Human Rights Day – Reducing Inequalities and Advancing Human Rights
Since 1950, December 10 has been dedicated to Human Rights Day: the day on which the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations (UN). This year…
Zwarte Piet – The issue that grew
“Ten years ago, two men demonstrated for the first time against Zwarte Piet. It was the start of attention for an issue that had until then been more dormant and received little attention outside the group of those directly involved. It was also the…
'I want a hot date, not a hot planet' – Climate March November 6
A few weeks ago we posted the blog post: Attention from politicians? Go protest!. Nowadays, protesting seems to be the way to get an issue on the political agenda, was the message. And protest signs play an important role in this. Yourself…
The Issue Calendar: a reflection after thirteen years of publication
Zero Waste Week, World Deaf Day, Coming Out Day, Buy Nothing New Month and the Week of the Disabled Child: a selection of the 502 days that were on our Issue Calendar in 2021. The Issue Calendar has been published for years and now...
Climate summit Glasgow, has it already failed?
The much-discussed Glasgow Climate Summit, the COP26 summit, started last Sunday. Media coverage in the run-up to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference was anything but positive. For example, several news media (such as Trouw, NRC, FD, NU.nl) already headlined that the already…
