Nearly 50,000 migrants were assisted to voluntarily return to their countries of origin with more than 113,000 reintegration activities supported globally in 2021, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2021 Return and Reintegration Key Highlights. Last year saw an increase of global mobility. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of returns is […]
When Betty Najjemba1 from Uganda was looking for a job, one of her toughest moments was when she went for an interview and informed her potential employers that she was deaf. She said “They were very shocked. They asked me ‘how can you work; how can you do work on the laptop?’ At another interview, I
Sara Eklund had hurdles importing the first menstrual cups into Ethiopia, but she hadn’t anticipated having to explain to confused customs officials what the small, pink silicone cups were used for. She had finally got a green light to bring an initial 200 Noble Cups into the country, only to have them confiscated by the
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