By Francesca Romana Mollica
The Ivory Coast is still struggling to rid itself of Female Genital Mutilation practices, despite international campaigns that have been raising the attention on the violence of such traditional, but abusive, practices on young girls.
So, for...
By Maria Lanteri
In the island of Ireland, paramilitary groups had abandoned their weapons in 1998 only because they were satisfied with the conditions contained in the Belfast Agreement. Also known as the Good Friday Agreement, the treaty was a...
By Sara Pieraccioni
Cyprus today remains strongly divided, both politically and in the management of water resources. Since 1974, the southern part, with a Greek majority, with its capital Nicosia and a member of the European Union, is opposed to...
By Sara Pieraccioni
The people of South Sudan, the youngest nation in the world, can now aspire for a significant victory: the first women's soccer championship. During its brief history, South Sudan has been afflicted by a fight for independence,...
By Anna Bisignano
Chad is a country rich in oil and raw materials, but it is also rich in renewable energy (read our country file here). The country has in fact on average a level of solar irradiation between 2,000...
By Camilla Ballerini
In August 2020, in the afternoon, an explosion of ammonium cargo occurred in the port of Beirut, which triggered a process of reconstruction and strong criticism and revision of a corrupt, absent and problematic system. The Forum...
By Francesca Romana Mollica
D.E.S.E.R.T.: Durabilité de l’Environnement et Stabilisation Economique sur la route de Transit . An evocative title is that of the project carried out by the Italian-international consortium including the "terre solidali" onlus, the DIST Department of Turin's...
By Anna Bisignano
After 30 years of military rule under an oppressive dictatorship Sudan has finally toppled its president Omar al-Bashir, in April 2019. Revolutions are not new in Sudan: the revolution that overthrew President Omar al-Bashir had been going...
By Sara Pieraccioni
In 2022, after twenty-two years of the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace, and Security, there are fewer than a hundred National Action Plans (NAPs) about this resolution.
Tunisia adopted its first NAP...
By Anna Bisignano
“Our Land, Our Resources: stop the Plundering of Natural Resources in Western Sahara", this is the Manifesto published by the international campaign “Western Sahara is Not for Sale” (WSNS).
The occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco has lasted...
