They leave their homeland to earn money for their families, and have no idea they are to be exploited, abused and discriminated against in their new place of residence and work. In Saudi Arabia, unfortunately, it is anything but a one-off for domestic workers from Kenya to be suffering such a fate. Amnesty International is […]
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Millions of people around the world absolutely adore K-Pop. Groups such as BTS, Blackpink and Twice fill entire arenas in record time and regularly top the international charts. But what do things actually look like behind the scenes? Is the life led by the idols really quite so glamorous as it first seems? What actually is “K-Pop”? K-Pop (short
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Jujutsu Kaisen, One Piece, Attack on Titan and Pokémon – the animé industry today is bigger than ever before. Once merely the reserve of a niche subculture, the Japanese cartoon films and series evolved long ago developed to become a global market worth billions. In 2023 alone, their value was estimated at approximately 21 billion US dollars. In
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Words shape our reality. They influence how we perceive problems, set priorities and develop solutions. Language has immense power, especially in the sensitive area of child protection. It can educate, protect and heal – or it can trivialise, stigmatise and hurt. The conscious choice of our words and phrases is therefore not only a question
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Just imagine your partner decided what you should eat. That you had more and more food placed in front of you every single day – often until you could hardly move any longer. And that you went along with it. For reasons of love, desire, loneliness, or simply a wish to finally be wanted. That’s
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How young women are forced into prostitution by men offering apparently loving relationships. The so-called “loverboy method” is a form of human trafficking which enables offenders to deliberately target several young women at once – usually via social media and dating apps. They shower the women with compliments and promises to bind them to them
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A major success for international cooperation: investigative authorities from around 30 countries have dismantled a huge paedophile network with almost two million users. The scale of the case is shocking – the Kidflix platform worked in a similar way to well-known streaming services, but with horrific content. It offered videos on the dark web that
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The Brazilian influencer was admired by many for her beauty and success. Her life was full of designer clothing, expensive parties and influential friends. Then she had to rebrand herself – Kat became a guru, and once again, a role model for many women. They wanted to be like her. Kat quickly realised one thing:
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A Brief Introduction: Intersectionality Back in the late 1980s, theorists began writing the first texts to examine the issue of “intersectionality”. The U.S. legal expert and professor Kimberlé Crenshaw analysed how different forms of discrimination—particularly racism and sexism—create overlapping points and are mutually reinforcing. This concept or theory, lets us analyse social conditions from an
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Mr Beast, whose real name is James Stephen ‘Jimmy’ Donaldson, is the most successful and probably best-known YouTuber in the world with over 369 million subscribers. The then 13-year-old appeared in front of the camera back in 2012. Today, the US American earns an estimated 82 million US dollars a year with his videos. So it’s no wonder that
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