Category: our FUTURE
-
الاندماج والإقصاء في سوق العمل من أوروبا إلى سوريا
لماذا الاندماج مهم لسوريا؟ لطالما أثبتت تجربة الاتحاد الأوروبي أن الإقصاء الاقتصادي والاجتماعي يُكبّد المجتمعات خسائر ضخمة في الإنتاجية والرفاهية، بينما يمكن أن يُحوّل الاندماج الشامل التنوع البشري إلى قوة اقتصادية وديموغرافية. في أوروبا، تشير دراسات متعددة إلى أن سياسات الاندماج السليمة تُساعد اللاجئين والمهاجرين على الدخول إلى سوق العمل وتخفّض الضغط على أنظمة الرعاية…
-
Have We Truly Reached Gender Equality and Social Justice by 2026?
As we enter the year 2026, an essential question remains:Have we genuinely achieved equality and social justice? According to the most recent global reports, the answer is clearly NO. Women continue to be the primary victims of inequality in employment, education, economic opportunity, and social participation. The Global Gender Gap Report 2025 published by the…
-
From Margins to Mainstream?
Sustainable Labour Market Pathways for Migrants in Europe. Abstract The integration of migrant women into European labour markets remains a critical yet underexplored challenge, particularly in the context of sustainable employment pathways. This article investigates the labour market participation of migrant women from the Middle East in Belgium and Germany between 2013 and 2023, drawing…
-
Freedom and Fear: Breaking the Chains of Authoritarian Narratives
Freedom is a universal human aspiration, yet for many, it remains a source of fear rather than hope. In countries ruled by dictators, freedom is often portrayed as a destructive force a threat to stability, morality, and tradition. This manipulation creates a paradox: people living under oppressive regimes are told to fear the very concept…
-
Let’s Change the Narrative of Gender Equality: An Honest Look at Invisible Labor
Picture this: a man, holding up the world with a look of grim determination on his face, while a woman quietly braces him from underneath. Now, I don’t know about you, but if this doesn’t capture the reality of household dynamics in an uncomfortably accurate way, I don’t know what does! The “world” here might…
-
Sustainable Solidarity;
Another Taboo Opened: Breaking the Silence Around Breast Cancer. In the past, speaking openly about breast cancer felt almost like an admission of guilt. Talking about it in public was like lifting a veil over something people were trained to keep hidden. Friends and family would often refer to it vaguely, calling it simply “the…
-
Inclusion or Exclusion?
The European Union (EU) economy faces significant challenges, with a growing number of people excluded from the labor market. Currently, around 15 million individuals are reportedly unable to participate in employment due to factors such as age, mental health issues, and other social or health barriers. Mental health, in particular, has become a pressing concern,…
-
Falafel: The Unlikely Guide to Belonging
So here’s a question: when can you finally say, “This is my country; I belong here”? And why is it that, even if you’ve practically lived your whole life somewhere (or maybe even were born there), people still hit you with, “But where are you originally from?” I swear, it happens every time I start…
-
Empowering Migrants
Touching several critical points about Europe’s economic challenges and the importance of immigration reform for its recovery is very important. Migrants have the potential to play a key role in addressing many of these challenges (mentioned in the previous blog), particularly through better integration into the economy. I’ll break this down to support my argument:…
-
Last Taboos
The “last taboos” surrounding immigration are being broken. At the European Council meeting on Thursday, October 17, tightening migration policies are a key topic of discussion. According to the left-leaning newspaper “Die Tageszeitung,” European leaders are adopting stances that were previously the domain of the far right. do you know that Europe is currently facing…
Louma Albik 