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For millions of us, fireworks are just as important a part of the changing of old year to new as the Danube Waltz, bottles of sparkling wine going pop, and the booming of St. Stephen’s Cathedral’s Pummerin bell officially ringing in the New Year. As in recent years, while there won’t be any official firework […]

They are the youngest members of our society – and at the same time also the weakest, who need special protection. November 20th is International Children’s Rights Day – and yet they are violated all over the world. For example, through child labor. But what are children’s rights? And why are they still disregarded in

In the decade since it was announced that Qatar would be hosting the 2022 World Cup, the small desert state has regularly attracted international attention. The country appears to be accepting the scandals surrounding the major event as collateral damage in its meteoric economic development. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly close to

The true story of an incredible liberation An autobiography BASED ON A TRUE STORY: By the time she starts an internship at a counseling center for refugees in Nairobi, Marianne has already been living in East Africa for 14 years. She resides there with her husband and sons, and they work in the field of

As the days start drawing in and temperatures start falling for another year, there can be little lovelier than lying down on the sofa after a long autumn walk with a mug of hot chocolate, something sweet or a piece of cake in hand. For us to enjoy this pleasure, however, the painful truth is

“If you don’t do what I say, I’ll kill you. And throw you somewhere. No one will know you existed”. A threat heard daily by thousands of forced prostitutes in Europe. They are modern-day sex slaves. Abducted by human traffickers or loverboys who have promised them great happiness in the western world. A reality you

Every year on October 18th, the European Day Against Human Trafficking takes place. It draws attention to this issue and to the victims of human trafficking. Human trafficking is a sum of serious human rights violation and a criminal offence. But what exactly is human trafficking? And what is the situation in Europe? PEOPLE AS

Am I allowed to think like that? Am I allowed to behave that way? What if I’m just imagining everything? That – or something like it – is how the carousel of thoughts goes round for victims of narcissistic abuse, as their feelings of self-worth recede, friends become fewer, and the dark days increase. Narcissistic abuse often

Thousands of girls and boys are abused as soldiers, spies and forced labourers in armed conflicts around the world. Children suffer the most in wars and conflicts and are increasingly used for strategic warfare. Often abducted and used in forced labour, child soldiers are a particularly cruel form of human trafficking.  “CHILD SOLDIERS” Thousands of

They work in the brick factory or cut trees from six in the morning until one o‘clock in the night. For this, they often aren’t paid at all, or make just a few dollars a week. Bonded labor is the most common form of slavery worldwide and forces about 15 million people into dependency in