‘I put my hands over my children’s eyes’: stories of the displaced in Lebanon

May AchourConflict, Humanitarian, Refugees and IDPs

The start of waves of intensified Israeli airstrikes in September 2024 forced over a million people to flee, with many still displaced today despite a shaky ceasefire. Here, May Achour shares three stories from people caught in the chaos and trauma of recent months.

Raising the voices of indigenous youth at the UN

Soledad CarrascoClimate Change, Youth

Soledad Carrasco reflects on her experience of attending the UN youth forum as a representative of the indigenous peoples of Peru. Youth are often accused of being indifferent to the political events unfolding in our society. But I saw no evidence of that at the Youth Forum of the United Nations which I attended recently in New York. The forum, organized …