Helsinki – 29th November 2017 – SMASH sports & tech event. Swedish company CAPTIMAX www.captimax.com – with its unique robotic camera technology, Navicam™ won the AI category at this years SMASH sports & tech event in Finland. The unique technology enables tracking targets (vehicles or athletes) ensuring that the movement of the camera is perfectly synchronised with the […]
Mexico’s annual Day of the Dead celebrations took a sharply political turn this year, as hundreds of protesters used the day to draw attention to the grave injustice of some of those deaths: female victims. Wearing black clothing and skeletal face paint, dozens of women marched in downtown Mexico City chanting “not one more” to commemorate the growing […]
It is now generally recognised that experiencing domestic violence and abuse is associated with mental health problems including anxiety and depression. These issues can make the abusive situation even worse, as the partner or ex-partner may make use a mental health diagnosis (for example, telling someone that they’re ‘mad’). It can also be difficult for […]
Earlier in 2017, the World Bank commissioned Victim Support Europe to undertake an extensive national study into Victim Support services throughout Serbia and to create a series of recommendations in alignment with the EU directives on Victim Support to help guide the establishment of a national victim support network. The study showed that of the […]
Those who have never been in an abusive relationship struggle to understand how people remain in one for so long. If somebody was mistreating you, “why did you stick around?” they ask. It starts with an off-hand comment here, or an insult there, but often victims brush these moments off. This is because abusive people […]
Stephen Kigoma was raped during the conflict in his home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He described his ordeal in an interview with the BBC’s Alice Muthengi, calling for more survivors to come forward. “I hid that I was a male rape survivor. I couldn’t open up – it’s a taboo,” he said. “As a man, […]
Sister Christine Fernando has never been one for remaining within the confines of the walls of her convent. She regularly walks across the Sri Lankan city of Katunayake, known for hundreds of garment factories. On her walks, Sister Fernando meets many women in need, including garment factory workers. The nun from the Sisters of Charity congregation is acutely […]
An Oregon couple has been fighting a legal battle after they lost custody of their two kids because both were designated not intelligent enough to care for them in a safe and proper manner. A relative to the couple initially expressed concern in a complaint to authorities regarding the Christopher’s well-being under the care of […]
Charlize Theron is known for her hard-as-nail roles in movies such as Mad Max and her most recent movie – Atomic Blonde, but the 41-year-old South African actress is also made of stern stuff off the silver screen. Theron has been relatively open about her childhood, where she witnessed and suffered under her parents’ turbulent relationship. Her alcoholic […]
Many fans are shocked and heartbroken over the loss this week of Chester Bennington, the fierce lead singer for the rock band Linkin Park. Police say they are treating his death as a possible suicide, which would make the pain even harder to bear.There’s a famous saying, “When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” […]