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      Janine di Giovanni

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      Janine di Giovanni is the founder and chief executive of The Reckoning Project, an international NGO documenting war crimes and advancing accountability efforts in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine. A veteran war correspondent with more than three decades of experience, she has reported from nearly every major conflict zone of the modern era and witnessed three genocides, with a career focused on human rights and civilian protection. She is the author of eight books and the recipient of more than a dozen journalistic and humanitarian awards. She has previously held fellowships at the Council on Foreign Relations, Yale University and Johns Hopkins University. She lives between New York City and Paris and is the mother of one son.
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      A woman gestures as a group of Ukrainians, including civilians and army officers, are trained in the removal of landmines and other unexploded ordnances, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Peja, Kosovo, May 31, 2022. Reuters
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      The hard work will take years but countries such as Chile and Cambodia have been successful

      CommentAugust 09, 2023
      Nobel peace laureate Dr Denis Mukwege, returning to the DRC after winning the award, urged authorities to respect the constitution. AFP
      Congo's humanitarian conditions need more of the world's attention

      At the heart of the conflict, says Congolese Nobel Laureate Dr Denis Mukwege, is greed for cobalt that is used to assemble mobile phones

      CommentJuly 06, 2023
      Alex, 27, who said he has been homeless for 8 years, lays on a sidewalk outside Port Authority bus station in the Midtown area of New York City, U. S. , May 3, 2023. REUTERS / Shannon Stapleton
      Homelessness in the US is rising but looking the other away can't be an option

      Finding people a house increases self-esteem and is a first step to conquering other challenges

      CommentMay 17, 2023
      From landlines and telex to fax machines and now AI, digital communication tools used by journalists are rapidly evolving. Stock photo
      In the future of journalism, there's no getting away from AI

      Digital journalism and the rise of platforms have changed the way reporters work

      CommentMay 02, 2023
      A French policeman runs from burning rubbish bins laid across a street during a demonstration on the eighth day of strikes and protests across the country against the government's proposed pensions overhaul, in Rennes, western France, on March 15. AFP
      Protests in Israel and France are not entirely about democracy

      The issue of identity is also at stake for the people in both countries

      CommentApril 04, 2023
      Student debt relief advocates gather outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, on February 28, as the court hears arguments over Joe Biden's student debt relief plan. AP
      Biden's student loan debt forgiveness plan should get more support

      The US President's loan waiver could work to rectify inequality in America and should find backers, even among the rich

      CommentMarch 10, 2023
      A German Leopard 2 tank in action during a visit by the country's defence minister to Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf last week. AP
      Germany finally realises that Ukrainians are not just fighting for themselves

      Berlin's delay in supplying Kyiv with crucial Leopard tanks was based on historical trauma and economic fears

      CommentFebruary 07, 2023
      Many US prisons are notoriously difficult environments. AP
      Some of America's best writers are locked in its brutal prisons

      The greatest work often comes from the abyss

      CommentJanuary 04, 2023
      Naheed A Farid, a former Afghan parliamentarian, during a panel at The Washington Post Global Women's Summit, on November 15, in Washington. AFP
      What it takes for women to thrive

      Mentors are important but we need the right systems in place to promote women's leadership

      CommentDecember 01, 2022
      Seventy-two-year-old Olga and her husband Victor camp out in their basement at a village in close proximity to the frontline, in the northern Kherson region, Ukraine, on November 5. EPA
      The cost of blackouts and hunger in Ukraine

      Ukrainians are preparing for the worst

      CommentNovember 10, 2022
      People try and help a homeless man in the Manhattan borough of New York City last week. Reuters
      How to fix poverty in America

      Millions of people in the US are going hungry, but no one should have to struggle to eat in the world's richest country – or anywhere in the world

      CommentOctober 07, 2022
      Mother of Ukrainian serviceman Abdulkarim Gulamov, who was killed in a fight against Russian troops in Kherson region on July 17, holds national flag during a funeral ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 2. Reuters
      The next six months in Ukraine will hurt a wider world

      A looming winter and the ongoing war of attrition will be hard on both sides but its affects will be global

      CommentOctober 06, 2022
      A class room at a school building damaged during shelling in the city of Chuhuiv, Ukraine, last month. EPA
      In Ukraine, school's out for the foreseeable future

      The prospect of a generation of children being deprived of education is deeply worrying

      CommentAugust 10, 2022
      More than 23,000 Americans have died from guns since the start of 2022. AP
      How American communities can come together to stop the spread of gun violence

      Gun deaths have reached such a level that it's safe to start calling it an epidemic

      CommentJuly 15, 2022
      Red and blue smoke is fired at the Ellipse of the White House during the "Salute to America" event held to celebrate Independence Day in Washington in 2020. Reuters
      A sombre Fourth of July awaits Americans this year, but we shall overcome

      There is much for US citizens to fret about, but the country has been here before

      CommentJuly 04, 2022
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