By Kean Smith   The theme of World Health Day 2021 is “[b]uilding a fairer and healthier world”.  This theme encompasses Goals 3 and 10 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).  The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 is to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for

Book Comment By Leonie Fach & Tamia Brito   On 25th February 2021, Philipp Schulz presented his book “Male Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence – Perspectives from Northern Uganda” (2020) at an event organised by the Gender Centre of The Graduate Institute. Through this publication, Schulz disseminates the seldom-heard marginalised

By Cynthia Atuchukwu   Water & Uganda Water is Life. It is an essential natural resource, yet about 2.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water (see Appendix I), and 785 million people living in rural areas lack access to it.[i] The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country

By Melissa Philippou Today, billions of people around the world do not have access to clean water and sanitation services.[i]According to the United Nations (UN), one in three people globally do not have access to safe drinking water, while two out of five people do not have a basic hand-washing

By Lejla Bešić This article will present the ongoing issue of sexual violence against men during conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It will explain brief historical facts followed by the sexual violence issues men and boys encounter, including statistics and how the issues are being tackled. To

By Aikaterini Morali Limited attention has been given to sexual male violence, as it is considered to be a new notion[1], and it hasn’t been studied outside of clinical[2]. Sexual male victimization seems to be unseen or even obscure. According to rape myths, sexual male violence is incompatible with notions