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ProjectFEM: Creating an inclusive, empowering and sustainable fashion industry
“It is really important that everyone asks: ‘Who made my clothes?’ Because everything you are wearing has been made by somebody and everything tells a story.” This year the United Kingdom will once...
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Calais and Dunkirk: Demolition and forced evictions from refugee camps will...
“They seem to believe if they make the Calais jungle ‘disappear’ this will all go away. They do not have the means to compensate for the destruction of ten thousand homes – there isn’t nearly enough...
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The United Nations Population Fund discusses the link between development,...
“The Syrian crisis is an issue of lack of democracy, with the middle-class wanting to have more say — leading to instability. So now we have refugees. In many ways, development issues that happen in...
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Anusha Raichur: Creating colours and textures for LGBT issues in India
“Art really helps shape perceptions. It tells you that it’s okay to be or not to be. You don’t have to conform to society’s idea of ‘normal’.” Anusha Raichur is an independent graphic designer based...
View ArticleBerlin state elections: Young Berliners speak out on anti-migrant party AfD...
“One day, the AfD [Alternative for Germany] will be unmasked for what it truly is – an alternative without any proper alternatives.” On 18 September, Berliners will head to the polls to vote in their...
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Ancient goddesses transform into modern-day feminists to crush gender taboos
“All the goddesses in the series are hailed to be epitomes of feminine divinity, which is why it was perfect to imagine them as epitomes of feminist power.” Priyanka Paul is a 17-year-old media...
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What is the Ozone Layer – and what is happening to it? Young Londoners get...
“Sometimes the media gives us the impression that we are terminal patients, because of problems of global warmth or the ozone layer. And the people, they don’t understand that they can could change...
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Mawjoudin: Campaigning for LGBT+ rights and tolerance in Tunisia
“The state forces gay and bisexual men to undergo anal exams, which amounts to torture according to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.” How does one campaign for LGBT+ rights in a country where...
View ArticlePakistan journalists raise concerns about press freedom amid attacks on news...
“The protests [over press freedom] do little to move the government and the perpetrators are hardly ever punished. Any measures announced by the authorities to protect the media in the immediate...
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Academic freedom in Palestine questioned as British scholar is banned from...
“Something simple like coming onto campus can be risky. I can’t move from one part of Palestine to another without passing through a checkpoint with soldiers and guns everywhere. I rent a place close...
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Darya Safai: The story behind the Iranian woman forced to take down her...
“When I lived in Iran, [as] a little girl I wanted to go to the football stadium. But I couldn’t because I was a woman. Sports should bring people together; it should be everybody’s right to enter a...
View ArticleFrench far-right youth political group set to open bar for ‘Flanders lovers’...
“We refuse the Islamisation of our land and we also refuse the mass immigration bringing Islam, because ultimately this massive immigration can only end with what we call the ‘Grand Replacement’, the...
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Colombia referendum: Young Colombians speak out as voters reject peace deal...
“I feel deeply disappointed and sadden by these results; however, it has just given me more reasons to keep on working for a more inclusive, just and peaceful Colombia.” On Monday 3 October,...
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Why police brutality against black men is perpetuated in the United States
“We don’t like that the mainstream media is brainwashing people. We try to make people think with their own head, to see what’s going on.” It is a widely held misconception that the use of excessive...
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Saving, appreciating and protecting elephants amid Thailand’s brutal elephant...
“We control the elephants by heart. Into The Wild will rescue and warmly welcome more elephants into the camp.” It’s been a century since 100,000 elephants roamed the forest lands of Thailand. Once a...
View ArticleWhat do Londoners know about female genital mutilation (FGM)?
“I think FGM is a taboo subject. A lot of people don’t want to talk about that sort of stuff, just because I think it made me cringe a little bit. Talking about it will obviously make people feel...
View ArticleUncovering the ‘culture of shame’ surrounding disability in Japan
“The shame of having a disabled child is too great. Disability is often hidden. My wife also has cerebral palsy. When she was 11, [it was] simply assumed that her mother wouldn’t want her to go to...
View ArticleWhat does poverty mean to young Londoners?
“I think part of the problem is that we are not actually getting in touch with poverty at the core, which I believe is in politics and where all the power is. The elite – they don’t want anything to...
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The future of sustainable design: Tackling plastic waste with innovative...
“It is an incredibly important topic, and one of the most challenging of our time – dealing with plastic in its alter-life.” In September 2016, the London Design Festival saw hundreds of creatives,...
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Cocks Not Glocks: Students in Texas and Kansas fight back as guns allowed on...
“Less than 10 months from now, I will wake up in the morning and drive to school like I do every day. I will go to class and eat lunch like I do every day. I will go to the student centre and library...
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