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Carolien Jacobs

@jacobscarolien.bsky.social
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Law & Development, access to justice, forced migration, displacement, climate change, DRC 🚴‍♀️ 📚 💚 🌍 ☀️

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
How do rural households navigate armed conflict, conservation, and land scarcity? Join the ASCL Seminar with An Ansoms on natural resource struggles in North Kivu, eastern DR Congo. 📅 10 Sept 2026 🕓 16:00–17:30 📍 Leiden + online for registered participants Register: buff.ly/m88dfWO
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Just finished a keynote for the Mexican Reunion Nacional de Profesores on how to teach for hope in times of polycrisis (on Zoom). I have not been particularly optimistic about the future and have found myself becoming more worried every day since 2022...🧵
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OneWorld @oneworld.nl · 24/06/2026
Wie het systeem wil bevechten, zal het eerst moeten doorgronden. Daarom tipt Sheila Sitalsing vijf boeken over oud en nieuw kolonialisme, seksisme en validisme, én over het gebrek aan morele moed van Nederlanders als het fascisme aanklopt.
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Sheila Sitalsing tipt: 5 moedige manifesten
Met deze boeken kun je het systeem doorgronden, mocht je het willen bevechten.
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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"What becomes obvious (...) is that localization is not a neutral technical process. It is deeply political — shaped by power, history, and competing interests." ✍️ This blog argues that "Localization is talked about far more than it is genuinely practiced" www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2598
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Why “Community-Led” Health Programmes Often Aren’t as Local as They Claim
By Bernabas Petros and Bethelhem Teshome / Shaping Sustainable Futures conference series Global health policy loves a good success story. Community health workers are constantly praised as the back…
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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"Even when participatory methods are used, collaboration is often treated as a technique – something added on, rather than something that fundamentally reshapes how knowledge is produced. We challenge this view..." ✍️ Our latest blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2575
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Cooking Knowledge Together: Rethinking Collaboration in Academia
By Luca Sára Bródy In an era of overlapping crises – from climate breakdown to deepening social inequalities – calls for more “impactful” research are everywhere. Universities promise solutions, fu…
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This is a good read.
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The man who blew up a nuclear power station and disappeared
The long read: In December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg power station – the crown jewel of the apartheid state – pulled the pins and then left on his bicycle. Ho...
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IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
💙 Our alumni & global community are standing with IOB! ✍️ Sign their petition to oppose cuts to IOB’s core funding & protect students’ futures, global collaboration & academic excellence. 👉 chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm #saveIOB #StandWithIOB
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Hup Franciska!
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Africa Media @africa.skyfleet.blue · 02/09/2025
Soudan : plus d’un millier de morts dans un glissement de terrain qui a décimé un village du Darfour
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Soudan : plus d’un millier de morts dans un glissement de terrain qui a décimé un village du Darfour
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
De 'r' van kRuidnoot is weer in de maand!
Bakje kruidnoten
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Welkom in de bieb in Wageningen morgen om meer te horen over Congo: bblthk.op-shop.nl/4013/wagenin...
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Wageningen ontmoet... Congo | donderdag 27 maart 2025 om 20:15
Wat is er aan de hand in Congo, en hoe is dat verbonden met Nederland en Wageningen? Tijdens dit programma nemen Wageningers met een persoonlijke of professione
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Ah bon!
