Latest Perspectives
A selection of blogs from across the Federation
Ukraine
Two Years On: The war on Ukraine and the crisis for women and girls
If you come to Kyiv, it may seem to you that the city lives like any other capital in the world: people go to work, take their children to school, do shopping, young people celebrate life. But if you look inside, people's hearts are broken, and their mental health has long been on the brink. Two years of war left an irreparable mark on every Ukrainian. In my team, one woman lost her husband, another lost her brother and her parental home is now under occupation. There are hundreds of thousands of such stories in Ukraine.
10 December 2021
To mark the 16 Days campaign, here are 16 ways to help end violence against women and girls
23 November 2021
The Colombian Constitutional Court has a historical opportunity in its hands as it decides on whether or not to completely remove the crime of abortion from the penal code
23 November 2021
Today highlights sexual and gender-based violence in every society, but it also aims to challenge the silence and impunity that surrounds it in so many parts of the world.
31 October 2021
Growing up in typhoon-prone, archipelagic Philippines, I have no shortage of mental images to associate with climate change and its crushing impacts on people’s lives and livelihood.
25 October 2021
This year has thrown crisis after crisis at a world already struggling with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. From the escalation of violence in Gaza to the ongoing civil war in Tigray, and the rapid fall of Afghanistan just a few weeks ago, this turbulent year has seen subsequent crises in a world already struggling with the impacts of the pandemic.
11 October 2021
The climate crisis is affecting everyone, but there is no doubt that some communities and groups of people are being more impacted than others.