Tag: human rights

  • Prepare for take off! – Comic Launch

    It is on the internet, therefore it must be true.  Like little elves, we are busily preparing the launch of our comic and a separate but connected panel discussion on human rights education more broadly.   If you want to know more, click the link and scroll down until you find our event. We’d love to see…

  • Raising the Legal Age of Marriage – Alex Reflects

    “But Mum, I love him!” My sister proclaimed. She was older than me, probably just turned sixteen, and was deeply in love with her first boyfriend (who was her own age and, if memory serves, a sweetheart. He gave me my first copy of The Smashing Pumpkins, though, so I’m aware that I might be…

  • New Publication Alert! 

    Yes, I am reluctantly blowing my own trumpet.   Last year, I wrote a journal article about forced marriage and human rights law. It is still under review. That is the academic publication process for you. Apart from that it takes AGES, it also involves a lot of write-and-delete. Or maybe more write-and-take-out-what-you-have-just-written-because-it-pushes-the-article-over-the-wordlimit-but-save-it-in-another-document-just-in-case. I decided to…

  • “I do – not”: An Introduction to Forced Marriage 

    Forced marriage is a global problem that does not pass by the UK. The International Labour Organisation (ILO), Walk Free and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimated that, worldwide, at least 22 million people lived in forced marriages in 2021. In 2022, around 300 people asked the UK’s Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) for advice…

  • Get to Know the Team: Emma

    Who are you? I’m Emma, an artist with an interest in human rights, humanitarianism matters, and delving into intricate human-interest narratives. As a public information comic artist, I advocate for critical social issues, leveraging the distinctive storytelling prowess that comics have to offer. By harnessing the potential of art and storytelling, I love the idea…