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Humanitaire atlas - De situatie in Tigray

December 2022

Conference: Supporter mee voor mensenrechten, georganiseerd door VRT
At: Wintercircus Gent

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Ghent University

Oregon State University

Hoewel de mensenrechtenschendingen in Qatar nu veel aandacht krijgen, blijven andere humanitaire rampen compleet onder onze radar. Een schrijnend voorbeeld hiervan is Tigray (Ethiopië). Bovenop een gewapend conflict, kreeg de regio de COVID-19-pandemie en een sprinkhanenplaag te verwerken. Professor in de geografie Jan Nyssen en zijn team (UGent) ontwikkelden een humanitaire atlas die de verschillende dimensies van de situatie in Tigray in kaart brengt. De atlas gaat verder dan het puur geografische: naast klassieke kaarten vind je er ook kaarten over veldslagen, drone- en luchtaanvallen, burgerslachtoffers en zoveel meer. In deze workshop leren we hoe zo'n humanitaire atlas eruit ziet en krijgen we een idee van de toepassingen ervan. --- https://www.vrt.be/nl/over-de-vrt/nieuws/2022/11/04/11-december-supporter-mee-mensenrechten/

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