Aileen Mejia

Aileen Mejia is student of International Relations and Policy with the University ofCalifornia, on a placement through UN House Scotland from September to December 2024. As part of her placement, Aileen has been working with Secure Scotland, at their base at Words and Actions with an emphasis on nuclear disarmament. She has now returned to the US, but will be part of the ‘Scottish delegation’ at the UN next meeting on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in New York in March – in between sitting her finals.

The image was taken at the torchlit procession in December outside the Scottish Parliament to celebrate Nihon Hidankyo, the atomic survivors who were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work for nuclear disarmament.