After 20 years of negotiations, the free trade agreement between the European Union and the South American common market (Mercosur) becomes reality. It is an agreement comprising political, environmental and social cooperation in two areas totalling 773 million people and…
Ida’s Blog #1: Moving to London
Hejsan! (Swedish word for hello) Whoever you are and whatever the reason might be that you’re reading this blog – Welcome! Lovely to have you here. My name is Ida-Maria, and the original plan was to start this blog several…
For our own or the world’s sake?
Reflections on a liberal youth organization’s project work in Africa “I’ll be spending the summer in Zambia working on our project on women’s rights” I say while trying as hard as I can not to make a facial expression that…
Brexit Update: See You after Halloween
It hasn’t actually been too long since I last wrote one of these Brupdates, but, since then, all hell has broken loose in the UK. This may sound like an episode of House of Cards, but, The Commons, under the…
Laura’s Blog #7: Wildlife, Wine, Fridays For Future, and Gender-Based Discrimination
Meet Laura Fagerlund. Laura is a Vice President of IFLRY and a Council member of the Swedish Youth of Finland. She is currently living in South Africa, where she is doing an internship with the main opposition party, the Democratic…
Factors You Should Consider before Choosing a Volunteer Organisation
Consider why you want to volunteer Any decent organisation that works with volunteers will ask you why you want to volunteer and what your motivations are. You should also think about why you are interested in that particular project you…
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Two sides of voluntourism
International volunteering is a popular choice for people all around the world who want to do their bit in ‘making the world a better place’. Yet the booming business of ‘voluntourism’ has been under attack for perpetuating the ‘white saviour…
Is Homeownership Out of Reach for Younger Americans?
For countless Americans, owning a house is part of the American dream, but many younger generations are taking a different path, sometimeseven avoiding homeownership altogether. As of the end of 2018, just one in three millennials ages 34 and under…
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Laura’s Blog #6: Hiking and Preparing for IFLRY’s GA
Meet Laura Fagerlund. Laura is a Vice President of IFLRY and a Council member of the Swedish Youth of Finland. She is currently living in South Africa, where she is doing an internship with the main opposition party, the Democratic…
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One Three-Character-Long Word Describing Us All
In Finnish we have this thing called hän, IPA pronunciation [ˈhæn], which translates as both ’he’ and ’she’. Obviously, Finnish is spoken by Finns – a people whose idea of a sport is to carry the love of your life…
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