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Oct 19

International Relations 101: Relearning the Role of Violence in Security and Conflict by Mrugank Bhusari (A’21)

by PriyankaK

"By placing confidence in violent means, one has chosen the very type of struggle with which the oppressors nearly always have superiority." - Gene Sharp

 

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Oct 06
Olso Scholars

The Eritrean Refugee Crisis by Adam Foster

by PriyankaK

This summer, I have had the pleasure of working alongside three other Tufts students for Vanessa Tsehaye and the One Day Seyoum team, a youth-led organization campaigning to end human rights abuses committed against the Eritrean people by the Eritrean Government and supporting the Eritrean diaspora.

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Sep 30

Palau -- A Small but Mighty Player in our Globalizing World by Ellie Murphy (A’22)

by PriyankaK

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, I never would have expected that I would have the chance to learn about the Pacific island nation of Palau. Thankfully, through the Institute of Global Leadership (IGL), I was able to learn about Palau with several other Tufts students remotely.

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Sep 14
Global Fellows

How a Non-profit Plans for the Future in Pandemic-Hit Guinea-Bissau by Marcia Almeida Mendes (F’20)

by tuftsigl

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in any country is negative, long-lasting and visible. In Guinea-Bissau, the United Nations Development Programme just started recruiting a “Recovery and Resilience Specialist” for its office. In the background section of the job posting, the picture painted is grim.

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Sep 10
IGL Global Fellows

Examining Social Support and Maternal Role Development in the Postpartum Period by Karen Li (A‘23)

by tuftsigl

For the past couple of months, I have been working with Laura Curren, a psychology graduate student at Boston University, on her research on maternal adjustment and postpartum depression.

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Sep 02
Oslo Scholars

Activism during a Pandemic by Colin Kennedy

by KeishaC

Working with CANVAS, a non-violence training center based in Serbia, has given me the opportunity to work on a breadth of issues that relate to activism in the world today, while understanding the impact of the pandemic. Every week, I work on reports that discuss current human rights abuses and protests around the world.

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