Made for people, not cars: reclaiming European cities

With the number of passenger vehicles rising across Europe, cities are grappling with air pollution, traffic accidents, and the loss of public space. In Spain, the city of Pontevedra has managed to overcome… Continue reading

Europe’s Hidden Water Crisis

Communities across the EU face a growing water crisis driven by decades of groundwater mismanagement compounded by climate change. With an increasing number of groundwater bodies in poor quantitative condition and nearly two-thirds… Continue reading

On Edge: Europe’s Farmers at a Mental Health Breaking Point 

Photo: Oscar Rafone This article was published on August 28, 2024 in Green European Journal and on September 23 in Spanish in elsaltodiario and is part of a collaborative cross-border investigation I coordinated… Continue reading

La nueva ley de aborto de España debe abordar realidades complejas (also in English)

La desigualdad territorial, la falta de planificación y la objeción de conciencia afectan el acceso al aborto legal en Castilla y León Publicado el 9 de junio de 2023 en openDemocracy (en Español… Continue reading

Hawala: the bankers of irregular migration

The absence of legal migratory routes towards Europe has raised the importance of entrusted intermediaries that operate through the ‘hawala’ system and serve both as a bank for smugglers and as an insurer… Continue reading

Cómo las feministas andaluzas resisten a Vox (also in English)

En la comunidad más poblada de España las feministas resisten a pesar de medidas conservadoras y recortes en la financiación

El sueño de encontrar un trabajo “normal” en España: la historia de Naomi, superviviente de la trata de mujeres

Fifteen years after the first femicide law was adopted, the fight to end gender-based violence continues

In Barcelona, a group of Roma people is fighting against poor representation in universities

Although Spain is home to a significant number of Roma people, only a handful make it to higher education […] To counter this trend, the Spanish Roma university network CampusRom is providing support… Continue reading

“This is our home”: stories from Barcelona’s housing crisis (also in Italian)

“It is not that vulnerable people cannot afford to rent, but rather that renting makes people vulnerable” (published by Fondazione Feltrinelli on September 18, 2021) Qui in Italiano