From dictionaries to public speeches, words have transmitted ideas about the role of women and men in society for generations, reproducing stereotypes that still influence perceptions of gender. Marjorie Andrea González Ramírez It doesn’t always happen, but it happens frequently. Passages, definitions and examples are used in such […]
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Cristina: “If you don’t know your rights, they may be abused”
Cristina is one of a generation of Latin American immigrants who emigrated to Spain as a child and who now, thanks to her Spanish nationality, can build a future for herself in other EU countries. She is a relatively recent arrival to the city of London, arriving from Madrid […]
Lisbeth and her dream of being a teacher
The young Ecuadorian came from Spain to escape the economic crisis that the Iberian country is facing. She currently works as a cleaner and is studying to improve her English. When Lisbeth was only five-years-old she and her family migrated from Quito, the capital of Ecuador, to Spain in […]
Does multiculturalism have a future?
The answer to this question must surely be ‘yes’. This is true, even if it is an involuntary one. . Nigel Pocock . Only the very long-term future, hundreds of years hence, when then is likely to be a monoculture, and everyone looks the same – or a total restriction […]
Alejandra: “What I most like about London is the people’s kindness”
The Ecuadorian is well aware of what it means to change your country of residence and culture. By the age of twenty she had already done it twice: first to Spain and then to the United Kingdom. The first time her parents broke the news to her she was […]
















