Who will step in for global health when Trump slashes USAID?

By Sara Österlund

By dismantling USAID, Donald Trump launched an ideological assault on sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Swedish government has taken an important step in the opposite direction.

AWID Forum 2024: Marginalized Voices Challenging Global Power

By Nadja Schuster (VIDC Global Dialogue)

The AWID forum 2024 showcased critical feminist perspectives that are usually underrepresented. 4,000 grassroots activists and scholars, predominantly from the Global South, gathered in person and virtually.

EU Sicherheitspolitik im Umbruch: Was bleibt für die feministische Friedensförderung in Afrika?

Von Miriam Mona Mukalazi

Die EU war ein wichtiger Geldgeber für “Gender, Frieden und Sicherheit” in Afrika. Die neue Sicherheitspolitik bedeutet eine Verschiebung hin zu Aufrüstung und strategischer Unabhängigkeit von den USA.

Push-back into the desert

EU migration policy in Tunisia, human rights issues and impact in the Sahel-Sahara region

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 18:00-20:00
Albert Schweitzer Haus, Garnisongasse 14-16, 1090 Vienna
Panel discussion in cooperation with the Afrique-Europe-Interact network.

Climate Change: Solutions in Times of Crises

Tools, Trade-offs and Global Responsibilities

Report of the panel discussion that took place on 26 November 2024 at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna.

Following the super election year

Perspectives from East, West and South

Tuesday, 25 February 2025,19:00 – 21:00
Diplomatic Academy Vienna, Favoritenstrasse 15a, 1040 Vienna
Toni Haastrup, Ivan Krastev and Wolfgang Petritsch discuss the geopolitical implications of the 2024 elections.

Sexuality education - a key function for development. Let’s talk about sex!

Report of the workshop on 19 November 2024

With 40 participants (sex educators, employees from IC NGOs and the health sector, institutional representatives) this workshop was met with a great response.

The right not to have to leave

Follow-up report on the discussion on November 11 about the climate crisis as a cause of flight and EU policy.

Report of November 11, 2024 on climate change as a cause of displacement.

Sudan’s devastating war on people. What international response ?

Report of the panel discussion from 24th October 2024 with Suliman Baldo (Director Sudan Policy Tracker), Dàniel Weiss (EEAS-EU), Amira Osman (peace activist and researcher) and Osama Kheir (diaspora youth).

“Who Speaks for Whom, Volume 5”

Presentation and panel discussion

Thursday, 10 October 2024, 18:00
Diplomatic Academy Vienna, Favoritenstraße 15a, 1040 Vienna
This event is the conclusion of the AEWTASS project on “Optimizing the representation of Africa” in Austrian textbooks.