Tornike Bubashvili is a SAYP alumni and works as a policy officer and project manager for SABUKO society for nature conservation in Georgia, which is partnering with BirdLife International. His main focus is planning advocacy campaigns, empowering local communities … Continue reading » “Tornike Bubashvili SAYP Alumni”
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World Water Day 2023
World Water Day 2023 is about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. Every year, since 1993 the World Water Day has been celebrating water and raising awareness of the 2.2 billions of people around the world living
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Habteab Tesfay
It is with great sadness that we inform that our former colleague, friend and long-standing librarian Habteab Tesfay passed away on Saturday 4 March.
Habteab was born in Eritrea and came to Sweden in the beginning of the 1970s. He … Continue reading » “Habteab Tesfay”
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Supporting women displaced from armed conflicts to enter the labor market in Armenia and Georgia.
Siranush Grigoryan and Tamar Tagagari, two talented changemakers from Armenia and Georgia, got the opportunity to meet in Lund in June 2022. Tamar and Siranush were among the participants of the Swedish Institute for Young Professionals (SAYP) ‘Perspectives on … Continue reading » “Supporting women displaced from armed conflicts to enter the labor market in Armenia and Georgia.”
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Meet Neshan Gunasekera – Research Fellow at Raoul Wallenberg Institute
Neshan Gunasekera has recently moved to Lund in order to take up the position of Research Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute where he hopes to focus on the Human Rights aspect of Environmental Law, build partnerships with colleagues and … Continue reading » “Meet Neshan Gunasekera – Research Fellow at Raoul Wallenberg Institute”
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International community engagement in Afghanistan, and its implications for the current situation, and for human rights, in the country
On 1st March, RWI Research Fellow Ehsan Qaane participated as one of two speakers in a lecture organised by the Association of Foreign Affairs and supported by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at Café Athens … Continue reading » “International community engagement in Afghanistan, and its implications for the current situation, and for human rights, in the country”
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Sonia Guajajara – First indigenous woman to become a minister in Brazil.
Sonia Guajajara is this month’s Human Rights profile. She is the first indigenous woman to become a minister in Brazil.
Sonia was born in 1979 in the Arariboia indigenous land in Maranhão to illiterate parents. In 2023, she took over
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Meet Klaudia – Recipient of the 2022 ‘UN Youth of the Year’ Award
Klaudia Zielinska is an 18-year-old high school student from Malmö and recipient of the 2022 ‘UN Youth of the Year’ Award. Every year, this title is awarded to a young person in Sweden who has been extra committed to furthering … Continue reading » “Meet Klaudia – Recipient of the 2022 ‘UN Youth of the Year’ Award”
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Expert Roundtable – Afghanistan
On 6th and 7th February, 40 scholars and expert practitioners gathered at RWI in Lund, Sweden, or joined online, for an Expert Roundtable on the topic of Prospects for Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Afghanistan.
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