Queer activists on trial in Poland
“The mere fact that violence is used as part of a protest does not deprive it of its nature as a protest. It just makes it a non-peaceful protest.It may not be protected under the Convention or the Constitution, but it’s still a protest per se.” A Polish activist is on trial for attacking a […]
Racism is an intergenerational experience
“Why do people have to be prejudiced? Because of prejudice, people think that just because you’re black you don’t know anything. People think you are only good for cleaning, they don’t see that you’re a person with a culture, who can do more than just clean” says Martha, who comes from the Democratic Republic of […]
The life of a young French imam
Kalilou Sylla is 27 and is one of the youngest imams of France. Born in the suburbs of Paris, he has been since 2020 at the Mosque of Strasbourg, in Eastern France. This mosque is one of the most important mosque in the country. With Sphera member StreetPress, Kalilou talked about his path from students’ […]
Raffaele, 29, living with Treacher Collins Syndrome
The Treacher Collins syndrome is a rare genetic disorder of the ears, eyes, chin, face or the neck. This can a heavy disability and has an impact on your social life. Sphera member VD News profiled Raffaele Capperi, 29, who was born this disease. In a very humane and candid profile, he tells us how […]
“Disability is an expensive extreme sport”
Georgia Kaltsi is a Greek athlete. She is a basketball player and a member of the national fencing team. She loves skiing. She is also on wheelchair after a car accident when was 22. For Sphera Network’s monthly topic on Disabilities, Popaganda followed her for several days. How is she playing sport? How is it […]
How Budapest tries to become more accessible?
A few years back, disabled persons blocked the Budapest metro to protest against the poor accessibility of public transports in the Hungarian capital. Now, several lines of the metro are fully-accessible to people with wheelchairs and other disabilities. For Sphera Network, 444 investigated the matter, what has been done and what remains to be done […]
“Anyway, the most powerful of all the X-Men is in a wheelchair”
Montasser is definitely a profile to watch! This entrepreneur in the Paris region is now developing an app which he describes as the “Pokemon Go” for job-hunting. “My employees don’t see me as a disabled person. They see me as their boss. It’s a success because when they speak to me, they are talking to […]
Women with disabilities, fighting for their sexual rights
Cristina Paredero, 30, is a Spanish feminist activist. She is autistic, in a relationship, but cannot have children. “My parents told me that the best way they thought I could have a healthy relationship was to have a tubal ligation” she says. As over 1,000 Spanish were subjected to forced stelerisations in the last 15 […]
“Without sign language, the internet is just pictures and incomprehensible text”
What do we know about deaf people living in Europe? Everywhere in our continent we see deaf people in public spaces, talking in sign language. Sometimes we spot the small translator in the corner of one programme on public television. But for people who can hear normally, they very often have no idea of the […]
Greece: Breaking the glass ceiling when you’re a Afro Greek singer
Popaganda met Idra Kayne, who’s an Afro Greek singer. She hold back herself for many years and always felt that there was glass ceiling that she needed to break. At first, she sang only in English as it was more compatible with her skin colors but now that she feels more empowered and confident, she […]
