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I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World

Introduction I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World takes us through the life of Malala Yousafzai. Yousafzai tells a very inspiring story focused on her life since the Taliban took over her home region – Swat, Pakistan. As a result, she stood up and began to use her […]

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Armed Conflict and Displacement: The Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons Under International Humanitarian Law – by Mélanie Jacques

The book ‘Armed Conflict and Displacement: The Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons Under International Humanitarian Law’ explores the correlation between conflict and displacement by examining how the law of armed conflict – International Humanitarian Law (hereafter IHL) – deals with the issue of displacement. A series of questions are raised by the author in

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The Namesake

Introduction The Namesake movie, directed by Mira Nair, is adapted from Jhumpa Lahiri’s 2003 novel, which comes under the genre of drama and Hindi cinema. The film, released in 2006, is currently available to buy or rent on YouTube Movies. The producers of the film are Mira Nair and Lydia Dean Pilcher, with Fox Searchlight

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On the Road to South Africa: A Migrants story with Jamal Osman

Author: Channel 4 News. Narrator: Jamal Osman. Setting: Sub-Sahara Africa. Length: Thirteen Minutes. Background It is an investigative documentary on the dangers faced by migrants using the ‘Southern’ migration route to seek better living standards in the same continent. The southern migration route is a path followed by migrants from both east and west Africa

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From Cameroon to Spain: A six-year-old boy’s perilous journey in search of a better world

To reach Europe, citizens from many countries on the African continent venture into the oceans and seas. They leave for several reasons. Some leave their homeland to flee armed conflicts, climate crises, and misery. Others are fleeing persecution, and they are all looking for better skies. “Adù” is the title of this film which traces,

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Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman- Myths and Misconceptions about Trafficking and its Victims, by Ramona Vijeyarasa

‘Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman,’ written by Ramona Vijeyarasa, contains a systemic analysis of human trafficking and the conventional notions about the nature and characteristics of its victims, which are dominated by narratives of the victims being extremely poor, illiterate, and female. The author is a human rights lawyer and academician who delves deeply

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