The #Freeher campaign by the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls is reimagining approaches to equality, community and justice for imprisoned women and mothers. Beatrice Spadacini explores the work of grassroots abolitionist activists and their fight to defund America's repressive criminal justice system, invest in community infrastructure, and combat its treatment of minority women in prisons. The post #FreeHer: Women don’t belong in cages  appeared first on Lacuna Magazine ..read more

At 15 years old, Mohammed Al Zaza suffered life-changing injuries when the Israeli army bombed his home in Gaza City. Now, 13 years later and from the other side of the world, he is once again watching bombs fall on Gaza and waiting for news from his family.   The post Surviving Israel’s bombs: A 13-year journey from Gaza appeared first on Lacuna Magazine ..read more

Migration and asylum policy will be hotly debated during the UK and EU elections. But a team of researchers have found European citizens are less polarised on the subject than their governments. The post We polled EU citizens on what they want asylum policy to look like – their answers may surprise you appeared first on Lacuna Magazine ..read more

For World Environment Day, six stories exploring indigenous resistance, the climate crisis, and global environmental policy. From Mexico's Yucatán Peninsular to Turkey's Munzur Valley, these stories include journalism and climate fiction. The post World Environment Day 2024: Six stories about environmental justice appeared first on Lacuna Magazine ..read more

“Women are being killed, we’re dead inside” Firoza Wahedi took an oath to protect women’s rights in Afghanistan. The Taliban takeover forced her to flee, but, starting a new life in Italy, she says no one will silence her voice. When the Taliban launched a large-scale offensive in 2021, rapidly overwhelming the national army and... Read more » The post A refugee story: From Afghanistan to Italy to protect women’s rights appeared first on Lacuna Magazine ..read more

In northern Italy a campaign group of mums, Mamme No PFAs, is fighting against the “forever chemicals” that are poisoning their water supply and their children. Beatrice M Spadacini visits Veneto to speak with the Italian mothers who are documenting the devastating health effects of PFAS in an area three times bigger than the US community featured in the film Dark Waters.   The post PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ – and the Italian mothers fighting for health justice appeared first on Lacuna Magazine ..read more

Who decides who has the right to health and the right to life in the favelas of Brazil? And what impact did Covid-19 have on the 16 million people living in favelas? After spending two years in Brazil, and visiting Complexo do Alemão favela in Rio de Janeiro, PhD student Maria Weickardt Soares wrote this story as a response to the annual Lacuna Writing Competition.  The post The right to health in times of crisis: ‘Necropolitics’ in Brazil’s favelas during the Covid-19 pandemic appeared first on Lacuna Magazine ..read more

This memoir from a summer spent in Palestine explores the existence and resistance of communities living in the shadow of the Separation Wall. Undergraduate Law student Jaskiran Sandhu wrote this story as the joint-winning response to the annual Lacuna Writing Competition. The post Resistance is existence: The defiant Palestinian art of the West Bank Separation Wall appeared first on Lacuna Magazine ..read more

From microaggressions and "subtle sexism" to emerging from domestic violence and supporting women in prison, these eight articles offer unique views of gender justice. For International Women's Day, we're revisiting some of our favourite pieces of research, memoir, fiction and journalism calling out sexism around the world. The post International Women’s Day 2024: 8 stories battling for gender justice appeared first on Lacuna Magazine ..read more

This tribute to Bisan Owda, Palestine’s cultural vlogger turned war journalist, was written by Eli Langfere, an undergraduate student of the Warwick Writing Programme, as the joint-winning response to the annual Lacuna Writing Competition. The post Bisan Owda: Palestine’s Cultural Vlogger Turned War Reporter  appeared first on Lacuna Magazine ..read more