The Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet recently published an article in its opinion section about Swedish disability law and policy on the right to personal assistance. The authors are Anna Bruce, an RWI researcher who is advising the Swedish governmenatal … Continue reading » “Here’s What You Need to Know About LSS and Human Rights”
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Reasons to Fixate on Human Rights at Almedalen
It has been 50 years since Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme first held a summer-speech in Almedalen, Sweden in 1968, thereby establishing Sweden’s — and one of the world’s — most important democratic meeting places. This year, the Raoul Wallenberg … Continue reading » “Reasons to Fixate on Human Rights at Almedalen”
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Cooperative Migration Control Policies
Annick Pijnenburg is a new visiting PhD researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. She comes from Tilburg University in the Netherlands, where she is doing her PhD under the supervision of Conny Rijken and with Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen as co-supervisor. Recently, … Continue reading » “Cooperative Migration Control Policies”
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Gender Teaching for Teachers in China
A capacity building workshop on gender and human rights teaching for university teachers was recently held in Beijing. A clear majority, namely 100 % of the 22 participants, agreed that the workshop has broadened their understanding on gender and human … Continue reading » “Gender Teaching for Teachers in China”
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Awarded For Building Major Asia-Europe Human Rights Platform
In connection with Asia-Europe Foundation’s Govenor’s meeting in Bucharest last week, RWI’s Deputy Director Rolf Ring received an ASEF Creativity Award 1997-2017.
This is for the work Ring has done in the organizing committee in connection with the organization of … Continue reading » “Awarded For Building Major Asia-Europe Human Rights Platform”
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An Intern Works With Human Rights in Amman
By Olle Bergdahl Mjengwa
I have been very interested in the political situation in the Middle East for many years and after studying Arabic in Jordan for a semester I knew that I wanted hands on experience working with one … Continue reading » “An Intern Works With Human Rights in Amman”
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Deep Exploration on Peace and Conflict
The two-day conference “The Nature of Peace: Exploring links between the natural environment and peacebuilding in post-conflict societies” recently took place in Lund.
“This conference was organized as a final event in which the interdisciplinary research group ‘The Nature of … Continue reading » “Deep Exploration on Peace and Conflict”
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How Librarians Work With Human Rights in Europe
Documenting and showcasing human rights was firmely on the agenda when I attended the 39th meeting of the European Co-ordination Committee on Human Rights Documentation (ECCHRD) last week.
Among the presentations of this year’s meeting, there was a … Continue reading » “How Librarians Work With Human Rights in Europe”
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Invitation: Regional Blended Learning Course on Human Rights, Gender Equality, Environment and Business in the Framework of SDGs
Note: This invitation is directed to corporations in South Asia. Download full invitation here.
It is RWI’s pleasure to invite you to apply for a regional course on human rights, gender equality and environment in the framework of SDGs and … Continue reading » “Invitation: Regional Blended Learning Course on Human Rights, Gender Equality, Environment and Business in the Framework of SDGs”
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