HCPB MEMBERS BLOG

By Manizja Aziz and Leon Willems, Free Press Unlimited (FPU) Introduction Journalists play a pivotal role in society. They function as watchdogs, hold powerholders accountable and keep the public informed. In order to fulfill their vital role of providing reliable information to the public, they need to be able to do their work safely. This is why the safety of journalists is now widely considered as a universal requirement for development, public awareness, democracy and good governance to...

By Allysa Czerwinsky, PhD candidate at the University of Manchester As a researcher who spends much of her time in the online sphere, I’ve witnessed a stark rise in hateful and polarising content across the platforms I frequent for both academic fieldwork and personal entertainment. Alongside racist, anti-immigrant, and anti-vax sentiments within increasingly polarised digital spaces, misogynist hostility and male supremacist ideas have flourished within mainstream social media sites....

By Dr Valentina Baú Kakuma refugee camp is located in Turkana county, Northwestern region of Kenya. Established in 1992, it is home to approximately 200,000 refugees and asylum seekers from countries including Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Other nationalities include Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi. A number of humanitarian agencies operate in the camp under the coordination of UNHCR. Despite the many challenges of life in Kakuma, the camp has an...

By Iyad Kallas, Independent Syrian-French consultant, researcher and learning facilitator, specialized in strategic impact-driven communication and social entrepreneurship. More at www.ikallas.com Life has been generous to me with many A-HA moments that led me to learn first-hand about the different meanings of peace, vis-à-vis the ugly faces of conflict, polarization and antipathy. I have lived these moments in war-torn countries and refugee camps, in the large conference rooms of...

By Jean Claude Muhungusa INTRODUCTION The history of the Great Lakes region of Africa has been marked by decades of conflict of various kinds due to the legacy of colonialism, illicit exploitation of natural resources, nationality and identity crisis, ethnic tensions, discrimination, lack of rule of law, political exclusion, poor governance, unemployment, poverty, etc. Narratives and research on the region tend to focus more on images of division, insecurity and precariousness than on the...