Special contributions

Story of a positive discrimination Disability in Afghanistan Natural disasters, accidents, poverty, wars always bring pain and hardship. Those who suffer most are the weakest, children, women, the elderly, the disabled. Afghanistan, with over forty years of war and instability, is no exception. I have been living in Afghanistan since 1990 and work with people [...]

Modern slavery and human trafficking in Afghanistan All humans are born free, yet some of us are still enslaved. I don’t remember exactly the first time I met a victim, but I vividly remember her gaze instead. Our eyes met only for a few seconds, during which she stared at me with a blank, despairing [...]

Editorial: The challenge of employment for migrant women in Italy It is essential to understand immigration in Italy from the point of view of women, who today represent half of the foreigners in Italy. Gender vision allows us to address multiple problems to which migrant women seek practical solutions and not mere rhetoric. For example, [...]