Witch Hunts and Violence in Papua New Guinea – A Millenary Belief System

1st March 20163rd December 20208 min read

In 2013, in a slum of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea (PNG), 20-year-old Kepari Leniata was accused of sorcery. She was captured by members of her community and burnt alive. Once thought a practice belonging to another era, this millenary tradition still persists in this fast developing nation.

Abolitionists, Suffragettes, Feminists: The Story of a Bill

1st March 201626th February 20215 min read

Putting the upcoming US presidential elections aside, hardly any subject has sparked such a contentious debate: Which woman should be put on the new $10 bill? While this is more or less a non-issue in other countries, the debate is fought fiercely in the US.

Drones: A Foreign Policy Game-changer?

1st March 20163rd December 20207 min read

Both proponents and opponents of drones in armed conflicts claim that we have entered a new era of war and foreign policy, but have drones really changed how states view security and wage war?

Missing Yet Another Chance

1st March 20163rd December 20206 min read

The mass sexual assaults on New Year´s Eve in Cologne sparked outrage and shock all over Germany. Sadly this energy is not used to fight against sexual violence, but as a tool in a racist, anti-migration discourse.