Inequalities between men and women are prevalent in our society, including in the labour market. To move towards gender equality in this area, Migrant Integration Lab Sustainable Solutions and Metishima works to promote female employment and entrepreneurship. To achieve this, we implement innovating programmes that take into account the specific issues faced by women and that can hinder their access...
We are happy to share with you the release of the book « At the dawn of humanity: Enterprise a better world » Laura Petrache & Yannick Le Guern, Preface by Jonathan Midwood Insight: At the time when many have lost hope amidst pandemic times, terrorism, environmental destruction, economic inequality and breakdown of our democracies, this philosophic and politic essay provides ideas on...
Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer la parution du livre "A L'AUBE DE L'HUMANITÉ-Idées concrètes pour changer le monde". Yannick Le Guern et Laura Petrache, Préface de Fulvio Caccia. L'extension du domaine de la violence et les crises globales impliquent la mise en œuvre d'un nouveau modèle de société. Cet ouvrage présente une vision inédite, des idées concrètes et un projet...
We are very happy to share with you this great news: the book ‘Migration, Equality & Racism – 44 opinions’ is now available! Special thank you to our founder Laura Petrache and our Global Sustainable Leader Angela Tacea. More than 80 VUB academics and co-authors joined forces for this book. Philosophers, lawyers, psychologists, health scientists, sociologists, geographers, criminologists, communication and political scientists … look at...
We are very happy to announce the publication of the article “ Crafting for Change. Two co-creation experiences in France and Argentina.“ published by our Sustainable Leader & Designer Natalia Baudoin, in the academic magazine Economía Creativa from Centro University from Mexico. The article analyses the methodology as well as the results of Crafting for change Project that we support...
The landscape of today’s problems is rapidly changing. While we’ve made significant progress, many existing social challenges continue to grow in magnitude and complexity, and each year new problems arise. That dramatic change will not be driven by traditional thinking. Designing solutions for today’s social problems requires an entrepreneurial approach, a mindset that embodies the characteristics of bold thinkers with...
Our founder Laura Petrache about the situation of refugees and Corona virus on Arab News.“A number of European governments have (used the crisis as justification) to close their doors,” Laura Petrache said, adding that refugees and migrants should not be stigmatized as more likely than other groups to be coronavirus carriers. It is very important not to stigmatize refugees as being...
An estimated 29 million people have migrated from Arab countries since 1990, according to UN dataPolitical crises and civil conflicts have blurred the lines between voluntary and forced migration ABU DHABI: Less than two months since an unhappy year for the Arab region’s migrants and refugees came to an end, the omens of things to come are far from good. According to...
By Laura Petrache and Yannick Le Guern “The only thing constant is change” We all have heard this phrase. Maybe so much that we tune it out as a “cliché”. The world around us is constantly disrupting us, everywhere in our lives. Surely one will answer: we cannot control what happens to us, but we can control how we respond....
