How are Ukrainians dealing with housing in Hungary?
The Habitat For Humanity and the Utcáról Lakásba Association are two organizations that made a program to help Ukrainan refugees who need accommodation for longer periods of time. They help them financially by paying their rent. It’s a huge help as flat rents in Budapest are very high and refugees can hardly afford it.
Becoming a city councellor
Abdullahi Ahmed is a success story in Italy, an illegal Somali immigrant who crossed the Mediterranean Sea on a boat from Libya. Today, he is a city councillor in Turin. Here is a focus on immigration stories from Africa to Italy.
Refugees learning how to sew near Paris
Thanks to the Espero Atelier, a dozen of refugees from Ukraine, Afghanistan or Iran, have been training for 6 months to improve their skills. The association launched the “Fil d’avenir” project in Antony, a city in the south of Paris: twice a week, young exiles are trained in the French savoir-faire. They produce clothes for […]
A Greek “intersectional witch” is fighting all the battles
Elli is a queer, feminist and vegan activist who’s trying to build bridges between the movements. According to her, activism needs to educate and inform people. Here’s what she has to say about the many causes she defends.
The fight against police violence in France
The night between June 16 and 17, 2007 in the 20th district of Paris, Lamine Dieng, 25 years old, left home and never came back. He died under the weight of the policemen who held him face down in their police van. The Dieng family never had the trial they wanted (the case was dismissed) […]
The LGBTQ+ endangered in Hungary
The far-right political party, Our Homeland Movement, tries to block the Budapest pride, but legally, there are not able to do so. Here’s what is happening in Budapest, Hungary.
France / Italy: My life in the ghetto
How is the life in the ghetto? For you, we followed two young men, one based in Sarcelles, France, one in Gratosoglio, Italy.
Taking a stand against poor housing in Spain
Poor housing is a widespread phenomenon in Spain. Since the crisis of 2008, the Spanish government has had to repay a debt of 50 billion euros of unpaid assets taken from the banks in crisis. In order do this, in 2012 it created a black bank named Society for the Management of Assets related to […]
Preserving the right to abortion in Italy
Non una di meno, movement born in Argentina, is also in Italy (@nonunadimeno.milano), organizing actions to protest for gender equality and putting attention on women rights, violence. The members have recently organized a big flash mob to protest against the abortion laws in the USA. Although it’s legal in Italy, having a safe abortion can […]
Being a single mother at 23
At the age of 23, Valentina chose to work only part-time to be able to take care of her 2 kids. 7% of the population in #Italy are single mothers compared to 2% among men. 32% of them have a low level of education making their jobs mostly insecure and poorly paid. To face this, […]
