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Earth Day 2019: a Personal Account
The date is April 22nd and it is a pleasant sunny day where people from four enthusiastic organizations; UNYA (United Nations Youth Association, Aalborg), INGA (International Network for Green Agents), European Union North Denmark and the Vegan Association made Earth...
The State building of East Timor: The role of the United Nations with former United Nations diplomat, Finn Reske-Nielsen.
One of the many purposes of the United Nations (UN) is to maintain world peace and security. Only a few people know that the UN temporarily governed a country, East Timor. That is why on April 1st, UNYA Aalborg welcomed Finn Reske-Nielsen to help us understand the...
“Urban design can create a sense of community, it can empower people”
The network of urban designers from AAU CREATE, Collective Active, were the special invited guests of the event, ‘Socially Active Design & Creating Climate Resilient Cities’ hosted by UNYA, Aalborg on March 18th. Collective Active was represented by Andrea...
Aalborg’s Climate Strike
The weather is a bit grey, but there is no rain in sight- that came later. It is Friday March 16th 2019, the day of the climate strike. A green plant swings back and forth as the guy wearing it on his back carries it into the crowd, dancing his way in. Most people...
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...