Tag: greece
Inside Greece’s Refugee Camps, Gender-Based Violence Is Built Into the System
Since 2022, the German collective Rosa Rolling Safespace has been providing a mobile safe space for women living in refugee camps around Athens. Their work shows that gender-based violence in these settings is not incidental but structural, a direct product of European and Greek migration policies.
In Athens, Albania’s Diaspora Watches a Revolt at Home, and Finds Its Own Voice
What started as an environmental protest in Albania related to Trump's son-in-law's business ventures became something bigger — addressing long-standing corruption, the right to information and transparency and who gets to decide Albania's future. The unrest has reached the diaspora.
How Trans Healthcare in Greece is Pushed Outside the System
A trans woman in Athens shares her story and provides a brief view into the barriers that exist in the medical system and one that cannot be told without acknowledging the broader climate in which trans lives in Greece are lived.
Prosfygika Claims Victory: Hunger Strike Suspended Amid Ongoing Struggle Over Development
A victory has been declared in Athens after two activists suspended their hunger strike following a resolution to halt the plans to evict the long-standing squatted community of Prosfygika.
