Glocal Roots

The Importance of Female Friendly Spaces

Shop — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:44:31 +0000

The number of people in need of international protection continues to rise. According to the European Commission, there are currently 120 million people displaced around the world. Although three quarters of refugees hail from five countries (Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Sudan and Ukraine), refugees and asylum seekers must not be treated as one entity and cultural nuances must be integrated into any community building activities. The same approach applies to gender! Women and children’s spaces aim to offer a gendered lens to issues arising from displacement by addressing gender-specific protection concerns.

Racial profiling : the treatment of refugees by the police

Shop — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:46:59 +0000

“No matter how many years you live here, you will remain a foreigner”Fatema, visitor to the Victoria Community Centre*In Greece, racial profiling has become an entrenched issue that deeply impacts the lives of people on the move.For refugees and asylum seekers, a simple walk in Athens can quickly turn into a distressing encounter with law enforcement. “I was just walking to get groceries when the…

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Refugees Continue to Face Violent and Illegal Pushbacks off the Coast of Kos

Liska Bernet — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:42:37 +0000

Separated from Turkey by roughly 5 kilometres of sea, the island of Kos stands at the very edge of the EU’s external border. With the city of Bodrum clearly visible from its shores, tourists are shuttled back and forth everyday in a routine 30 minute journey. Yet as night falls and these ferries stop, the crossings themselves do not. In their place, people on the move in Turkey prepare to take the…

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MEDIA: Tsri.ch – «Was auf der Welt passiert, spürt man auch in Zürich»

Liska Bernet — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:09:55 +0000

Der folgende Beitrag wurde auf tsri.ch im Mai publiziert. Er ist Teil des Fokusmonats Migration auf tsri.ch Publiziert: 28.05.2024 Jedes Jahr sterben tausende Menschen auf der Flucht im Mittelmeer. Inwiefern das auch Zürich betrifft und warum keine Grenzen nicht die Lösung ist, erklärt die Migrationsexpertin und Aktivistin Liska Bernet.Lara Blatter: Wie viel Migration verträgt eine Gesellschaft?

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The importance of Community Spaces

Liska Bernet — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:13:51 +0000

Community spaces are important for numerous reasons – they provide a sense of belonging, social support, physical health, diversity and inclusion and a recreational space to play, meet and socialise with others. So what makes the community spaces in Glocal Roots so special?This month, we spoke to a variety of people supported by our projects in Kos and Athens to find out what our centres mean to…

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The Homelessness Crisis Facing Refugees in Kos

Liska Bernet — Wed, 15 May 2024 11:25:57 +0000

The island of Kos is renowned for its food, vibrant nightlife, and sunny beaches. Sporting coastlines full of swanky hotels and airbnbs, it is no doubt a tourist paradise. But while thousands of tourists are welcomed in with open arms every year, refugees arriving on its shores face a starkly different reality. Beneath its glittering surface, Kos presents displaced people with a uniquely…

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The Plight of Fast Fashion and How We Can Combat It

Liska Bernet — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:54:41 +0000

Each year, consumers buy more than 100 billion items of clothing worldwide. Fuelled by unsustainable consumer-culture demands, ‘fast fashion’ has quickly become a global phenomenon leaving ecological disasters and grave, often fatal, human rights violations in its wake. Seeking to counterbalance this destruction, an attractive alternative to fast fashion is ‘slow fashion’.

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MEDIA: Tagesanzeiger – «Mit bunten Bauchtaschen Frauen auf der Flucht unterstützen»

Liska Bernet — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:37:16 +0000

Der folgende Beitrag wurde in der print und online Ausgabe im Züritipp (Januar 2024) vom Tagesanzeiger publiziert. Online findet man den Originalartikel hier. Sepinud PoorghadiriPubliziert: 24.01.2024, 11:18 Alle zwei Wochen stellt der «Züritipp» seine Favoriten vor. Aktuell: farbenfrohe Bauchtaschen, ein neuer Showroom für Möbel und frühlingshafte Keramik. Schon seit einiger Zeit erleben…

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MEDIA: Watson – Interview: «Angeheizt durch Politiker, machen Bürger Jagd auf Asylsuchende»»

Liska Bernet — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:24:09 +0000

Das folgende Experteninterview wurde in der Onlineausgabe (September 2023) von WATSON publiziert. Online findet man den Originalartikel und das Interview hier. Erst wüteten in Griechenland verheerende Waldbrände, nun kämpft das Land mit schweren Überschwemmungen. Seit acht Jahren unterstützt Liska Bernet Schutzbedürftige an der EU-Aussengrenze. Im Interview berichtet sie…

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Walls, Not Welcome: The Reality of Greece’s Refugee Camps

Liska Bernet — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:34:09 +0000

Unveiling the harsh living conditions, limited resources, and daily challenges faced by people living within the walls of Greece’s prison-like refugee camps. What is it like to be a refugee living in a camp in Greece? To answer that, we take a look inside the living conditions of Greece’s Closed Controlled Access Centers (CCACs), spread all over isolated parts of the hotspot islands and the…

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