Μεράκι: putting all of myself into a volunteer experience that transformed me
Volunteering is not only about supporting a cause, promoting social change or causing a positive impact in a community. It is not only...
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- Apr 27, 2022
- 3 min
My internship in the Advocacy and Policy Department for children’s rights
Hello everyone, I am Martina, a second year HRG student, and last semester I did my internship at Save The Children Italia for two...
- Apr 13, 2022
- 3 min
Every gear in the clockwork counts
If you’re interested in human rights, then you have probably proclaimed at least once: I want to change the system! Now I know, even as a...
- Apr 6, 2022
- 3 min
My internship at the most magnificent archive for human rights-related research
Hi, I am Valeria, a HRG 2nd year student. In the first semester, I did my internship at the Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca” of the...
- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
A non-accountant learning accounting: how I challenged myself at CUAMM
My name is Giulia and I am a second-year student of the HRG Master. At present, I am carrying on a 6-month administrative internship at...
- Mar 16, 2022
- 3 min
Violence Against Women through the lens of the Anti-Violence Centres
The phone does not stop ringing and so does the doorbell; there is a coming and going of women, young, old, mothers, foreigners…it is a...
- Mar 9, 2022
- 3 min
Working in a prison to support the right to education
I’ve always wanted to work among people, sharing experience, helping others, doing team work, and having a friendly environment around...
- Dec 2, 2021
- 4 min
I came, I (never) saw, I (still) conquered
“Hasan Tayem, 24 years old, is a successful Jordanian professional blind runner.” My friends describe me as a highly motivated and...
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Face to marginalisation with SAI, Caritas Ambrosiana
Every HRG student spends time on studying the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism or human rights treaty bodies' reports, thinking...
- Nov 18, 2021
- 4 min
“No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.”
I am Miranda, I am 25 and I come from Italy. Six years ago, when I graduated from high school, I never imagined that I would be here...
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
If a peaceful future seems impossible, working to make it happen is necessary
My name is Davide, I am 24 years old and I was born in Vicenza, a small town in Northern Italy famous for its Renaissance architecture....
- Nov 3, 2021
- 4 min
A ‘third half’ proposal for (prospective) Human Rights graduates
Ever heard of what a ‘third half’ is in rugby? If not, you are in the right place to find out! Basically, the two teams chill out...
- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
The path of migrants towards asylum: sad considerations from the field
My name is Claudia Elli and I am a recent graduate student of MA Human Rights and Multi-level Governance. Passionate about languages and...
- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
Rethinking Climate Risks - How I realised climate change education is also a human right
When I was a kid, I was taught this about my country: “Vietnam has golden forests and silver seas”. It sounds silly, I know, but it just...
- Jun 9, 2021
- 5 min
A NON INSPIRING STORY FROM A NON “HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER”. JUST AN INTERN HAVING MEETINGS TO ARRANGE
I am Patricio, from Argentina. This is how I presented myself to my HR colleagues back in 2019 avoiding the “Where are you from?” that...
- May 19, 2021
- 3 min
Unaccompanied minor migrants: impossible to understand if not experienced up close
I am Simona, a 24-year-old girl born in Trieste and raised in a small village overlooking the sea in Puglia. Because of my studies, I...
- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
The quest to find an internship in peacebuilding
My name is Maria Fernanda Cantor, I am a second-year student of the master’s in Human Rights and Multi-Level Governance, and I am very...
- Apr 14, 2021
- 5 min
Working with refugee children in Greece: how I almost lost faith in humanitarian aid
I am Frida, I am 25 and I come from Greece: those are the first three things you have to know about me. I was raised in a small village...
- Apr 7, 2021
- 6 min
Alumni Knowledge Sharing: Lessons from human rights graduates
"Human rights is a lifestyle, not just a job or a master's degree."
- Mar 31, 2021
- 5 min
An interdisciplinary internship experience to cultivate resilience
My name is Carolina Mejía Toro. I am Colombian. Being in permanent armed conflict since 1960, Colombia is currently the most unequal...
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