Conakry, World Book Capital City 2017

Cristina Barbetta

For 17 years, in turn, different cities in the world have hosted this initiative by UNESCO: starting from the 23rd of April and for a year Conakry will be committed to book and reading culture.

USA/Russia: Diplomatic meeting must tackle deplorable human rights record at home and abroad

Staff

Though recent developments in Syria are bound to dominate US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s first official visit to Moscow this week, he must also raise the issue of Russia’s wide-ranging denial of human rights at home, Amnesty International said.

Colombia: Prosecution Suspended on Army Killings Case

Staff

On March 28, 2017, the 9th Judge of Judicial Guarantees of Bogotá declined to carry out a hearing to charge 12 soldiers for the murder and enforced disappearance of two men and a boy in 2008, as reads a Human Rights Watch news release. This sets a worrying precedent, 33 Colombian and international human rights groups said.

Welcoming from 1-year-old to 100-year-olds in a house in Seattle

Cristina Barbetta

The Mount St Vincent of Seattle welcomes under the same roof a nursing home for elderly people with 400 guests and a kindergarten with 125 children under the age of 5. The building hosts a centre for intergenerational learning that has won numerous awards.

Changing the world with a click

Cristina Barbetta

As part of the “Change for the planet- Care for the people” campaign, CIDSE, the European platform of Catholic NGOs, of which Focsiv is also part, has launched an international photo competition targeted both at professional photographers and amateurs who particularly care for social and environmental change. Deadline to submit photos: April 23rd 2017.

The association training youth from the outskirts to the world of work

Cristina Barbetta

It’s called Nos Quartiers ont du Talent (Our neighbourhoods have got talent), it was born 11 years ago and since then it has thrived a lot all over France. Many companies and organisations recruit employees through the association.

This is how Molenbeeck youth learn IT skills

Cristina Barbetta

Capital Digital is a project that trains young migrants (15-20 years old) from Brussels’ outskirts in the basics of coding and also gives them pedagogical abilities to transfer these knowledges to children migrants who live in the poorest areas of Bruxelles.

Gender equality boosts economic growth

Ottavia Spaggiari

A new study reveals that gender equality would generate up to 10.5 million new jobs by 2050, contributing the EU employment rate to reach almost 80% and increasing the GDP per capita up to nearly 10% by 2050

Paris, the food and solidarity Give Box is born

Cristina Barbetta

A project of the association Cap ou pas cap and of the collective of architects “On a pensé un truc”, the Garde-Manger (Food and Solidarity Give Box) in Paris is having a great success

Virtuous Triangle, a model of integration of refugees in Turkey

Cristina Barbetta

Virtuous Triangle is a model of integration that creates a triangular ecosystem formed by a Turkish primary school child, a refugee pupil and a university student. The model is based on principles of reciprocity, profitability and mutual understanding.