My name is Carolina Mejía Toro. I am Colombian. Being in permanent armed conflict since 1960, Colombia is currently the most unequal country in Latin America, where malnutrition, food insecurity, impaired access to education, and forced displacement are widespread. Ever since high school, I have been eager to understand the roots of these issues, dreaming that one day I could contribute to bringing upon solutions. One of the understandings that move me to the bone is that eve

Since I was a child, my parents taught me the importance of having a clear and precise goal for my life project to move forward and overcome challenges, day after day. The master's degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance was in my plans since I was in the first year of my undergraduate degree, so all my efforts since then were aimed at achieving that goal. A year ago, I realized I needed to improve my knowledge of English to be accepted into the master. I didn't hav

My name is Eloisa, I am Brazilian, but after almost 15 years living in Rome, I became officially an Italian citizen. I moved to Italy with my mother when I was a child and I believe that my personal story of migration has had a crucial impact on the choices I made in my life. I always felt the necessity to give my contribution and to support those who are in a situation of vulnerability and do not have the same opportunities I had. In order to materialize and fulfil this need

The aim of the “Share the knowledge” initiative is to create a diverse, inclusive, and participatory knowledge network on human rights. Within this segment, we share valuable and interesting academic papers. Readers have the chance to deepen human rights-related topics and to get some ideas for further studies. We are delighted to share the academic paper of Carolina Mejía Toro, a second-year HRG student. This was submitted as the final essay for the course Psychology, Power

Following this path and arriving here was not easy, but landing the UN internship was one of my most outstanding achievements.

Being a student of an international master course means to be part of a multicultural environment and to confront constantly with attitudes, perspectives, and ideas different from our own. How much do we practice multiculturalism and inclusivity in our classrooms? More than not, we are proud of studying and living with colleagues coming from different countries and of exchanging languages, idioms and everything that pertains to everyday life. But do we really embrace multicul