3 out of 10 children and adolescents grow up at risk of poverty and/or social exclusion in our home. The fight against childhood poverty is not only a matter of social justice and guaranteeing the recognized rights of children. It is also a challenge of collective intelligence.
Trans people continue to face disproportionate rates of unemployment and job insecurity due to deep-rooted social prejudices and stigmas.
It is more necessary than ever to commit to multilateralism, dialogue, and the reduction of global military spending in order to address the escalation of global conflict.
Adolescence is often viewed by adults as a stage of vulnerability, rebellion, emotional instability, and lack of control. But what if we change the perspective?
Does human trafficking for sexual exploitation exist? Is it possible to combat it?
The planet is burning, what is happening? The reality of the world's major fires is very different from one to another, but what is clear is the relationship between high-intensity fires and climate change around the world , as the scientific community warns.
When we think about reducing CO₂ emissions and energy consumption, smokestacks and car exhaust pipes usually come to mind. However, residential buildings in our cities are responsible for almost 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO₂ emissions in the European Union. In a continent where the climate crisis is becoming increasingly evident, ensuring sustainable housing is not just an option but an imperative.
Third-sector organisations must be a model of cooperative growth and make efforts to break away from egocentric and single-person dynamics that are proposed as a success by capitalism.
It might seem, in the middle of 2021, the LGTBIQ+ community only needs to finish fine-tuning the rights they have already achieved, but unfortunately we still have to fight to claim basic rights that the LGTBIQ+ collective has not been able to achieve.
In 2020, health concerns and sanitary conditions only increased the need for assistance at a time when NGOs were facing severe financial instability.
The climate crisis is coming for us all, but it is the poorest and most disenfranchised communities that will suffer first and worst.
