The long journey of gender students from darkness to light
Six months after their arrival in Iceland an international group of 20 students finished their Postgraduate Diploma in International Gender Equality at the University...
#Cycling4SDGs – Bicycles help communities thrive
Mobility is an essential element of development strategies which aim to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The lack of efficient, reliable transportation adversely...
COVID-19 – Economic recovery must not be to the detriment of...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed its worries that health care will suffer as European countries, still fighting COVID-19 implement economic measures to...
City of Ypres supports UN ceasefire call with over 70 Belgian...
At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, called for an immediate ceasefire to protect the world’s most...
United Nations SDG Media Compact hits its 100-member mark
In this day and age the media is an essential source of information for people everywhere. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about its...
COVID-19: Through Digitalkompis, integration can continue despite social distancing
During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been encouraged to physically distance and isolate themselves. However, this is causing difficulties for immigrants who are trying...
COVID-19: Transparent masks made for the deaf and hard of hearing...
Wearing a mask can prove very challenging for those who are deaf and hard of hearing and who know how to lip read or...
Preserving bees
Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities. But pollinators contribute directly to food security and...
COVID-19: European Parliament opens its doors to most vulnerable
The European Parliament’s buildings, kitchens and fleet of vehicles have been serving a new purpose. They have been helping some of those most affected...
COVID-19: WHO message to Europeans “It is up to us now”
Europeans are at a fork in the road in the fight against COVID-19 and it is in the hands of individuals and communities if...
“I have survived it all, haven’t I?” says 102 year-old former...
A one hundred and two-year-old woman in Iceland has been declared cured of COVID-19 in the town of Bolungarvík in Iceland.
Born in 1917, Helga...
COVID-19: Liège airport chosen as UN humanitarian aid hub
Belgium’s Liège airport has been selected to be part of a network of United Nations global logistics hubs that will deliver medical and humanitarian...
WHO warns of surge of domestic violence as COVID-19 cases decrease...
With COVID-19 now in its third month in Europe, the World Health Organization said there were positive signs but that the situation remained very...
COVID-19: stories told over the phone to the visually impaired in...
The lockdown is a particularly challenging time for people with disabilities. Among the many initiatives emerging, Belgian association Ligue Braille is helping blind and...
COVID-19: When you want to scream, see The Scream
Every time the world has faced a major crisis in the past century its eyes have turned towards the most famous painting by Scandinavia’s...