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Janine di Giovanni

Janine di Giovanni

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Janine di Giovanni is executive director at The Reckoning Project, which documents war crimes inside Ukraine. She has been a reporter of war and conflict for more than three decades, working in more than 19 wars and witnessing three genocides, focused mainly on human rights. She is the author of nine books, and the recipient of more than a dozen journalistic and humanitarian awards. She is the former Murrow fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a senior fellow at Yale Jackson School for Global Affairs and a fellow at Johns Hopkins Agora Institute. She lives in New York City and Paris and is the mother of one son.
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Joe Biden in Hanoi, Vietnam, where the 80-year-old US President stumbled through a news conference. Reuters
Joe Biden is too old to run for president

He needs to step down and let a younger Democrat take over

CommentSeptember 19, 2023
Janine di Giovanni
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie AP
Chris Christie could be the man to beat Trump

The war between the two presidential contenders is a window into the messiness of the Republicans

CommentAugust 22, 2023
Janine di Giovanni
A woman gestures as a group of Ukrainians, including civilians and army officers, are trained in the removal of landmines and other unexploded ordnances, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Peja, Kosovo, May 31, 2022. Reuters
Clearing landmines from Ukraine is a huge task, but it can be done

The hard work will take years but countries such as Chile and Cambodia have been successful

CommentAugust 09, 2023
Janine di Giovanni
Nobel peace laureate Dr Denis Mukwege, returning to the DRC after winning the award, urged authorities to respect the constitution. AFP
Congo's humanitarian conditions need more of the world's attention

At the heart of the conflict, says Congolese Nobel Laureate Dr Denis Mukwege, is greed for cobalt that is used to assemble mobile phones

CommentJuly 06, 2023
Janine di Giovanni
Alex, 27, who said he has been homeless for 8 years, lays on a sidewalk outside Port Authority bus station in the Midtown area of New York City, U. S. , May 3, 2023. REUTERS / Shannon Stapleton
Homelessness in the US is rising but looking the other away can't be an option

Finding people a house increases self-esteem and is a first step to conquering other challenges

CommentMay 17, 2023
Janine di Giovanni
From landlines and telex to fax machines and now AI, digital communication tools used by journalists are rapidly evolving. Stock photo
In the future of journalism, there's no getting away from AI

Digital journalism and the rise of platforms have changed the way reporters work

CommentMay 02, 2023
Janine di Giovanni
A French policeman runs from burning rubbish bins laid across a street during a demonstration on the eighth day of strikes and protests across the country against the government's proposed pensions overhaul, in Rennes, western France, on March 15. AFP
Protests in Israel and France are not entirely about democracy

The issue of identity is also at stake for the people in both countries

CommentApril 04, 2023
Janine di Giovanni
Student debt relief advocates gather outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, on February 28, as the court hears arguments over Joe Biden's student debt relief plan. AP
Biden's student loan debt forgiveness plan should get more support

The US President's loan waiver could work to rectify inequality in America and should find backers, even among the rich

CommentMarch 10, 2023
Janine di Giovanni
A German Leopard 2 tank in action during a visit by the country's defence minister to Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf last week. AP
Germany finally realises that Ukrainians are not just fighting for themselves

Berlin's delay in supplying Kyiv with crucial Leopard tanks was based on historical trauma and economic fears

CommentFebruary 07, 2023
Janine di Giovanni
Many US prisons are notoriously difficult environments. AP
Some of America's best writers are locked in its brutal prisons

The greatest work often comes from the abyss

CommentJanuary 04, 2023
Janine di Giovanni
Naheed A Farid, a former Afghan parliamentarian, during a panel at The Washington Post Global Women's Summit, on November 15, in Washington. AFP
What it takes for women to thrive

Mentors are important but we need the right systems in place to promote women's leadership

CommentDecember 01, 2022
Janine di Giovanni
Seventy-two-year-old Olga and her husband Victor camp out in their basement at a village in close proximity to the frontline, in the northern Kherson region, Ukraine, on November 5. EPA
The cost of blackouts and hunger in Ukraine

Ukrainians are preparing for the worst

CommentNovember 10, 2022
Janine di Giovanni
People try and help a homeless man in the Manhattan borough of New York City last week. Reuters
How to fix poverty in America

Millions of people in the US are going hungry, but no one should have to struggle to eat in the world's richest country – or anywhere in the world

CommentOctober 07, 2022
Janine di Giovanni
Mother of Ukrainian serviceman Abdulkarim Gulamov, who was killed in a fight against Russian troops in Kherson region on July 17, holds national flag during a funeral ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 2. Reuters
The next six months in Ukraine will hurt a wider world

A looming winter and the ongoing war of attrition will be hard on both sides but its affects will be global

CommentOctober 06, 2022
Janine di Giovanni
A class room at a school building damaged during shelling in the city of Chuhuiv, Ukraine, last month. EPA
In Ukraine, school's out for the foreseeable future

The prospect of a generation of children being deprived of education is deeply worrying

CommentAugust 10, 2022
Janine di Giovanni
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