Why we must reimagine urban public spaces to create a more equal and inclusive environment for London’s diverse communities. When navigating the streets of London, have you ever considered for whom the city has been designed? Whether you and the person walking over the road can freely move around the city in the same way? …
How many of our instinctive habits are results of our ancestors’ experiences of inequality and discrimination? For years, I have known what the concept of ‘intergenerational trauma’ was, but I’d always thought about it as something that affected other people — something I didn’t really need to think about much apart from just to be …
Challenging the Taliban’s belief that women have no place in politics. On 7th September, the Taliban announced that they had formed the new Government of Afghanistan after they took control of more than 90% of the country and seized Kabul, the capital, last month. From Prime Minister to Interior Minister, the 33 roles have been …
Over the past few years, the idea of ‘dating’ has changed significantly. What was once about finding the courage to ask the cute guy or girl for their number or out for dinner has shifted to an anonymous presence dropping you a message over one of the many dating apps the world has to offer. …
History is famously written by the victors, but there is often neither a fair fight nor any discussion of what the victors have edited, especially when it comes to minority groups. There are countless theories and reasons for the current divisions and tensions we are witnessing in society, with possibilities including the role of social …
In April 2020, Dr. Seema Yasmin published Muslim Women Are Everything, a collection of stories of Muslim women. The book was borne out of an angry tweet — a response to the awe people seemed to be in by the prospect of Muslim women doing anything at all. The tweet then turned into a poem …
Historically, the education system in the U.K. was designed for and only benefitted White students. Today, although there have been great leaps made since the beginning of the educational systems in the U.K., large disparities still exist between White students and students of colour. In recent years, universities have been tracking the “disparity in the …
My “home”, to racists, is a country where I spent very few years of my life and with which I have extreme culture clash. From a young age, I was different. I knew I was different. I felt different. I looked different. My parents sounded different when they spoke English, and I found myself constantly …
Research shows that persons of colour, but especially those in Black communities, have significantly less knowledge of saving and investing than their White counterparts. Although improving financial literacy can indeed help with individual wealth growth, educating communities cannot solve the structural sources of racial and religious economic inequality within our society. This is not to …
Travelling back to Brazil in late June, one of our JAN Trust employees had imagined a much quieter journey. To their surprise, almost all international flights at Heathrow Airport were full. But different from previous years, the large majority of passengers were leaving the UK reluctantly. They were returning to their countries of origin after months …
