In northern Italy a campaign group of mums, Mamme No PFAs, is fighting against the “forever chemicals” that are poisoning their water supply and their children. Beatrice M Spadacini visits Veneto to speak with the Italian mothers who are documenting the devastating health effects of PFAS in an area three times bigger than the US community featured in the film Dark Waters.
Who decides who has the right to health and the right to life in the favelas of Brazil? And what impact did Covid-19 have on the 16 million people living in favelas? After spending two years in Brazil, and visiting Complexo do Alemão favela in Rio de Janeiro, PhD student Maria Weickardt Soares wrote this story as a response to the annual Lacuna Writing Competition.
This memoir from a summer spent in Palestine explores the existence and resistance of communities living in the shadow of the Separation Wall. Undergraduate Law student Jaskiran Sandhu wrote this story as the joint-winning response to the annual Lacuna Writing Competition.
This tribute to Bisan Owda, Palestine’s cultural vlogger turned war journalist, was written by Eli Langfere, an undergraduate student of the Warwick Writing Programme, as the joint-winning response to the annual Lacuna Writing Competition.
From microaggressions and “subtle sexism” to emerging from domestic violence and supporting women in prison, these eight articles offer unique views of gender justice. For International Women’s Day, we’re revisiting some of our favourite pieces of research, memoir, fiction and journalism calling out sexism around the world.
The Afar nomadic indigenous people of East Africa are fighting to preserve their distinct way of life amid climate catastrophe. In this striking photo essay, Afar women, children and elders explain how the climate crisis, infrastructure megaprojects, and conflict are affecting life for nomadic communities in Ethiopia. Aboubakr, 55-year-old Afar chief, stands contemplative against the… Read more »
Turkey’s Alevi Kurds fear a series of dams and hydroelectric power plants on their sacred Munzur River will exterminate their culture. Following an Erdoğan win in the 2023 general elections, these fears have worsened.
This piece of creative fiction about Bloody Sunday explores a historic event which continues to impact the Catholic community in Northern Ireland. The story was inspired by the words of 17-year-old Jackie Duddy’s sister, Kay: “We didn’t just lose a wee brother, we lost a generation”.
This climate fiction story explores the idea of a body acting as a passport, shaping the spaces that a person is allowed access to. It urges the reader to see just how dystopian things already are.
This collection includes a letter from father to son, a translated story of a night in police custody, and a graphic novel about growing up under oppression. Many are award-winning and our choosers explain what each story means to them.
Many people dream of a human rights career, helping others and creating change, but how do you take the first steps? We asked human rights lawyers, humanitarians and journalists to tell us about essential qualifications and experience, and offer valuable advice to students just starting out.
