Authors

Muhammad Abuzar

Muhammad Abuzar

Media professional

Muhammad Abuzar is a Media professional from Lahore, Pakistan. He is engaged in digital media storytelling and his areas of interest are civil…

Ziad Ali

Master in Business Administration

Ziad Ali is a Palestinian living in the Gaza Strip. He has a Master's degree in Business Administration. He mainly writes about Civil Society and…

Ayodhya Krishani Amarajeewa

Ayodhya Krishani Amarajeewa

Ayodhya Krishani Amarajeewa is a development communication professional from Sri Lanka. She works in international and national non-governmental…

Viktoryia Andrukovich

Viktoryia Andrukovich

civic and human rights activist

Viktoryia Andrukovich is a Belarusian civic and human rights activist currently working in exile in Vilnius, Lithuania. Her current activities are…

Anonymous

The author of this article stays anonymous.

Marlene Auer

social worker and activist

Marlene Auer is a social worker and activist focussing on human rights violations at EU borders. She has been working with international NGOs as well…

Rawan Baybars

Humanitarian and Blogger

Rawan Baybars is a humanitarian and blogger based in Amman, Jordan. She holds a Master's in Migration and Humanitarian Development from SOAS,…

Diana Berg

public figure, curator, cultural manager

Diana Berg (1979, Mariupol, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian public figure, curator, cultural manager, and conceptual artist. She is founder of the Mariupol TU…

Zineb Bettayeb

Zineb Bettayeb, is an Algerian IT Specialist and a former cultural journalist with over 13 years of work experience. She graduated with a master's…

Claudia Pacheco Araoz

Claudia Pacheco Araoz

Claudia Pacheco Araoz is a Bolivian cultural manager, researcher and curator based in Bolivia. She directs La Plurinacional XXI, a gallery for…

Emiliia Dieniezhna

Emiliia Dieniezhna

Journalist, Activist

Emiliia Dieniezhna is a journalist and anti-corruption activist from Ukraine who lives in exile in Munich, Germany.

Dipesh Khanal

Dipesh Khanal is an advocate for LGBTQIAP+ issues and currently works as an Art and Programme Coordinator at a cultural centre in Nepal. He is also…

Elias Hatimi

Elias Hatimi is a journalist and human rights activist from Afghanistan. He has worked in several NGOs and international organisations throughout his…

Ismayil Fataliyev

Ismayil Fataliyev

Ismayil Fataliyev started his journalistic career in 2011 and worked as a staffed member for different national TV broadcasters and online media…

Sandro Gvindadze

Sandro Gvindadze

freelance journalist

Sandro Gvindadze is a Tbilisi-based freelance journalist. He holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Communication. Currently, he writes for Radio…

Ehsan Hosseinzadeh

Ehsan Hosseinzadeh

Lawyer, Freelance Journalist and human rights activist

Ehsan Hosseinzadeh is an Iranian lawyer, freelance journalist and human rights activist. He holds a master 's degree in law and he has been…

K. L.

K.L. participated in the CrossCulture Programme in 2018.

Max Jean Louis

writer and journalist

Max Jean-Louis is a writer and journalist with more than 15 years of experience. Having lived on three continents, he has developed a multicultural…

Adil Magomedov

journalist and civil activist

Adil Magomedov is a Russian-born journalist and civil activist. He has implemented more than 30 local and international projects. Adil focuses on…

Álvaro Montoya

Álvaro Montoya

Álvaro Montoya is a Bolivian journalist and writer focused on gender-based violence, human rights and culture. He holds a degree in Social…

Noor Esam Al-Khateeb

Noor Esam Al-Khateeb

Iraqi Noor Esam Al-Khateeb is a Women Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Senior Manager- Quality Assurance and Partnership, working with the…

Elizabeth Odondi

Elizabeth Odondi

Elizabeth Odondi is a dedicated human rights lawyer, policy researcher and intersectional feminist residing in Kenya. She works to bridge local…

Alaiza Pashkevich

Alaiza Pashkevich

Alaiza Pashkevich is a Belarus-born journalist who took a pen-name in 2020 because of the risk to her safety. She has been active in journalism for…

Diwakar Rai

communications specialist

Diwakar Rai is a communications specialist who currently works for an international NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He holds a Master’s degree in…

Norma Schneider

Norma Schneider

Journalist, Author, Editor

Norma Schneider is a freelance journalist, author and editor from Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She writes for various media, mostly about culture,…

Aigerim Seitenova

Aigerim Seitenova

LL.M in International Human Rights

Aigerim Seitenova holds LL.M in International Human Rights from University of Essex supported by Chevening Scholarship, and MA in European Studies…

Natalia Sergheev

Natalia Sergheev

multimedia journalist

Natalia Sergheev is an award-winning multimedia journalist based in Chişinău, Moldova, who collaborates with RFE/RL. Her work has also appeared in…

Liliya Ten

feminist and activist

Liliya Ten is a feminist and activist from Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia. For over 10 years she has been promoting LGBTQI rights, women's rights and HIV…

Gulbarchyn Toialieva

Gulbarchyn Toialieva

civil society activist

Gulbarchyn Toialieva is a civil society activist from Kyrgyzstan with over 15 years of work experience in the field of human rights and peace…

Ani Tovmasyan

graduate student

Ani Tovmasyan is a graduate student at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt, specialising in conflict studies and…

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