AU-EU Summit: for African Diaspora Youth it’s time to take action

by Karen Kaneza

Diaspora, African and European youth have the potential of a change agent in the new partnership between Africa and Europe, and can contribute to more equality and fairness. They should be included in the processes…

Africa's Pathway towards Structural Transformation

by Alvin Mosioma

The Pandora Papers revealed that up to 3.7% of the continent's GDP was lost to Illicit Financial Flows. However, the Tax Justice Network Africa helps to break down the defense wall built around the global financial secrecy…

#1: Life under the Taliban

The new ‘Dark Era’ of Taliban

A new series of articles on the situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power in August 2021. Women and men from many different parts of the country tell us their stories.

Die Afrika-EU Partnerschaft zwischen Anspruch und Realität

von Franz Schmidjell

Im Februar 2022 soll das 6. AU-EU Gipfeltreffen endlich statt finden. Ausgehend von der neuen EU-Strategie mit Afrika sind die Erwartungen hoch, doch laut Franz Schmidjell sind die beiden kontinentalen Blöcke weit von einer…

Abdulrazak Gurnah: After Years, The Literature Nobel Returns to Africa

by Rémi Armand Tchokothe

It’s only the 5th time in 120 years that an African writer wins the literature nobel. Gurnah is celebrated “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the…

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Online animated film series as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women and Girls

Friday, 26 November - Tuesday, 07 December 2021
NEW ONLINE!
This year we present a great selection of animated short films on different forms of violence.

Cancelled! Tamar Tandaschwili: Als Medea Rache übte und die Liebe fand

Reading and talk in the context of Buch Wien and Culture X Change # Caucasus

Due to the current COVID-related residence restrictions in Austria, the reading with Tamar Tandashvili on November 12 at the Main Library has unfortunately to be cancelled.

The Renewal of the Palestinian Movement. A Transnational Unity from Below?

Report from the webinar on 28 October 2021 with Yara Hawari, Ahmed Abu Artema and Mohammed El-Kurd

The Webinar dealt with the current protest movement in Palestine and explored the question as to whether it represents a new unity from below.

Syria: In the interest of justice

Can criminal trials against Syrian war criminals contribute to more justice?

Report form the panel discussion on 7 October 2021 on the occasion of current proceedings in Europe to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria.

Umsetzbare Maßnahmen gegen Arbeitsausbeutung von Erntearbeiter*innen in Österreich

14.10.2021, 9:30 - 11:30 Uhr
Diplomatische Akademie, Favoritenstrasse 15a, 1040
Workshop im Rahmen der Konferenz anlässlich des Tages der EU zur Bekämpfung des Menschenhandels der Österreichischen Task Force