Human Stories

The New Global Order explores current political events by giving voice to the unheard, by analyzing politics through the eyes of common citizens. This is Human Stories.

The New Global Order explores current political events by giving voice to the unheard, by analyzing politics through the eyes of common citizens.

This is Human Stories.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it’s how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

Paulo Coelho (1947- )

The Unknown Face of Yemen: A Conversation with Mariam Al-Dhubani

The war in Yemen is often depicted as a proxy war between Sunnite Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran.
For too long this reductive interpretation has been hindering a comprehensive peace process by disregarding local actors and social dynamics.
The present TNGO human story is aimed at looking beyond such an obscuring veil through the eyes of Mariam al-Dhubani, a Yemeni-Russian award-winning journalist and filmmaker, whose camera strives to capture the true face of her unknown homeland.

Financial Control & Gender Equality – A Conversation with Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen

A place in the Forbes 30 under 30 list for finance. Cartier Women’s Initiative winners 2020. The largest financial educator targeting women in Northern Europe. Not bad for a group of women under 30. Anna Hartvigsen and the team at Female Invest are committed to the fight for gender equality.

TNGO writer Matthew Lynes virtually met up with Anna to discuss gender equality, finance and how she, at 26 years old, along with her co-founders Emma Blitz and Camilla Falkenberg managed to steer a company through the COVID-19 crisis and come out the other side with 2 globally-recognised awards.

Protesting for Change – A Conversation with Caroline Skye Grossman

The murder of George Floyd was one of the numerous cases of police brutality towards African-American people. This specific case seems to have raised unprecedented awareness about racism and initiated a series of protests under the slogan “black lives matter.” TNGO political analyst Aurora Ceccotti interviewed Caroline Skye Grossman, who explains what it is like to actively take part of this movement, protesting in the streets of New York.