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“Sewing” a New Life: How Women with Migration Experience Find Themselves and What Society Still Needs to Do...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk In Switzerland, integration is often measured by language certificates and employment. However, behind these indicators lies...

The right to be heard: about the power of female solidarity...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk In Switzerland, which is often perceived as a country of equal opportunities, women still face inequality,...

Between two barriers: refugees with disabilities in Switzerland...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk War, persecution, and human rights violations have forced thousands of people from around the world to...

Sofia Ogagifo: “I Have the Right to Wear What I Want”...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk She is 17 years old, she comes from Kyiv, and behind her lies an experience that...

Rethinking Volunteering: More Than Selfless Helping...

Text: Olena Krylova Based on a lecture by Prof. Theo Wehner, ETH/EGH, presented at the EntreCivil Symposium in Zurich...

We Understand Each Other: “Psychotherapy in Ukraine Still Faces Stigmatization”...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk At the Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, psychological support is provided to children and...

Integration without Illusions: Why the System Fails Those It Is Meant to Support...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk Integration in a new country means far more than learning a language or finding a job....

How to Find a Job in Switzerland: Practical Insights from Those Who Have Already Done It...

Text: Iryna Perov Based on a webinar by the “Ukrainian Women in Bern” community and the USB Association The...

Finding the Map: Decode Switzerland and the Bet on Social Media...

Text: Anna Sliunchenko U.integration Basel / CATAPULT Project On a recent afternoon in Basel, a small group sat around...

Inclusion as a Right, Not a Privilege: Why Society Still “Does Not See” Children with Disabilities...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk The rights of children with disabilities are formally well protected in modern European societies. International documents,...

Where Colour Becomes Medicine: The USB Art Studio in Bern...

Text: Maryna Bondarenko There is a room in Bern where a woman from Brazil picks up a brush next...

“If I can, others can too”: how strength of spirit becomes volunteer support...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk Oleh Aborniev was born with cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. But from the very first...

We understand each other. “Tram, Old Lady and Hostility: Small Lessons from a Big World”...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk In her new column for Journal B, journalist and media coordinator of the USB Association, Svitlana...

Between Barriers and Opportunities: The Path of Young Migrants into Swiss Politics...

Text: Anna Sliunchenko In Switzerland, more and more young people with a migration background want to be heard –...

Art as a Space for Integration: How Galerie Sechs in Basel Engages with the Theme of Migration...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk In Basel, contemporary art is increasingly becoming not only an aesthetic experience but also a tool...

“I see what you don’t see”: Bern against racism...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk The city of Bern is organizing the Action Week Against Racism for the 16th time. This...

A City in Dialogue: How Basel’s Action Week Against RacismTurned Awareness into Action...

Text: Anna Sliunchenko Basel, March 2026. For one week, the city of Basel transformed into a living forum. Classrooms,...

EntreCivil Event at ZHAW in Zurich: Why Psychosocial Skills Are Key to Sustainable Volunteering...

Text: Olena Krylova At ZHAW — a leading Swiss university of applied sciences in Zurich — an inspiring panel...

Ideas Taking Shape: How Ukrainian Women in Switzerland Are Building New Professional Stories...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk When a person changes countries, they change more than just their address. They change their rhythm...

Dialogue Instead of Silence: Bern to Host an Anti-Racism Week...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk Bern will soon launch its annual Anti-Racism Action Week. For several days, the city becomes a...

Moses Mekonnen on Migration, Dignity, and Migrant Children: “We Are Not Part of the Problem — We Are Part of the Solution”...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk Moses Mekonnen has been living in Switzerland since 2014. He has gone from being an asylum...

As part of the continuation of the campaign “Solidarity on Wheels”: Three more buses departed from Bern to Trostianets....

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk & Olena Krylova As part of our “Solidarity on Wheels” campaign, we continue to highlight support...

We Understand Each Other: “We Need Not Just Any Peace, but a Just Peace”...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk In her article for Journal B, Svitlana Prokopchuk writes about the changing perception of the war...

Play as a Model of Life: How Game Practices Help Ukrainians Integrate in Switzerland...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk Humanity has been playing games throughout its history. But in the context of migration, play takes...