Empowering Rohingya Women: Confronting Sexual Violence in Humanitarian Settings
During the second half of 2017, an estimated 671,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar due to systemic violence perpetrated against the ethnicContinue Reading
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During the second half of 2017, an estimated 671,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar due to systemic violence perpetrated against the ethnicContinue Reading
Photo by Mstyslav Chernov – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia By Linda Schlegel. Linda is currently pursuing an MAContinue Reading
First edition of Abraham Ortelius‘ map of Asia (1572), displaying a vast network of waterways across East Asia, advocating hisContinue Reading
by Catherine Tilke. Catherine edits the PS21 website and can be reached at editor@projects21.org. The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID)-Continue Reading
William Farmer is a recent graduate from King’s College London, specializing in Postcolonial Africa and political risk. In itsContinue Reading
Whether or not we want to acknowledge it, the facts are definitive. We were party to the creation of the power vacuum that enabled militant groups in the Middle East to come to power, and that have displaced millions in the years since the start of the Syrian civil war. Thus, it is our responsibility to seek a just and sustainable resolution to the refugee crisis.
Asylum seekers found to be refugees in the Australian-run detention centres on the Pacific Island state of Nauru and on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG) need to be resettled, and Australia seems to be running out of options of where to send them.
An important motivating factor found at the local level is what some describe as the ‘culture of migration’ that exists within some communities in sending countries.
The recent influx of refugees into Europe–the worst refugee crisis it has faced since World War II–has left the continentContinue Reading
On September 10, Project for the Study of the 21st Century held a discussion on lessons from recent humanitarian disasters.