In Kakuma, Kenya, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is promoting education for South-Sudanese girls, breaking traditional barriers. Efforts have increased school attendance.

Early childhood is an important phase in human development in which a child rapidly develops its abilities. However, the international call for children to “realise their full potential” needs to be tailored to skills that are relevant in their society

Healthcare in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp and in the Kalobeyei resettlement area has been a major problem for decades. Too many people have to share too few resources.

Thousands of refugees continue to live on the Greek island in unacceptable conditions. They receive support by civil-society organisations

The focus on racialised ideas of identities helps to hide problematic power dynamics in international relations

A term that can help to assess social dynamics in the USA is not useful in large parts of Africa and Asia

A devastating fire killed 77 of the poorest residents of Johannesburg, fuelling discussions about urban housing conditions in South Africa. In this interview, human-rights expert Nomzamo Zondo talks about the political and social context of the catastroph

The national elections in Pakistan, previously postponed multiple times, are now scheduled for February 2024. The prolonged delays have heightened political tensions in a country already grappling with uncertainty

The more collective trauma grows, the harder it will be to achieve reconciliation between Israel and Palestine

Many western observers fail to understand how fundamentally authoritarian the ideology of India’s current government is