Prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s coalition disapproves of LGBTQ+ couples raising children together and says the country’s laws do not allow children to have two mothers. Without warning, Michela Leidi was officially cancelled as the mother of her daughter on the infant’s birth certificate in January. ‘I cried for ten days when I opened the letter, it… Continue reading The children of LGBTQ+ parents are being stripped of their birth certificates in Italy
As the impact of climate change on communities increases, researchers are concerned about growing inequalities. The most recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stresses the importance of one aspect that is too often neglected by local action on climate change: considering the question of inequalities. Studies show that the people, communities… Continue reading The fight against the climate crisis must not increase inequalities
The brutal exploitation of farmworkers in Italy has come into sharp focus following the horrific death of Satnam Singh, a 31-year-old labourer from India who lost his arm in a farm accident and was allegedly abandoned by his employer, left to die on the roadside. This tragedy highlights the severe exploitation and abuse that many… Continue reading Exploitation on Italian farms: the tragic case of Satnam Singh and countless others
As councils in the UK have seen the cost of adequately providing for children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) greatly increase in recent years, Lancashire and Warwickshire have really let them down. In Lancashire there has been three separate instances of vulnerable children with SEND being forgotten about and left on school buses… Continue reading Lancashire and Warwick county councils struggle with special needs and disabled children
1824: With rising numbers of people falling into poverty the Vagrancy Act makes it a criminal offence to sleep rough or beg in England and Wales 2022: MPs vote to repeal the Vagrancy Act but is delayed by the government ‘as part of plans to end rough sleeping for good’ 2024: The Criminal Justice Bill… Continue reading Progress in homelessness? No
Globally, one-third of food is wasted, estimated to cost £2.9 trillion a year. That’s enough food to feed every hungry person in the world twice over The most infuriating contradiction of our time is also the easiest to solve. The contradiction of surplus food and surplus hunger attributed to food waste is a disgrace imposed… Continue reading As 10% of humans are affected by hunger 1/3 of all food is wasted
