On October 2nd this year, we are celebrating the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian philosopher and activist, defender of the nonviolence school of thought. (Ministry of Culture Government of India, n.d.) Gandhi’s impact was so immense in India, and he was...
October 2, International Day: The Power of Nonviolence!
“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time”. (Martin Luther King Jr., December 10, 1964) This quote from Nobel Peace prize’s acceptance speech shows Martin Luther King’s commitment to nonviolence. His standpoint is related to...
Children in Sudan: Inequality, poverty, and disease
Children of Sudan are facing harsh poverty. More than half of them do not attend school, 90% of females are obliged to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), 12.4% of girls are forced to marry before the age 15, and many of them are employed as child soldiers. The...
World Peace Day 2019 makes a call for climate action
International Day of Peace, 21 September 2019, with the theme ‘Climate Action for Peace’ aims to promote peace worldwide by platforming the importance of combatting climate change on the 20th anniversary of the UN Resolution on the Programme of Action on a Culture of...
Palestine Chronicle No. 1: Growing up in the middle of conflict
For the first time, Humanium is presenting a series of chronicles. Their aim is to take us to the heart of Palestine using four themes, four views, each one shining a different light on a region that is as beautiful as it is disturbing. “What on earth were you going...
“Peacekeeping operations symbolise the world community’s will to peace and represent the impartial, practical expression of that will” [1][1]
This Wednesday 29th May 2019, Humanium is celebrating the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, established in 2002 by the UN General Assembly.[2] Every year, this day is an opportunity to pay tribute to the more than 100,000 UN peacekeepers – men and...
Kill because of Differences or Create because of Community?
The World Day of Cultural Diversity, for Dialogue and Development. The World Day of Cultural Diversity, for Dialogue and Development, is an annual UNESCO action day that takes place on the 21st May. Why is Celebrating Cultural Diversity Important? Nowadays, living in...
Afghan Children in Exile
At 15, we dream of a future painted in the colors of our passions, and our desires are affirmed in the midst of the first parties, scholarly dilemmas, loves, and in inextinguishable friendships. But in Kaboul, Herat or Kandahar, for millions of teenagers, the...
The many child victims of Boko Haram in Nigeria
Since 2009, the armed terrorist group Boko Haram has entrenched itself in Nigeria despite efforts to stop it made by the government and neighbouring countries. The group, whose name means « The Forbidden Book » is trying by all means to compel the...
The Children of Ghouta
Massacres, bombings, battles.. are the words that pop up in your search engine if you type Eastern Ghouta. Between 2013 and 2018, this Syrian rural area to the east of Damascus was besieged by the regime of Bashar El Assad. Proclaimed a “de-escalation zone” in May...




