Voices Brevity is the soul of wit. Uganda closed schools for two years. The impact is deep and uneven. Uganda enforced the longest period of school closures worldwide – 22 months – during the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategy was Uganda’s schooling system does not politically empower young people More than 20 years ago, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development stated that: The lack of education stops a Afghanistan: When Conflict meets Education, Desire and Hope Photo collection & commentary by Najeebullah Azad. Karamoja: Lost in Transition The slopes winding up to one of the peaks of Mount Moroto (located in the sub-region of Karamoja in Uganda) "N.G.O. Nothing Going On." A Ugandan-Congolese Movie. “Eva’s Mission.” A documentary by Martha Van der Bly Eva Schloss (87), one of the world’s last Auschwitz survivors and stepdaughter of Otto Frank (Anne Frank’s father), tirelessly fights Distortions by Andrew Delatolla This month, Pol Art proudly starts off with an image that was part of a 2010 temporary series of installations Uganda: Digging for Social Justice in Karamoja Co-authored with Tenywa Aloysius Malagala. How the poor provision of education for the Karamojong affects the community’s ability to advocate Building Inner Peace: Yoga’s transformative effect on peacebuilding efforts in war-torn societies How yoga has proved effective in helping conflict-shattered societies to overcome individual trauma. Modern Slavery: Why dehumanizing the ‘Other’ concerns all of us While awareness campaigns on modern-day slavery are no longer scarce, our ability not to indirectly support modern slavery through our 1 2 Next »