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
"Wie sjoeën ós Limburgs is", vrij naar Harry Bordon. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
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‘Nog nooit zag ik een mooie vrouw zo snel lelijk worden’, kreeg ik te horen toen ik Limburgs sprak
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Food for thought! I imagine you can conduct the same study in a European context and come to a similar conclusion @wakkerdier.bsky.social @partijvoordedieren.nl
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LeidenGlobal @leidenglobal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Kom vanmiddag naar het 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 over de conflicten in #Congo 🇨🇩 ⏱️ 𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟴:𝟭𝟱 (inloop 16:45) 📍 Centrale Bibliotheek 𝗕𝗽𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗖, Nieuwstraat 4, Leiden 🎤 @jacobscarolien.bsky.social (@leidenlaw.bsky.social) & Lidewyde Berckmoes (@ascleiden.bsky.social, @unileiden.bsky.social)
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
www.climares.nl will start in May; a large research consortium studying climate resilience in diverse African contexts and co-creating knowledge∞action networks. The first 4 PhD positions are now open, 7 more will follow. Focus on DRC, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal and Uganda 1/3
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LeidenGlobal @leidenglobal.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠’𝕤 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕠𝕘? 𝔾𝕖𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕕, 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕟 𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕥 Er is momenteel veel aandacht voor het geweld in #Congo. Waar gaan deze conflicten over en is er een oplossing mogelijk? Kom 11 maart naar het Actualiteitencollege met @jacobscarolien.bsky.social & Lidewyde Berckmoes @ascleiden.bsky.social
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Congo’s vergeten oorlog? Geweld, mineralen en macht
Momenteel is er veel aandacht voor het geweld in Congo door de opmars van rebellenbeweging M23, die grote delen van de grensregio heeft veroverd. Miljoenen mensen zijn op de vlucht en de humanitaire c...
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 23/02/2025
🎧: Sudanese-born writer and broadcaster @yassmin.bsky.social joins this week’s episode of the Prospect podcast. Sudan’s war has been called the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”. And yet, media coverage is staggeringly low. www.youtube.com/watc...
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied on Sudan, the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world” | Prospect Podcast
Sudanese-born writer and broadcaster Yassmin Abdel-Magied joins Ellen and Alona on this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast. Sudan’s war has been called the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”. And yet, media coverage is staggeringly low. But is the war really “forgotten”? Or is it being ma
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 21/02/2025
The situation in the US 🇺🇸 is serious, with the constitutional and political order rapidly changing. KIM LANE SCHEPPELE (kimlanelaw.bsky.social) explains in our editorial what has happened in the past few weeks and what is at stake. verfassungsblog.de/trumps-count...
Quote from the published article by our author Kim Lane Scheppele: "The US is no clearly on an autocratic path, paved by law."
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Lots to be said about the conflict in Congo. It's important not to lose sight of the impact the conflict has on people who experience it firsthand. I wrote about it for the Leiden Law Blog: www.leidenlawblog.nl/articles/the... @leidenlaw.bsky.social
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The lived consequences of conflict
The security situation in eastern Congo is once again rapidly deteriorating and even attracting western media attention. This blog sheds light on the lived consequences of three decades of conflict.
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The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Most reporting on the M23 crisis in DR Congo is using mistaken framings, suggesting the conflict is purely driven by a desire to plunder the region’s rich mineral resources. Opinion from @judithverweijen.bsky.social and @ethuin.bsky.social: ⬇️
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Why conflict mineral narratives don’t explain the M23 rebellion in DR Congo
False framings can exacerbate the problems they seek to tackle.
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Wat fijn dat er ondernemers zijn die op deze manier naar de wereld kijken. Mooi tegenwicht voor een kabinet dat weinig op heeft met naastenliefde! Afas-oprichters schenken honderden miljoenen euro’s van hun vermogen aan goede doelen: ‘Wij hebben genoeg’ www.volkskrant.nl/economie/afa...
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Afas-oprichters schenken honderden miljoenen euro’s van hun vermogen aan goede doelen: ‘Wij hebben genoeg’
De vermogende families achter softwarebedrijf Afas schenken 30 procent van hun aandelen aan goede doelen. De aandelen hebben een geschatte waarde van ruim 600 miljoen euro. ‘We kunnen de wereld echt b...
