Public engagement

Country-Of-Origin Expertise

I act as a Country-Of-Origin Expert for Moroccan refugee/asylum cases in the UK and the Netherlands. Find my profile here and here. Specialization areas: Women’s (Human) Rights Violations, Family Code and other Legal Framework, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Health Care Access, Political Conditions, Social Dynamics, Economic Marginalization, Ethnic Persecution, Availability of State Protection, Likelihood of Destitution, Safe Internal Relocation, Trafficking, Religious Discrimination or Persecution, Risk of Retaliation.

Newspaper articles

Article about the historical and political contextualization of the devastation caused by the Moroccan earthquake in 2023 for the Slovene newspaper Delo and its Sobotna priloga titled Uničujoč potres < uničujoč maroški režim. October 7, 2023. In Slovene.

Interviews

Interview for a Slovene radio show ‘Slovenes abroad‘ about my research, the situation of women’s rights in North Africa, and my work in Morocco. March 11, 2022. In Slovene.

Interview for RTV SLO – Prvi, Portret: Katja Žvan Elliott. July 29, 2022. In Slovene.

Interview for the national news at 1 pm, RTV SLO about the post-earthquake situation in Morocco. Katja Žvan Elliott. September 14, 2023. In Slovene.

Interview for Tedenski aktualni mozaik, Studio ob 17h – a weekly overview of news in Slovenia and around the world at 5 pm, Radio Prvi – RTVSLO. September 15, 2023. In Slovene. (starts at around 27 minutes)

Interview for Intelekta about the economic and political undertones of international development cooperation and humanitarian aid at Radio Prvi – RTVSLO. December 24, 2024. In Slovene.

Talks

Talk at Serija o literaturah Afrike (Vodnikova domačija) about the Moroccan postcolonial political and social conditions to illuminate Leïla Slimani’s second book in her trilogy Watch Us Dance. March 27, 2024. In Slovene.