This section provides ideas and methodologies for using various types of resources, such as photographs and political cartoons, to explore a range of issues in an accessible manner. In this section: Political Cartoons Photographs Maps Statistics International Reports Case Studies Information Technology Using political cartoons in development and human rights
The loss of human life [due to hunger] is as great as if an atomic bomb – similar to the one that destroyed Hiroshima during the Second World War – were dropped on a densely populated area every three days Womenaid Press release on Hunger – www.womenaid.org Photo © George Chelebiev Hunger:
A selection of links to other information relating to the Team Planet resource.
1. Positive Buying Favouring particular ethical products, such as energy saving lightbulbs 2. Negative Purchasing Avoiding products that you disapprove of, such as battery eggs or gas-guzzling cars 3. Company-Based Purchasing Targeting a business as a whole and avoiding all the products made by one company. For example, the Nestle
Tim Weedon explores music, in particular hip-hop music, in education and suggests trying popular music approaches when working with young people. In this module, I explore music, in particular hip-hop music, in education and suggest that using popular music approaches designed to add, supplement and encourage meaning, needs to relate
The role of women in developing countries, as explored throughout this module, has been recognised as the single most important factor when it comes to bringing about and sustaining long term social change.
The Mini-NGOs in schools initiative is part of the Global Citizens Network Project in 2013-14. Less Charity – more Justice!We wanted to move beyond ‘charitable’ actions (such as fundraising and one-way notions of “us helping them”) and instead focus on social justice with proper reflection and engagement involving exchanges with
Music & Dance As with image making, Aboriginal music also unites consciousness with the invisible laws and energy patterns of nature Voices of the First Day: Music and dance are important to Aboriginal culture. They are used as part of everyday life and to mark special occasions. Songlines tell stories
Obtaining up-to-date information, facts, figures as well as case studies and viewpoints on important current development and human rights issues has never been easier. Apart from being available on the Internet, such materials are easily accessed through a number of important international reports which are published annually or bi-annually. This
22:20 And that’s a wrap! Huge thanks to the civil society delegation who fed information, tweets, links and updates from New York (including Freyja Bourke, Deirdre Carolan, Anne Carthy, Paul Dockery, Valerie Duffy, Michael Ewing, Heydi Foster, Lauren Flanagan, Frank Geary, Suzanne Keatinge, Pierre Klein, Elaine Nevin, Patrick Paul Walsh
Kenya – Country Profile Republic of Kenya – “the cradle of humanity” There are more than 40 ethnic Groups in Kenya, the majority of who are descendants of two major language groups – the Bantu of Western Africa (Kikuyu, Luhya, Kalenjin, Kamba) and the Nilotic from the Nile Valley (Luo).
Information is powerful. Think Africa is a short video that collects the opinions of festival goers from the 2013 Electric Picnic in Stradbally as they consider what words come to mind when they think of ‘Africa’. Paying homage to Bob Dylan’s music video for Subterranean Homesick Blues this Self Help
17:10 That’s a wrap from me on the live-blog for today. We’ll be back with more round-ups of the global reach and impact of the global school strike. Thanks for the emails and tweets and photos! We’ll ready more for sharing on the website after in the coming days once
1. Still The Most Shocking Second A Day Video (child refugees) Following on from their most shocking second a day video in 2014, this video from Save The Children highlights the ongoing story of a typical unaccompanied refugee child journeying from Syria
This section includes a number of pieces that discuss and debate the MDGs per se and also other related issues: Do ‘Global Goals’ ever make a difference? – this piece from the UNDP Human Development Report for 2003 discusses the question and offers a number of examples of previous goals,
Young Scientists exhibitions could be Ireland’s greatest export yet, reports Michael Doorly from the finals of the Young Scientists Tanzania exhibition. “Have you ever heard of development education?” I ask Agnes the 15 year old team leader from Pemba Secondary School in Mwanza, Tanzania. “No” she says bluntly, “what is
‘The rationale for junior cycle Visual Art recognises the important contribution that the subject can make to ‘promote divergent thinking’ and ‘respect for the work and the opinions of others’. The rationale also acknowledges the ‘highly visual’ nature of contemporary society, and states that ‘visual literacy is an essential requirement
Photo credit © XXXXXXX The two sets of activities contained below are concerned with exploring the answers posed by the question, how far does your shopping go? Activity 1: the issues behind the buy We are surrounded by objects every day that have been made or originated or were made in
Fancy organising a workshop? Many NGOs have members of staff who do outreach and education visits to schools as part of their education programmes (when you contact them make sure to highlight the fact that you are looking for an educational workshop rather than a fundraising one!). Also, check out
Colm Regan presents 10 resources to explore International Women’s Day, celebrated globally every year on March 8th. IWD was created in 1910 but only recognised by the UN in 1975. There are the very obvious reasons why we continue to mark International Women’s Day. The core reality being that gender
There are decades and annual international days ascribed to water and sanitation issues, all of which help to mobilise some change in the still very slow evolution in water management practices. Below is a small selection: International Decade for Action: Water for Life 2005-2015: https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/ World Water Week held annually
image: We Can Do It poster by Howard J. Miller (1943) Yesterday UK newspaper The Observer updated its The 10 Best… series by launching the 10 best female pioneers of all time. In their opinion the top 10 female pioneers of trailblazing women, from suffragettes to style icons are:
Since the start of September, staff at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Irish Aid, Ireland’s overseas aid development programme, have been working overtime. Public events in Cork, Galway, Sligo, Limerick and Dublin, plus a call for written submissions, have occupied the collective ears of Irish Aid in
Explore history and human rights through the music of Fela Kuti, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Amadou & Mariam and many more
Around 40 volunteers hit the streets of Dublin and Cork last Friday to hand out copies of “The World’s Best News” – a free paper that compiles good global news and success stories about development cooperation. Progressio Ireland’s Communications Officer Franziska Fehr reflects on the day. ___________________________________________________________________ 6.15 My alarm
Considering the motion of the finals, that The Trump Presidency will be a blessing in disguise for Africa, the stage was well set for an evening of explosive energy, heated exchanges, facts (yes facts STILL matter)
Whether you are a film buff, film club auditor, disgruntled Chartbusters employee or just crave perspectives from outside of the Hollywood circuit a treat lies in store for you in Galway next weekend. The annual Galway African Film Festival (GAFF), now in its sixth year, gathers the most popular films
Setting up a mini NGO to promote MDG No. 2 – Education for all, our three Transition Year groups participated in the schools network project organised by Schools Across Borders (SAB) during the 2013/2014 school term. As a justice-oriented Development Education (DE) project, the students started their research and reflection
Covid-19 highlights the importance of our Global Citizenship and Development Education. The first in a 3-part series, Colm Regan introduces 3 teaching strategies for adapting and exploring with learners
Introduction While advances have been made in the past couple of years, there is still along way to go before the unique needs of Indigenous people are recognised and true reconciliation is achieved in Australia. The fact remains that on nearly all social indicators, Aboriginals in Australia fall drastically below
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