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Wiki-edit-a-thon: Writing Women Back into History
Most of my history lessons throughout primary and secondary school were about great men and their achievements. Later on, during my first year of anthropology at University, this trend continued as we were going through anthropological history. Classic pieces were...
UNYA Debates on Gender and Equality
Spirits were high as the second UNYA Debates of the year took place on Tuesday the 4th of March in the International House of Aalborg. UNYA Debates provides a platform in which anyone is free to present their opinion on the given topic and have it contested in a...
COP24, what’s been done and where do we go from here?
As the COP24 draws to a close this week, delegates from 193 countries, activists, non-profit organisations and private sector representatives will start to leave Katowice. And as the conference disbands, commentators from across the world are starting to ask, have we...
Sustainable Development Goal No 13 and the Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World
The COP24, Conference of the Parties 24, started this Monday, but why should we concern ourselves with what is happening in faraway Poland? The answer is simple: Because we live on the same planet and climate change concerns us all eventually. In this regard, we want...
Female Genital Mutilation: A Danish Problem? With Speaker Hibo Wardere.
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external female sex organ for non-medical reasons. There are four types, the first being the ‘clitoriecotomy’ where partial or total removal of the clitoris takes place, and...
Why Donate Blood? An Interview
Many people want to help others in meaningful ways, but perhaps it is difficult to know how. Blood donation is a lifesaving decision that is becoming more popular and has achieved great success over the years due to medical improvements. UNYA volunteers from Aalborg...
Celebrating the World Environment Day by Fighting the Pollution
What better way to celebrate the World Environment Day than by doing something good for the nature around us and making the environment we are living in a better place? These exact thoughts were in the minds of volunteers from UNYA Aalborg and Greenpeace Aalborg when...
On 5 Continents with the UN: Life as a UN Couple
What do the people in the United Nations actually do? How does it feel to be a UN diplomat? What is the life of a UN couple and their family like? These were the questions the event on Thursday, the 31st of May covered. Finn Reske-Nielsen, along with his wife, Bodil...
Commentary: Pride of Cultures Aalborg
Commentary: Pride of Cultures Aalborg May 12th, 2018 marked an exceptional day in Aalborg through celebrating diverse cultures. UNYA Aalborg proudly participated in representing the organisation by setting up a South East Asian inspired stand that stood among others...