Section: The Netherlands
This Classic Ukrainian Cartoon Can Help Parents Talk About Human Trafficking
Screen shot from “How the Cossacks Rescued Their Fiances” (1973). ‘Traditional’ bondage in Mauritania; forced prostitution in Europe; and bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, an estimated 45.8 million were subjected to some form of slavery in 167 countries, according to the Global Slavery Index. Even though slavery continues to plague...
This Classic Ukrainian Cartoon Can Help Parents Talk About Human Trafficking
Screen shot from “How the Cossacks Rescued Their Fiances” (1973). ‘Traditional’ bondage in Mauritania; forced prostitution in Europe; and bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, an estimated 45.8 million were subjected to some form of slavery in 167 countries, according to the Global Slavery Index. Even though slavery continues to plague...
Women Struggle Against Violence in Kyrgyz Society, But How Many Men Will Help Them?
A Kyrgyz girl near the ancient heritage site Tash-Rabat. Wikipedia image. Meet Daniar Aitman, Kyrgyzstan’s unlikely — read ‘male’ — hub for stories posted under the “I am not afraid to speak” (#яНеБоюсьСказать) hashtag, an anti-gender discrimination and anti-sexual violence campaign that began in Ukraine and has filtered into other...
Rutte not hopeful about changing Ukraine treaty
Prime minister Mark Rutte isn’t hopeful about negotiating a Dutch exemption to an EU trade treaty with Ukraine, NOS reported… …read more Source:...
#IAmNotAfraidToSayIt: Ukrainian Social Media Users Break the Silence on Sexual Violence
Image from The Noun Project. Edited by Tetyana Lokot. A new hashtag is trending in the Ukrainian segment of Facebook: #ЯНеБоюсьСказати (#IAmNotAfraidToSayIt). On the hashtag, Internet users have been sharing their stories and experiences of sexual harassment, sexual violence, and domestic violence. The hashtag—and the ensuing flashmob—was...
Dutch EU presidency comes to an end
The Netherlands’ presidency of the European Union has come to an end. From today Slovakia is the new president. On Thursday EU council president Donald Tusk thanked Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the term, which which was not the easiest time to be president, with the asylum crisis, the Ukraine referendum and the Brexit referendum to deal...
Dutch PM wants to change EU treaty with Ukraine
Prime Minister Mark Rutte wants to change the association agreement between the European Union and the Ukraine in such a way that the concerns of the Dutch who voted against the agreement are alleviated. He is not sure whether this will be possible, but will make every effort to see whether it is The post Dutch PM wants to change EU treaty with...
The Netherlands threatens not to ratify Ukraine treaty
Prime minister Mark Rutte has raised the issue of amending the EU’s treaty of association with Ukraine with European officials… …read more Source:...
Balkan Right-Wing Populists Gloat over #Brexit
To illustrate schadenfreude — pleasure derived from misfortune of others — Wikipedia used the painting “Taming the Donkey,” by Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala (1868), in which a group of monks laughs while the lone monk struggles with the donkey. (Public Domain). While the official reactions by most Balkan governments included expressions of concern...
Dutch PM: Ukraine referendum results “disastrous”
The results of the Dutch referendum on the association agreement between the Ukraine and the European referendum are “disastrous”, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in the Ridderzaal to a room full of parliamentarians from the EU member states on Monday The post Dutch PM: Ukraine referendum results “disastrous” appeared first on NL...
