Adela Hodaj, one of last year’s SAYP alumni, works in the Ministry of Interior of Albania as the Head of Drafting and Coordination of Strategies Unit. Her work consists of drafting policies and strategies that are related with public order … Continue reading » “Adela Hodaj SAYP Alumni”
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Elen Grigoryan SAYP Alumni
Elen Grigoryan, who participated in the The Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) programme in 2022, is a public servant working at the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, as an assistant to a member of parliament. As … Continue reading » “Elen Grigoryan SAYP Alumni”
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Tornike Bubashvili SAYP Alumni
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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