As winter closes in, thousands of refugees in Greece still face homelessness and destitution. While winter always poses a challenge...
“Now you have someone to talk to”! Thisis the title of the campaign currently organised by Diotima Center in Samosaiming...
Μore than 160 Greek and international organizations, academicsand other actors from all over Europe urge the Greek authorities...
The trial of the Golden Dawn case is going to be completed soon, after a lengthy process of almost six...
The Greek government is about to close a historic shelter for vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees, with no care ...
Moria’s Reception and Identification center has been completely destroyed after the fire that took place on the 9th of September…
Following yesterday's fire in Moria, on Lesvos, which destroyed the Reception and Identification Centre, 31 civil society organizations call on...
The first coronavirus case in Moria stresses the urgent need for a comprehensive integration policy and measures to safeguard the health of everyone...
The undersigned organisations welcome the ‘Opinion on the Compatibility with European Standards of Recent and Planned Amendments to the Greek...
Thousands of refugees in Greece are about to be evicted from their homes. 8,300 people, many of whom are families...
Athens, 25 March 2020 – Recalling the letter issued on 6 March 2020, signed by more than 250 organizations throughout Europe...
The humanitarian, child protection and human rights organizations co-signing this letter have been actively involved in the refugee field for...
Athens, 6 March 2020 – The undersigned organizations are deeply concerned about recent developments at the Evros border and the Aegean...
Athens, 5.03.2020 –The Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) strongly condemns the recent incidents targeting refugees, asylumseekers, and humanitarian workers on...
With this letter, the below signatory humanitarian, human rights and protection organizations would like to congratulate you on taking up...
The Centre “Diotima” is launching a new research report: “Accessibility and Barriers to gender-based violence (GBV) services.”
28 November 2019 –Yesterday, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, visited the Reception and Identification Centre in Moria – Lesvos...
For the third year in a row, vulnerable asylum seekers – including thousands of children –are trapped on the Greek islands...
This guidance document constitutes an introduction to the basic concept of GBV, international legal standards and gender equality.
The need for housing throughout asylum procedures and beyond
26 NGOs on the European leaders to take immediate and sustained action to end the unfair and unnecessary containment policy which is preventing asylum seekers from leaving the Greek islands.
The Greek government and its European Union partners should urgently ensure that all asylum seekers on the Aegean islands are...
Moria, the first reception centre on the Greek island of Lesvos, recently described in a BBC report as "the worst refugee camp in the world," is currently hosting almost three times its capacity.
The Center for Research on Women’s Issues – Diotima, is a nonprofit, non governmental women’s organization. It was established in the late 1980s aiming at systemically highlighting discriminations against women on all levels of social, political and economic life. Our main goals are: To act as a point of reference for women through a plethora...
Italy: one of the main refugees’ frontline in Europe. From an adventurous landing in to precarious housing. Tuesday 27 February 2018 6pm @ French School of Athens, 6 Didotou street, Athens, Greece École française d’Athènes Speaker: Silvia Mugnano Discussant: Thomas Maloutas The international migration inflow to Italy is relatively recent phenomenon, dating back to early 1990....
On Friday February 2nd, in the framework of awareness and social integration of the refugees living in the open structure for refugees of Thessaly in Koutsohero, Larissa, a visit of cultural interest by a group of refugee women took place in the “Diachronic Museum” of Larissa. The visit was organized by the Municipality of Larissa...
Since 2015, more than one million asylum seekers have arrived to Greece in search of refuge in Europe and 34%...
An open discussion to address the relationship of multiple–declared and undeclared–crises to the political, intellectual, and experiential project of feminism; or, more accurately, of feminisms–since they are plural, heterogeneous, and internally contested. How might we envision a feminist response to intersecting crises? Is there a crisis within “feminism” or among “feminisms”? Featuring interventions by :...
