Heads of state gather this morning in New York to discuss international finance and development issues, challenges and prospects at the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations. Discussion items on the agenda will include issues such as tax avoidance, illicit financial flows, national debt and cushioning for the aftershocks of COVID-19 and its increasingly negative fallout on developing countries, economies and people.
In the lead up to this lesser known event of the UN, we have worked with UK cartoonist Brick by setting the challenge to deep-dive and respond to our draft report on financial transfers and global economics, called Catch them If You Can: a briefing paper on how financial transfers from poor to rich is the rule, not the exception, work carried out as part of a European-wide initiative called Citizens for Financial Justice, which draws on the work of this Finance for Development Summit meeting at the UN.
Here are the eight cartoons from the series, based on the report, available for education and non-profit use by John Brick Clark/80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World. (if you’d like to reuse them, let us know!) – check out the series on Twitter too.
No 1. A world map of protecting your interest.
Credit: John Brick Clark/80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World (2020)
No 2. No limits?
Credit: John Brick Clark/80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World (2020)
No 3. “Ah, the financial regulator I presume.”
Credit: John Brick Clark/80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World (2020)
No 4. Tax dodging kitten
Credit: John Brick Clark/80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World (2020)
No 5. Spooky pension investments maze. What’s the alternative?
Credit: John Brick Clark/80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World (2020)
No 6. You call that sharing?
Credit: John Brick Clark/80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World (2020)
No 7. How its made? A resources internationally invested recovery machine
Credit: John Brick Clark/80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World (2020)
No 8. “Okay, count to fifty and then catch us if you can.”
Credit: John Brick Clark/80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World (2020)
- For more cartoons, take a look at the galleries section on developmenteducation.ie
80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World is member of the EU-wide initiative Citizens for Financial Justice and this series was produced with the financial support of the European Union and Irish Aid.
(It is the sole responsibility of 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union).
New resource for educators to get their hands on? Let us know.
Got a resource for educators in formal or non-formal education to recommend? Let us know.
Urgently needed and timely new resource from Afri
Ciara Regan reviews Afri’s latest resource, Sowing Seeds of Peace, for post primary teachers which is adaptable and immediately useful across a range of school subjects.
It’s international women’s day. Don’t forget to tag us now that you feel #prettypowerful
From getting out to vote and entertaining two children off school due to it being a make-shift polling station, Ciara Regan reflects on international women’s day 2024.
Punching above its weight
Juan Acevedo-Ossa explores South Africa’s case against Israel as the latest example of its ability to act as a normative superpower, exceeding the great powers in shaping global moral discourse.
Empathy in a Divided World – workshop
Join us for this online session Empathy in a Divided World led by Brighid Golden to discuss how educators can respond to the challenges of selective empathy, both for ourselves personally and with others in our different settings.
What does Palestine have to do with Africa?
How does Israel’s current aggression on Gaza relate to Africa’s own history of political violence in Uganda and Africa?