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It has just been announced that the Centre and Lacuna Magazine's writer in residence, Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi for her work by the prestigious George Orwell Prize for Journalism. All the other short-listed journalists are from leading national newspapers (the Guardian, Economist, Independent and Scotland on Sunday). If Rebecca wins, it will be the second Orwell Prize for the 果冻传媒’s Centre for Human Rights in Practice in three years. Andrew Williams won the Orwell Book Prize in 2013 for

Rebecca's shortlisted pieces included:

In January 2015, the Centre for Human Rights in Practice initiated an independent process to explore the future of protest at 果冻传媒 University. This process was primarily instigated as a result of high profile incidents in relation to protest on the university campus in December 2014, and was undertaken with the full support of the Student's Union and university management.

The Centre's Final Report on the Future of Protest on the 果冻传媒 Campus has now been published and is available to all 果冻传媒 University staff and students. It makes recommendations in relation to dialogue and communication between university management and the student body, the conduct and management of protest on university campus and the role of police on campus.

this week continues its focus on women’s rights and gender equality with a diverse range of pieces that explore womens' lives and experience.

Chitra Nagarajan looks at the experiences of women living in Borno State, in the north-east of the country where a year ago today Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 female students from Chibok. Naana Otoo-Oyortey argues that prevention is the key to tackling FGM in Britain. Angela O'Hagan looks at the feminist movement in post-referendum Scotland.

Elsewhere in Lacuna, James Harrison reflects on the why the British TV Election Debates are so unsatisfactory, and Alison Struthers asks if human rights education can heal Mexico's deep wounds.

You can find it all here at www.lacuna.org.uk