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IMIS - Institute for Migration Research & Intercultural Studies @imisosnabrueck.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Die eskalierenden Kämpfe im Nordosten der DR #Kongo haben neue Fluchtbewegungen ausgelöst. Schon jetzt leben über 7 Mio. #Binnenvertriebene im Land - mit die meisten weltweit. @jacobscarolien.bsky.social berichtet im Report Globale #Flucht 2024 über deren Alltag. go.uos.de/qwvE6
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Report Globale Flucht 2024
Zum Weltflüchtlingstag 2024: Der jährliche Bericht zu einem der drängendsten Themen unserer Zeit Flucht ist eine der größten Herausforderungen unserer Zeit.
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Voor iedereen die wat meer wil begrijpen van hetgeen er in Congo gebeurt:
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digitaldjeli @digitaldjeli.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#DRCongo There is still intense fighting and weapon fire in several neighbourhoods according to a colleague who is there. Goma is chaotic with looting on an industrial scale in the centre. There's also local FBook reports of shelling around the Gisenyi border post.
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The Conversation Africa @africa.theconversation.com · 27/01/2025
🇨🇩 Eastern DRC's conflict worsens as the government teams up with armed groups to fight M23, sparking concerns about lasting peace. theconversation.com/drc-has-crea... #DRC #Politics
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DRC has created a reserve force to fight the M23 – why this may backfire
Merely absorbing armed groups into a reserve force does little to address the underlying causes of the eastern DRC crisis.
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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
“I suggest that research storytelling is particularly well suited to community-based participatory research, as we explore methods to present findings in ways that are more culturally appropriate to the communities in which the research takes place." www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2096
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Story-Telling: A Method to Support Decolonising Knowledge for Development
By Peter Taylor I have recently been working closely with a group of EADI members reflecting on the importance of “decolonising knowledge for development”. This is in response to our acknowledgemen…
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Oh, the academic joy of moving a folder from 'proposals' to a real and existing project folder! #climares
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Come work as a PhD researcher in Leiden, you'll be partly based at our VVI Institute for Law, Governance, and Society, and partly at the wonderful African Studies Centre! Interested in legal pluralism in Africa? growinresearch.eu/apply/
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Apply | GROW in Research
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Notre blog est désormais disponible en français aussi: issblog.nl/2024/12/17/v...
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Violences sexuelles et basées sur le genre : au-delà des crimes physiques (Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: looking beyond physical crimes) - Bliss
November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and to mark the day this blog has been written by Carolien Jacobs (Leiden University) Patrick Milabyo Kyamugusulwa (...
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The IPBES Nexus Report was published today. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked
A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.
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OneWorld @oneworld.nl · 14/12/2024
Het kabinet hamert nu al zo lang op de zogenaamde ‘asielcrisis’, dat velen daadwerkelijk geloven dat die er is. Voor wie zich wil voorbereiden op de discussies aan het kerstdiner: de veronderstelde problemen en de échte feiten op een rij.
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Zo weerleg je de migratie-onzin van extreemrechts - OneWorld
Voor wie zich wil voorbereiden op de discussies aan het kerstdiner.
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Rasmus Elling @rasmuselling.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
No less than six (!) PhD scholarships announced at our fantastic department. 2 are open calls for anyone (+1 open call for Danish MA’s) and 1 is reserved for Turkish Studies in our Mid East Section. Please spread the word! employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
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PhD scholarships at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
www.trouw.nl/buitenland/o... Met dank aan de grote oliebedrijven: de vloek van de natuurlijke hulpbronnen in Uganda 🙁. Sterke reportage van Andrea Dijkstra in @trouw.nl
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Op de plek van Margret Nyakato’s huis staat nu een olieboortoren
Tienduizenden Oegandezen moeten plaatsmaken voor een mega-olieproject van TotalEnergies en het Chinese CNOOC. ‘Uit angst tekende ik.’
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Great PhD opportunity in Antwerp!
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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The #Belgian state is found guilty, by a Belgian court, of #CrimesAgainstHumanity in the colonial #Congo 5 women, forcibly removed from their mothers as children between 1948-53 and sent to a #Catholic mission, brought the case. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial Congo
Court said five women were victims of ‘systematic kidnapping’ by state over forced removal from mothers as small children
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Writing Africa @writingafrica.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Opportunities for writers and poets for December 2024. #Opportunities #Callouts #Fiction #Poetry #Nonfiction www.writingafrica.com/opportunitie...
