Interviews

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Children are allowed to go out to nearby parks to play for 30 minutes a day in company of an adult.

Macarena Martínez: “Peruvian children haven’t been able to go back to school since December of last year”

FAGiC is providing food to Roma in Catalonia

Roma are fighting against Covid-19 and discrimination

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In Nepal, Millions of daily wage workers are unemployed and with families to feed.

Álvaro Quintana: “In Nepal, everybody is going one or two steps down in the social and economic status”

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In Padova, volunteers made themselves available to be trained and then help most vulnerable people.

Emanuele Alecci: “Volunteering has now the chance to develop new strategies to meet the needs that are emerging from society”

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Komal Sewak: “Most of the population is working on daily wages and the lockdown will leave them jobless and hungry”

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ONE.org

Katie Ryan: “Safety requires solidarity, none of us are safe until all of us are safe”

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The European Disability Forum is advocating for a disability inclusive response from EU and international organisations.

André Félix: “The pandemic and the governments’ response are leaving persons with disabilities even more vulnerable”

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Oscar Camps, the director and founding member of Open Arms.

Oscar Camps: “Boats continue to arrive; the problem is those that don’t make it across”

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In displacement camps, the implementation of basic infection prevention and control measures can be challenging due to the scarcity of resources.

Jason Straziuso: “We fear the worst for people in prisons and displacement camps around the world”

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Jamila Al Hassani, feminist writer.

Jamila Al Hassani: "The feminist struggle must go hand-in-hand with the fight against racism"

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Dr Pere Barri founded the Genital Reconstruction Program.

Dr Pere Barri: “Surgery on women subjected to female genital mutilation should include psychological support”

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