Syria is a clear example of the world witnessing unprecedented displacement. It has produced over 6.6 million internally displaced persons due to violence, over 4.8 million people have...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Victims of Gender-Based Violence
The Rohingya Crisis continues to make headlines, as more and more evidence of shocking human rights violations comes to light. Gender-based violence has been prevalent throughout the crisis....
View ArticleCovid-19: How extremist groups in East Africa have capitalised on crisis
By Kalina Dmitriew From intrastate conflicts to interstate wars, peace and security challenges have for a long time posed an obstacle for development in East Africa. Radicalisation and extremism have...
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