SIHMA Press Review for November 2024
PRESS REVIEW – SOUTH AFRICA 01 - South Africa shuts border crossing with Mozambique over poll unrest Wycliffe Muia, BBC News, 11/06/2024 South Africa has closed the Lebombo border crossing with Mozambique amid violent protests following Mozambique's disputed presidential election. The unrest has resulted in torched vehicles and damaged buildings near the border. South African authorities fired rubber bullets and...
SIHMA at the "Conflict and Human Displacement" Conference of the University of Oslo
On Monday, October 28th, Fr. Filippo Ferraro, our director, presented a keynote address at the “Conflict and Human Displacement” conference organized by the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo. The event was part of the "Migration, Ethics, and Theology" webinar series, a collaboration between the Scalabrini International Migration Institute (SIMI) in Rome and scholars involved in the Nordhost project on migration and hospitality within a Nordic context. This webinar series builds on...
Internally Displaced Women and Girls
Gender and other intersectional factors including age, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic status and other characteristics shape the experiences and risks individuals and families face during displacement (International Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), 2023). Experiences, conditions necessary to maintain life, response and the ability to achieve long lasting solutions vary for women, men, girls, boys including people with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity/expression and sext characteristics. According to the IDMC...