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This too shall pass.
From my Instagram @genevavegana A couple of weeks ago a dear friend put me in a groupchat dedicated to the Deepak Chopra 21 days of abundance challenge. Of the (many) things that resonated with me, this sentence is perhaps what has stayed with me the most.‘This too shall pass’: whatever it might be, sadness, grief, …
We are in this together.
From my IG @genevavegana As a deep transformation in myself is unfolding, I am letting this blog transform with me. I want to continue building a project here which is close to my heart - and which is why I started this blog in the first place - namely the radical idea of empathy, of …
Guilty sadness sprinkled with apathy – a love story
I'm feeling sad. Again. And guilty for feeling sad (hello darkness my old friend). Remember my post - of now more than three years ago - about, ironically, how time flies and we drive ourselves mad by the need to be "better"? I remember feeling many feelings, all the feelings, while thinking, writing and giving myself …
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An island full of colours: celebrating equality & diversity in Ibiza
Ibiza, the island widely known for its extravagance, beauty and colours, cannot be absent in the celebration of Pride. As in the years before, Ibiza shone bright to celebrate its love for everyone and to provide, in particular, a spotlight for its lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex inhabitants. While we take these rights for …
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Leadership in a changing society: Where are the women?
The 2018 Global Gender Gap of the World Economic Forum makes it painfully clear that, when it comes to female political and economic leadership, we still have a long way to go. Gender disparity in economic participation is currently at 41.9% and in political empowerment this even gets to 77.1%. While we are almost closing …
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The gender struggle across continents – a focus on Latin America and Europe
The fight for gender equality has always featured prominently in human rights movements, both in the Latin American and Caribbean region and in Europe. Especially in the last few decades, enormous progress has been made. For example, in most countries in these regions, women have reached equal or even higher educational achievements compared to men, …
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Radical empathy: understanding the similarities in the Black Pete debate & the rise of Trump
Like many others with me, I am still processing the news of a Trump presidency – and I wonder if I ever truly will. I wasn’t so much surprised of the outcome, but I wasn’t ready for the intense sadness and grieve coming with it. I can’t even imagine what it must be like for …
A petition for Time
Five hours. Five hours have I thought about what to write and then avoided actually writing it. And now I am going to write about something completely different anyway. Way to spend a Sunday. Essentially, I think we are driving ourselves mad – or at least I am. I started writing this article because of …
Advancing women’s rights in Europe
Last week I applied for a policy and campaigning job – that I knew I would never get at this point in my career – which required me to set out my vision on what needs to change in Europe in order to advance women’s right and gender equality. While I obviously did not get shortlisted …
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