25 January 2024
“When Katerina attended our interdisciplinary team meetings, she brought with her not only her students’ names, stories, drawings, and experiences but also her own things—books, notes, and history. She familiarised herself with our classrooms, each name, and each situation, exemplifying the humanism crucial for making sense of special educational...
18 December 2023
Nina is a sex worker, but she cannot work legally in Greece because of the many restrictions set out in the current law relating to sex work. She doesn’t have national insurance; she isn’t entitled to medical care, and she won’t get a pension when she stops working. The...
18 December 2023
Imagine waking up every morning, year after year, anxious and afraid. Imagine being belittled, insulted and bullied every day by the person closest to you… as he demands that you report your every move, constantly accuses you of lying and, sometimes even hits you or forces you to have...
18 December 2023
‘I’m Konstantina. I don’t know how to spell properly. Today I learned about the different forms violence can take. For nine long years I didn’t know that I was a victim: I only found out after I’d been free for two years. I didn’t know what was wrong with...
18 December 2023
Unless something drastic happens, Argyro* will probably live ten years less than she would be expected to statistically. 3,650 fewer days for a girl with the brightest eyes I’ve ever seen. When we met Argyro for the first time, on a warm April day, I felt in two minutes...
18 December 2023
Health Without Barriers has led the campaign for prisoners to be given unrestricted access to health services. In 1957 the United Nations Organization established the ‘Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners’ which were updated in 2015 and renamed the Nelson Mandela Rules (NMR). These include the fundamental...
20 December 2021
June 15 has been established as the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day to raise public awareness of the abuse suffered by older people. We have found three people who have devoted themselves to caring for elderly people with dementia and what they have to say speaks to the hearts...
17 December 2021
“When I arrived in Athens, I didn’t know anyone. I was all alone. In Omonia Square, I met some of my compatriots and explained to them that I had no place to go and no place to stay and that I needed help. They said that I should visit...
27 November 2021
Did you know that in 21st century Greece the majority of adults with disabilities do not work? Are you aware that there is no organised system to support functional people with disabilities in the labour market and in their independent living? Has anyone ever told you that after finishing...
1 November 2021
At the Ladies’ Union of Drama – House of Open Hospitality (LUD – HOH), we believe that no child should be excluded from the school community, no matter for what reason, as the right to education is a fundamental one. Unfortunately, however, this does not apply to an appallingly...
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