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In the years leading up to its accession to the EU, Romania was forced to reform its child rights policy. It was one of the many conditions for its future EU membership. From 1999 to 2006, a brave woman called Roelie Post, a public servant at the European Commission, worked tirelessly on the Romanian case files. As her understanding and …
Contributor – Rebecca Hailemeskel The 36-year-old, Tingert, was born in Wonji Shoa. She is a healthy-looking young woman and is an Orthodox Christian. Her mother and father came to Wonji Shoa to look for a job. They got employed for a blue-collar work in Wonji sugar factory and stayed in Wonji Shoa. She was raised in a big family that …
Contributor – Rebecca Hailemeskel Her name is Messert, an Orthodox believer. She is 35 years old and was born in Wonji Shoa located 110 km from Addis Ababa. Her parents used to work in the sugar factory that is located in the area. She has two brothers: one brother lives in Adama 10 km from Wonji Shoa and the other …
Contributor – Rebecca Hailemeskel Lemlem’s story is narrated by herself as well as her brother Bisrat since Lemlem is having a depression for which she is being treated at the center for victims of human trafficking. Lemlem remembers what has happened to her. However, it is difficult for her to narrate her story as there are things that she was …
A Still from Vanessa Beecroft’s The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins. Photograph: Vanessa Beecroft Film by Pietra Brettkelly “Without the knowledge of her husband, on her third visit to South Sudan, Vanessa attempts to adopt the twins. In a shell-shocked building the father of the twins puts his thumbprint to 10 copies of an affidavit.” Pietra Brett Kelly followed …
