Roseline Mgbodichinma
In this poem, Roseline Mgbodichinma sources the disappearances of the Chibok girls, Uwa, Tina, and Jennifer - writing for the girls and women in Nigeria that have been lost, brutalised and assaulted.
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DeLovie Kwagala
Bernhard ‘Bery’ Glaser, was a German national who illegally operated ‘Bery’s Place’ in Kalangala, on Bugala island in Lake Victoria, Uganda for more than 10 years despite persistent rumours of abuse. DeLovie Kwagala spent time with around fifteen of his victims, documenting the survivors while they pursued legal action against him.
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The jfa editorial board
A reflection from the editorial board on the importance of history in our understanding of justice and what constitutes a challenge to human rights.
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Mridula Sharma
This poem primarily aims to initiate discussion on the process of photographing the dead. Though necessary to document remnants of bodies that have been torn apart from genocidal violence, at what cost are tourists, viewers, and audiences engaging in the process of dehumanisation?
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The jfa editorial board
On Human Rights Day, our editorial board platforms various LGBTQIA+ struggles for equality against a historical backdrop of oppressive colonial rule and discriminatory laws. Featuring interviews with Rosanna Flamer-Caldera (EQUAL GROUND Sri Lanka) and Imani Kimiri (NGLHRC Kenya), we dissect the popular conception that the Western world stands as the moral compass of LGBTQIA+ rights.
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Tan Jing Min
This poem chronicles the author’s mending of an article of fast fashion - a physical, personal act of resistance against the cogs of global capitalism and the suffering others have to endure for us to continuously consume. This poem, too, seeks to resist.
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Juliette Chalant Devlesaver
This poem recounts a moment of solidarity forged between two women at a bus stop in Brussels who do not know each other and may never meet again. At its core, this poem is a reflection upon both the weight and power that three simple words - “get home safe” - have to those who don’t feel safe alone at night; for whom the city and public space doesn’t belong to and isn’t made for.
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Mridula Sharma
This International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Mridula Sharma takes readers through the life and death of Panchali, exploring the everlasting cultural, judicial and economic systems that enable violent crimes against women to persist.
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Demetrius Wijesinghe
Building upon his personal experience as a postgraduate student researcher, Demetrius Wijesinghe argues for the importance of implementing of a safe, survivor-focused approach when investigating and documenting conflict-related sexual violence, to avoid further harm being inflicted upon survivors.
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Lucy Warm
Lucy Warm presents a challenge to the popular historical memory of America’s Rock vs. Disco ‘war’. Encouraging us to reconceptualise this cultural phenomenon as an anti-disco movement, she explores how Rock n’ rollers committed acts of racially-motivated violence against minority groups sought safety and inclusion within discotheques.
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Anthony Salandy
‘Subjugation’ takes on a global outlook by presenting capitalism, a system responsible for fortifying wealth inequality, as tantamount to the dissolution of the human spirit and society. Driven by oppression in all its forms, this poem seeks to question why some are silent and complacent towards atrocities that provoke anger but indeed, not enough change.
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Samuel Sim
This poem is a self-reflective response to intersecting crises happening all over the world, grappling with how one should reconcile with continuous feelings of grief and unjustness. ‘Lost and Found’ seeks to hold space for discomfort in hopes of finding solace, stretching our wildest (re)imaginings.
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V and Ariadna Arbolí
A painful reckoning with Hong Kong’s new position in relation to China, this piece explores the history behind the city’s special status and the role of the international community in preserving its citizens’ freedoms and independence.
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Suthida Chang
Inspired and catalysed by her own experiences as a young woman, Suthida Chang's poem ‘A W(e)man’ reproduces uncomfortable conversations about our bodies and appearances, shedding light on the misogynist attitudes towards how women ought to look, dress, act and behave, as well as how easily these types of conversations are normalised in social situations.
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Elizabeth Ruth Deyro
In an exploration of how Indigenous education is militarised in southern Philippines, Elizabeth Ruth Deyro writes on how independent schools such as the Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development (ALCADEV) are impacted by, and responding to, continuous violations of their human rights.
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