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  • Newsletter: Why I have been awake for 24 hours

    Open this one when you get to your desks and slowly settle into your day.  It’s nearing 6am, as night turns to day I hear the first bus of the morning pick-up passengers at the bus stop outside. The windows of the wooden balcony are open, this unfortunately lets mosquitoes and noise in, but it’s…

  • Newsletter: Trans perspectives from Ankara

    Newsletter: Trans perspectives from Ankara

    I’m writing this on my phone as I curl up on a friend’s armchair in Brussels. I’m under a warm blanket and it’s very comforting considering it’s been summer since April in Malta and it’s not really been possible to touch a blanket at all.  Since my last (and first) newsletter I’ve had the opportunity…

  • Genderjobs.org

    Genderjobs.org

    GenderJobs.org is live! Some months ago I was approached by Ludovica Anedda to join the board of Gender Jobs. With positive answers to my follow-up on whether this was also a space for supporting training on salary negotiations and work conditions in the sector, I was happy to join the team. It is necessary to…

  • yellow paper

    Variations of spring. Cold water swims. Self-expression. Self-preservation. The next season – Just within reach, A few filled forms away.

  • On the elections in Turkey

    On the elections in Turkey

    15th May The level of grief my Turkish colleagues and comrades, progressive, green politicians, youth, the Kurdish community, the LGBTQI community, need to sustain & be resilient to is inhumane. Do not allow attempts of isolation & dehumanisation to work. The European community is with you. When I leave Turkey, I leave part of my…

  • A Democratic Turkey is Possible

    European Green Party: Statement 12 May 2023 A Democratic Turkey is Possible Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ruled Turkey for the last 20 years. During the last decade, his government has become increasingly authoritarian both inside Turkey and abroad. His attacks on the Kurdish community in Turkey and in neighbouring countries continue to this day. His…

  • Participation at SMART-Y Final Conference

    Brussels, 20th April 2023. My answers to some of the questions asked at the SMART-Y closing panel, “Making Rural Europe Smarter!”, moderated by Maria Kola from Cyprus Youth Council. MK: How can the creation of more green spaces in the cities, be promoted across Europe? And how that can benefit a more sustainable mobility? MJT:…

  • Malta as a beacon of hope

    Malta must lead a coalition of EU member states that oppose Meloni’s neo-fascism. Malta needs to be resolute in standing for human rights, democratic & European values. Any other path is a legitimisation of far-right policy. Read my opinion piece in the Times of Malta: https://timesofmalta.com/article/malta-beacon-hope-mina-jack-tolu.1025861

  • ADPD calls on government to rescue 500 people in distress

    ADPD calls on government to rescue 500 people in distress

    It is far time for a European response to support the member states, like Malta, that are located as the first point of entry. The discussions on safe and legal pathways into Europe are mainly avoided and stalled by the conservative majorities across Europe.

  • ADPD Press: Intimidation & Harassment of Children – Police Asked to Investigate

    ADPD Candidate Mina Jack Tolu thanks the Commissioner for Children for recognising the gravity of the situation and asking the police to investigate Partit ABBA for intimidation and harassment of children at the Żigużajg festival.