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Talking about terrorist attacks with young people
In the wake of events such as those in Christchurch last week, there often is
School strike 4 climate – live!
17:10 That’s a wrap from me on the live-blog for today. We’ll be back with
Understanding Development within the Black Power Movement
A final-seven finalist in the 2018 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues series, Grace McGinnis looks at the Black Power Movement in the United States, and beyond.
Staying Warm
There are still large numbers of people sleeping outside, in the cold struggling to find
Trends Report: Top 20 resources of 2018
The results are in from the most accessed resources of 2018 in the resources library, and the findings cover teaching packs, learning resources, videos and more
What we’re reading: historian takes on Davos titans and Greta Thunberg takes on her critics
‘It feels like I’m at a firefighters conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water’
A 25% devaluation [in pound sterling] would buy $4.4 billion fewer goods and services in developing countries. In addition, the commitment to a fixed proportion of GNI on aid means that an 8% decrease in UK income would be matched by an 8% decrease in aid, which would amount to $1.1 billion. Furthermore, UK remittances abroad were £9.7 billion. Again, a 25% devaluation in the pound means this amount of remittances buys fewer goods and services globally, to the tune of $3.1 billion. The combination of reduced remittances and aid would amount to $5.5 billion ($4.4 billion + $1.1 billion) less for developing countries.
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Teacher Ciara Whelan explores how Transition Year students in St Joseph’s College, Lucan, tackle the issue of human trafficking through a poster campaign and peer education
Fáilte roimh rannóg na Gaeilge ar developmenteducation.ie, a new section that is a reference point for resources, ideas and debates on global development issues through the Irish language
Ciara Regan reports on the Stop Funding Hate campaign – a movement of people who refuse to be demonised or divided against each other and who have come together to challenge divisive hate campaigns of the Sun, Daily Mail and Daily Express by persuading advertisers to pull their support
In Focus
New – Have you ever wanted to look for whether the SDGs are directly or indirectly included in a resource – whether a booklet, a short film, an issue-based activity pack or an NGO report?
Say hello, to the Sustainable Development Goals Explorer. Quickly find resources from our library that are relevant to each of the Sustainable Development Goals, 1 through 17.
Expect new books, videos and cutting edge global justice research reports to be added to the resource library, fortnightly.