Jasmine Laws

The Human Perspective

For two years, I worked as the UK and Middle Eastern Correspondent for the Human Perspective, a platform that started as an instagram page and then developed its own website and has published three printed magazines. 

My work involved interviewing public faces of varies global issues, to share awareness on important topics and give greater insight. 

Below, there is a random sample of the work I did for the site, but more of my work can be found on the instagram @the.human.perspective

The magazines can be purchased on the Human Perspective store here or in a number of magazine stores in London: https://www.thehumanperspectiv...

I wrote the above article on how art can be used in trauma recovery for THP Issue 5.

I wrote the above article on the issue of labour exploitation in Italian tomato farms for THP Issue 4.

I wrote the above article on Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill for THP Issue 3 print magazine.

Below, you can find some of the above articles online, as well as the other pieces I've written for the Human Perspective:

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Can art get you where you need to go? — The Human Perspective

He explained that he chose cartoons as a subject matter to represent ‘the total opposite’ of the trauma he went through. While the underlying message of his work is ‘quite dark,’ the outcome of the pieces is ‘always a fun image’, one that his loved ones can access and engage with. Although his paintings might have pops of only one or two colours, the colours present a contrast from that darkness he previously experienced. For Ed, the process of creating is meditative, which outweighs the outcome...
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Box fresh, blood stained — The Human Perspective

The number of migrants and refugees arriving has been increasing. In 2023, 157,651 people from 62 different nationalities came to Italy by sea – a 50% increase on 2022. Given that, in 2023, economic migrants made up 27% of the total Italian workforce (370,000 people), it is likely that the opportunity to find labour is a significant pull factor to the country. A substantial proportion of this migrant workforce find a home in Italy’s agricultural sector, which reportedly employed 200,000 non-nati...
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