Joy Martins
Close to 500 undocumented people in Brussels have been occupying the Béguinage church, the ULB, and the VUB since the end of January 2021. Joy Martins photographs the strikers as they demand for legal regularisation.
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Émilie Herbert-Pontonnier
Émilie Herbert-Pontonnier reports on how for Romani families in Italy, racism has worsened during Covid-19. Roma families living in informal settlements are often evicted without any alternative housing solution. Under these circumstances, people with small children – some infected with Covid-19 – have been seeking refuge wherever they can.
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Angana Narula
A witness to Thailand’s unstable political climate from a very young age, our co-founder Angana Narula examines the pro-democracy protests that have been taking place in the country. In her photos, she reflects the drive pushing these protestors to risk prosecution and gather in defence of a common goal.
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Jonathan Chan
‘crown’ was written in March 2020. At the time, the reality of a novel virus seemed distant in the minds of those living in Britain, but its justifiable potential for racist violence had begun to make its way into British cities. Reports of Chinatowns emptied of patronage, and harassment and violence of those of East Asian descent, whether British or international, began to proliferate.
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Zainab Onuh-Yahaya
Covid-19 has highlighted how wealth and class transpire into aspects of everyday life and create significant risks. Zainab Onuh-Yahaya draws a picture of the everyday realities of these differences, as she lives through them in her neighborhood in urban Nigeria. Even fearing disease in the middle of a pandemic is a luxury for those who need to be concerned with hunger.
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Hannah Carbery
Prior to Covid-19, issues of overcrowding, lack of privacy, and the inability to live a normal family life already raised the alarm on conditions present in Ireland’s Direct Provision Centres. Now residents are forced to self-isolate in often overpopulated and poorly-managed centres during the Covid-19 pandemic, such systems suddenly present an imminent threat to lives.
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Cindy Chen
When domestic violence is featured on the news, it is usually classified as a ‘domestic matter’, dismissed to the private, rather than public, sphere. With the Canadian government enacting Covid-19 stay-at-home orders, and as schools and workplaces close indefinitely, the safety of children and adults forced to stay indoors in abusive households are at risk.
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Saskia Hagelberg
There are between 60,000 and 80,000 sex workers in the UK. The UK government estimates that over 70% are mothers, many of whom sell sex to support their families. With no income and in the absence of financial assistance from the government, it is not only the sex workers who will face destitution, but the children, partners, parents, and grandparents who rely on their earnings.
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Jessica Algie
Back in January, during her commute into London, my Aunty noticed that upon embarking the train carriage people started to move away from her and walked into the next carriage. When my Aunty decided to take her seat next to an old lady, the lady proceeded to get up and manoeuvre away. For the next two months before lockdown, this incident repeated itself like a recurring nightmare.
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