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Opportunities for writers and poets for December 2024.
In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in December 2024, be it poetry, prose, or other related arts.
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Mixed Migration Centre @mixedmigration.org · 02/12/2024
This week we launch the Mixed Migration Review 2024, which this year focuses on migration politics. There is still time to join the online launch Dec 5, 2-3:30pm.. Agenda, registration and all info can be found here: mixedmigration.org/mmr2024/ #MMR2024 #migration
QR code to join the event and the five panellists who will debate on the politics of migration narratives and their consequences.
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Tabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Ein neuer kleiner Text von mir zu sozioökonomischer Klasse im Kontext von Flucht in/aus Ostafrika. Im aktuellen Heft von iz3w, das sich mit dem Thema Klasse weltweit auseinandersetzt: www.iz3w.org/artikel/klas...
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Statusparadox
Die Wahrnehmung von Klasse ist im Kontext von Flucht und Migration oft widersprüchlich. Neben Bildung, Status, Besitz und dem Zugang zu finanziellen Ressourcen kommt die Dimension des rechtlichen Kapi...
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Eric Morier-Genoud @emorier.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
** Mozambique ** My books with James Currey and Rochester UP are on sale, with a 60% discount -- using Code: BB060 Here: boydellandbrewer.com #Mozambique #Africa #Catholic #Church #Africa #Civilwars #War #Conflict AfroLuso AfriPolsky
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Together with Patrick Milabyo and Rachel Katembera I wrote a blog! issblog.nl/2024/11/28/s... ⬇️ We argue that attention for sexual and gender-based violence is important, but often focuses mostly on sexual violence, especially in conflict areas such as eastern DRC. BUT... 1/2
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Africa Is a Country @africasacountry.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
If you missed it, you can watch the archive of our online panel from last week on the politics of the Mozambique uprising. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlSj...
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Mozambique and the politics of popular uprising
YouTube video by Africa Is a Country
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Dr Franzisca Zanker @franziscaz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
📢I am looking for 2 PostDocs and 1 PhD researcher for my ERC-funded project POLMIG on migrants in Africa: the positions will be for four years, based in Freiburg, Germany - Job ads available here arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/call... Deadline 27th December
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Call for applications: Two Post-Doc and a PhD position for the project PolMig | Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Ruben G.L. Wissing-Blauwblomme @belgianrefugee.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thomas Spijkerboer hiring 3 PhD's in migration and international human rights law at Ghent University: www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas...
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Thomas Spijkerboer on LinkedIn: I’m hiring 3 PhD's in migration and international human rights law at… | 28 comments
I’m hiring 3 PhD's in migration and international human rights law at Ghent University. The projects concern the migration case law of, respectively, the… | 28 comments on LinkedIn
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Have a look at the new IDMC report, analysing displacement trends in Africa in the last 15 years (since the signing of the Kampala Convention): ⬇️
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WOinActie.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Reken mee met @fernandezamsterdam.bsky.social en zie dat de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs totaal overbodig zijn. 👇
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Africa Media @africa.skyfleet.blue · 25/11/2024
Afrique: Une femme ou une fille est tuée toutes les 10 minutes par son partenaire intime ou un autre membre de sa famille
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Afrique: Une femme ou une fille est tuée toutes les 10 minutes par son partenaire intime ou un autre membre de sa famille
Communiqué De Presse - Le dernier rapport sur les féminicides révèle que 60 % des meurtres de femmes sont commis par un partenaire intime ou un autre membre de la famille.
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Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
www.france24.com/en/live-news... RIP Breyten Breytenbach, anti-apartheid activist and much more. Here's one of his poems, written in exile and powerfully expressing feelings that many migrants must have. He ends with a plea that will never become outdated 1/2
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