In Focus

The “In Focus” column includes an annotated, analytical selection of web material presenting alternative points of view of civilian victims’ experience of conflict to arouse readers’ interest.

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Myanmar, Colombia, Lebanon

A Myanmar woman wearing a traditional facial cosmetic is being checked for fever

 

In Focus by Silvia Luminati; Editor: Sara Gorelli

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Palestine, Darfur

Palestinian children at the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza strip.

In Focus by Silvia Luminati; Editor: Sara Gorelli

COVID-19 SPECIAL: Somalia, Yemen, Syria

Disinfection practices at a camp for displaced people in Kafr Jalis village, Syria

In Focus by Silvia Luminati; Editor: Sara Gorelli

As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, how at risk are the world’s refugee and migrant populations?

Refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece

In Focus: 16-20 March 2020 by Phoebe Ohlin; Editor: Aleksandra Krol

As conflict flares in the Middle East, civilians face a humanitarian crisis

Child running through rubble in Benghazi, Libya

In Focus: January 2020 by Phoebe Ohlin; Editor: Aleksandra Krol

“2019 was a particularly deadly year for children”

Children swimming in a waterhole in Burkina Faso.

In Focus: 3-7 February 2020 by Phoebe Ohlin; Editor: Aleksandra Krol

Ahlan Simsim: a TV-show tailored to learning needs of refugee children

Ryan Donnell/Sesame Worshop Children interact with Jad, one of the main characters of the show Ahlan Simsim

The NGOs Sesame Workshop and IRC launch a 100 million dollars project to help refugee kids to recover from trauma

Are we still in time to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?

Sustainable Development Goal Number 2: Ending world Hunger and food waste

In Focus: 9-13 December 2019

US-Iran: what does this mean for civilians caught in the middle?

Mourners surround a vehicle carrying the coffins of Iranian Maj

6-11 January 2020 Weekly Digest, by Phoebe Ohlin

Escalating violence in Iraq, Mali and Sudan endangers prospects of peace

Integrated patrol unit maintaining security in South Sudan

2-6 December 2019 Weekly Digest, by Phoebe Ohlin

Signs of Hopes for Yemen

Momentum for peace builds in Yemen, as the number of airstrikes has decreased by 80% in the last two weeks

25-29 November 2019 weekly digest, by Phoebe Ohlin

Women’s role in peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction is still not sufficiently recognised .

Peaceful protest against gender-based violence on International Women’s Day held in Liberia

18-22 November 2019 weekly digest, by Phoebe Ohlin

International tools to address atrocities

The Peace Palace, seat of the International Court of Justice, the Hague, Netherlands. The Court is the principal judicial body of the United Nations.

11 - 17 November 2019 weekly digest, by Federica Pira

Cases of torture

A torture setting

04-10 November 2019 weekly digest, by Federica Pira

“Their intention was to hurt us, not just to disperse us”

Anti-government protesters advocating for freedom of speech during Lebanon demonstrations. “You will never have the comfort of our silence again”, they say.

21-27 ottobre 2019 Weekly digest, by Federica Pira

“I had to run”

Sudanese displaced people on the run

14 - 20 october 2019 Weekly digest, by Federica Pira

The War may be over. Their trauma is not

A desperate man crying against a wall

7-13 October 2019 weekly digest, by Federica Pira

Women and the Invisible Effects of War

Women hiding behind a door

30 September - 6 October 2019 Weekly Digest, by Federica Pira
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