Enora Lauvau

10 Mar

Advocates Fighting for Long-Term Solutions to the Plight of Montreal’s Homeless Populations

Enora Lauvau2020 – 2021, Social & Economic Rights, The Americas

Activists for Montreal’s homeless and Indigenous populations, two communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19 in Canada, have been advocating for these groups’ increased protection since the beginning of the pandemic nearly a year ago. The inadequacies previously seen in the country’s health and social policies have only been magnified in recent times. Despite advocates’ constant efforts, […]

The Pantanal Fires: How Brazil’s Far-Right Presidency Hurts the Environment and Indigenous Communities

Enora Lauvau2020 – 2021, Collective & Developmental Rights, Newspaper, Social & Economic Rights, The Americas

Brazil is often celebrated for hosting part of the Amazon rainforest, known for its sheer size and diverse ecosystems, but the country also boasts another, lesser-known wildlife reservoir towards its western border: the Pantanal. This biome, a vast wetland of approximately 200,000 square kilometers spreading over parts of Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay, is home to […]

History Repeats Itself: Pandemics’ Disproportionate Impact on LMICs

Enora Lauvau2020 – 2021, Africa, Asia, Newspaper, Social & Economic Rights

At the June 2020 General Assembly, United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres declared that the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are falling “disproportionately on the most vulnerable: people living in poverty, the working poor, women and children, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized groups.” His statement accurately depicts the asymmetric effect that this pandemic […]