The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) has been awarded the Council of Europe Raoul Wallenberg Prize for its outstanding and impressive contribution to raise awareness of the human rights situation of the Roma people, the largest ethnic minority in Europe.… Continue reading » “The European Roma Rights Centre awarded Raoul Wallenberg Prize”
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“I Have Brown Skin, But I Have a Good, Nice Smile”
Fawaz T. Alzatto is from Syria and has been living in Denmark for two years. He recently completed his participation in the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Inclusion Academy. In partnership with the Open Society Initiative for Europe (OSIFE), … Continue reading » ““I Have Brown Skin, But I Have a Good, Nice Smile””
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Inclusion Academy Explores Advocacy & Outreach
Ensuring the inclusion of refugees and migrants in the societies they have settled in is one of the current challenges facing European countries. In order to address this challenge, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, in partnership with the Open Society Initiative … Continue reading » “Inclusion Academy Explores Advocacy & Outreach”
Continue readingAnti-Corruption, Climate Migration & Human Rights Cities at MR Dagarna
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute will hold a number of seminars and discussions at the Swedish Forum for Human Rights (MR Dagarna) in Jönköping next week, from anti-corruption work to what it means to be a human rights city. The institute … Continue reading » “Anti-Corruption, Climate Migration & Human Rights Cities at MR Dagarna”
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Chinese Students Participated in Gender Equality Seminar
Students at the RWI supported Human Rights Master Programme at Peking University recently took part in a lecture held by Emma Melander Borg, head of Gender Equality at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute.
Under the headline “Gender Equality in … Continue reading » “Chinese Students Participated in Gender Equality Seminar”
Continue readingTowards Local Democracy – a New Partnership is Signed
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Swedish International Center for Local Democracy (ICLD).
… Continue reading » “Towards Local Democracy – a New Partnership is Signed” Continue reading“The purpose of the MoU is to strengthen our cooperation,” says Gabriella Fredriksson, Team
Human Rights as a Way of Life in the City of Gwangju
Text by: Sofie Viborg, Academic Assistant
The 7th World Human Rights City Forum 2017 recently took place in South Korea, and I was one of the three delegates from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute to take part in the forum. This … Continue reading » “Human Rights as a Way of Life in the City of Gwangju”
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Submit an Abstract: Gender in Focus Conference in Minsk
RWI, together with the Belarusian National Technical University, is organizing an international conference “Gender in Focus”, which will be held at the faculty of Management Technologies and Humanitarisation on 22-23 November in Minsk.
We are announcing an open call for … Continue reading » “Submit an Abstract: Gender in Focus Conference in Minsk”
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“Wear a Dress, Keep Clean, Keep Your Legs Together”
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute, together with its academic cooperation partners (Africa University, Great Zimbabwe University and Midlands State University) under the Zimbabwe Human Rights Capacity Development Programme 2016-2018, recently concluded a two-day workshop on human rights research … Continue reading » ““Wear a Dress, Keep Clean, Keep Your Legs Together””
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