Archive: 2016

Guest Post by Dana Moss On December 12, 2016, after Israel’s High Court of Justice refused to end the administrative detention of two Palestinian hunger strikers, moving only to suspend it, the Palestinians  vowed to continue their strike—and…

Refugees arriving in Lesvos, Greece, 2016      FXB Photo by Hector Lucero     May All Who Need Refuge Find It in the Coming Year, at Home or Elsewhere   Thank You for Accompanying Us in this Work Best Wishes for the…

Members of The Lancet-American University of Beirut Commission on Syria: Health in Conflict, gathered in Beirut.Photo: Courtesy of American University of Beirut For immediate release: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 “Syria has become the mirror, in…

By Vasileia Digidiki Creative Commons photo of a square in Pedion tou Areos, does not imply that people shown are involved in transactional sex. Nine months after the historic agreement between the European Union and Turkey,[1] approximately 60,000…

By Krista Oehlke Violence stemming from the drug trade has been surmounting in Mexico for decades, taking an increased toll on civilian communities. In October 2016, Sergio Aguayo, FXB fellow and research professor at the Centro de Estudios…

By Rebecca Hope This guest post was originally published on the YLabs blog. Rebecca Hope discusses the importance of youth participatory approaches, which can place young people at the center of program design. She highlights the Harvard’s FXB Center…

Throughout the world, children flee peril in their place of origin, but often they exchange one set of dangers for another. A new report published today by Harvard University’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights finds that protection for children on…

By Margareta Matache This is the second of a three-part blog series, “The White Norm in Gypsy and Romani Studies,” about the racialization and othering of Romani people against a white norm in standard Gypsy and Romani studies. The first segment…

By Ruslana Sirman Recently, I stumbled over an article on the BBC News’ global website: Ukraine’s Paralympic success: What’s the secret? In the article, Ben Sutherland writes, “There is one country that, while producing its worst ever…

                By Victoria Fan, Bradley Chen, and Arlan Fuller Poor naked wretches, whereso’er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless…