Publications

Author: Lena Abara April 7, 2026 E xample of discarded garments located in the Atacama Desert in Chile [Image credit: Los Angeles Times, 2024 ] It may come as a surprise that there are strong linkages between the garment industry and the human rights field. This “fast-fashion” sector, which depends on cheap and speedy production of low-quality clothing to meet the fast-changing trends, has boomed in recent years (Lai, 2021). This business model involves rapid design, producti

Author: Sydney Sanders April 2, 2026 Families fleeing conflict in Sudan arrive at a transit centre in Aweil, South Sudan. [Image credit: Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies | UN News  ] Sudan has been entangled in a brutal civil war for almost two years. In February, the United Nations Human Rights Council, “The Mission”, released a report on the siege of El-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces, a Sudanese paramilitary group. El-Fasher

April 1, 2026 A demonstrator holds a placard that reads "No to perversion" during an anti-LGBT rally organized by pro-Islamic NGOs in Istanbul, Sept. 18, 2022. [Image source: VOA News ]. Introduction The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA) produces a Rainbow Map which ranks countries on their legal and policy practices for LGBTQ+ people, from 0-100%. This ranking is produced by examining each country’s laws using criteria based on seve

Author: Ioana Podarita March 31, 2026 Protest sign from The Feminist March [Image source: Bunk ] Introduction In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals , a framework aimed at tackling global inequality and climate change by 2030 [48]. The Agenda includes 17 goals, ranging from poverty, education, peace & security, healthcare, and other areas of inequity. Gender Equality  is Goal number 5 [48]. This goal aims  to: 1) eliminate all violence against w