Bruna Kadletz works with displaced communities across the globe – in Turkey, Greece, South Africa, Brazil and remote regions of the Amazon. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/bruna-kadletz/rss en Environment Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:05:05 +0000 Bruna Kadletz https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/04/28/brazilian-tribe-fear-displacement-by-xingu-rivers-rising-tide https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/04/28/brazilian-tribe-fear-displacement-by-xingu-rivers-rising-tide In the latest from the Displaced and Disposable series, Bruna Kadletz visits the Juruna tribe, who live by the Xingu River in Brazil and face displacement from their ancestral land due to dam construction and rising tides. Crisis and Conflict Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:49:48 +0000 Preethi Nallu, Bruna Kadletz https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/02/14/nobel-nok-dah-karen-women-refugees-forge-new-lives-u-s https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/02/14/nobel-nok-dah-karen-women-refugees-forge-new-lives-u-s The documentary “Nobel Nok Dah” explores the journeys of three female Karen refugees who fled their homes, experienced forced labor in Thailand and were finally resettled in the U.S. Refugees Deeply spoke to the filmmakers about understanding resettlement through a gender lens. Integration Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:00:59 +0000 Preethi Nallu, Bruna Kadletz https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/02/13/nobel-nok-dah-karen-women-refugees-forge-new-lives-in-the-u-s https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/02/13/nobel-nok-dah-karen-women-refugees-forge-new-lives-in-the-u-s The documentary “Nobel Nok Dah” explores the journeys of three female Karen refugees who fled their homes, experienced forced labor in Thailand and were finally resettled in the U.S. Refugees Deeply spoke to the filmmakers about understanding resettlement through a gender lens. Environment Fri, 16 Dec 2016 12:39:19 +0000 Bruna Kadletz https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/12/16/climate-refugees-people-and-the-environment-treated-as-disposable https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/12/16/climate-refugees-people-and-the-environment-treated-as-disposable As part of our “Displaced and Disposable” series, social researcher Bruna Kadletz meets a Malawian family displaced by the impact of climate change and explores the failure to protect them and other climate refugees. Crises & Conflicts Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:34:49 +0000 Bruna Kadletz https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/10/25/haitians-caught-between-hurricanes-and-the-politics-of-death https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/10/25/haitians-caught-between-hurricanes-and-the-politics-of-death As part of our “Displaced and Disposable” series, social researcher Bruna Kadletz reports on the latest displacement in Haiti due to Hurricane Matthew. As Haitians continue to pick up the pieces of their lives, some are heading toward the U.S. in search of stability. Laws & Policy Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:30:13 +0000 Bruna Kadletz https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/30/hungarys-punitive-politics-ahead-of-the-referendum-vote https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/30/hungarys-punitive-politics-ahead-of-the-referendum-vote As part of our “Displaced and Disposable” series, social researcher Bruna Kadletz visits a transit zone along the Hungarian-Serbian border ahead of Hungary’s refugee referendum and reflects on Viktor Orban’s xenophobic agenda that excludes asylum seekers from society. Laws & Policy Wed, 07 Sep 2016 14:44:41 +0000 Bruna Kadletz https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/07/abandonment-and-violence-in-calais https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/07/abandonment-and-violence-in-calais As part of our ‘Displaced and Disposable’ commentary series, social researcher Bruna Kadletz visited Calais and points out that if the camp and its social structures are shut, it will merely further traumatize refugees and displace the problem rather than solve it. Tue, 09 Aug 2016 05:22:49 +0000 Bruna Kadletz https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/08/09/can-old-traditions-of-hospitality-counter-modern-disposability https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/08/09/can-old-traditions-of-hospitality-counter-modern-disposability In the second part of our Displaced and Disposable series, social researcher Bruna Kadletz encounters astonishing examples of altruism towards some of the thousands of refugees on Lesvos, Greece, showing that ‘the other’ doesn’t have to be met with hostility. Laws & Policy Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:35:19 +0000 Bruna Kadletz https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/07/26/displaced-dispossessed-and-disposable https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/07/26/displaced-dispossessed-and-disposable In this first part of a commentary series titled “Displaced and Disposable,” humanitarian worker Bruna Kadletz argues that current laws and social attitudes disenfranchise refugee populations to the point of dehumanizing them as expendable commodities.