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The homeless aren’t just for Christmas
It’s that time of the year again when news bulletins start carrying pieces on homelessness, or elderly people living alone, and weather forecasters start early predictions of whether or not it will snow on Christmas Day.
5 Lessons learnt from the MASI conference: Towards a more humane asylum system
Navika Mehta reports from the first MASI conference from October, sharing 5 key lessons
Corruption Redefined
Conor O’Brien, a 2019 Trinity College Dublin Development Issues Series Final Five finalist, explores corruption in its many guises.
Dress For Success: Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals Through The Adoption of Ethical Shopping Habits
From the 2019 Trinity College Dublin Development Issues Series Final Five, Emma Beatty dresses for success with her Sustainable Development Goals shopping skills and takes on fast fashion.
The Trinity College Dublin Development Issues Series
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 any way to simply stay warm. Ethan Kudler, a final-seven
Health Wealth: Inequalities in ‘well-being’ across the world
‘Health’ and ‘well-being’: does our understanding depend on if we are in a developed or developing country?
Smart Cities Developments – impacts on democracy and why we should remain critical
What’s so smart about ‘smart cities’ and who really benefits when technology and expert private firms are building them? A final-seven finalist in the 2018
How your favourite Instagram Influencers are Contributing to Global Inequality
The winning blog entry for the 2019 Trinity College Dublin Development Issues Blog Series is Moya McDermott on the true cost of fast fashion indulgences
‘Has your auntie got the t-shirt?’: Irish Global Solidarity in 100 objects – Final Call!
Showcasing the strong heritage of global citizenship in Ireland, the Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects exhibition will uncover the many contributions, stories and campaigns, expressed through artefacts and visual arts that bring these histories to life.
Event: Games 4 the Goals training course
Paul Crewe of Development Perspectives introduces a training course being run in December 2019. Deadline for applications is Monday the 21st of October Games 4
What has changed since World Food Day 2018?
Toni Pyke explores what eight countries accounted for two thirds of the total number of people facing acute food insecurity in 2018.
4 ways to make a positive difference on World Food Day 2019
What can one person do about tackling food waste, food injustice and world hunger? Toni Pyke checks out suggestions from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and environmental news website EcoWatch.
We don’t need more distorted perceptions of the Middle East, thank you very much.
Debating societies are more than simply training grounds for public speaking. Ghalya Farahat looks back on a recent debate about feminism and the Middle East that took place in Trinity College Dublin.
We cannot rest
This week marks the countdown to the global climate strike demonstration on Friday September 20th, 2019. In a series of blogs, developmenteducation.ie will be marking
Learning by un-doing: the magic of immersion
The second reflection in the study visits and immersions programmes guide comes from Varja Lipovsek of East African NGO Twaweza (meaning ‘we can make it
5 ideas to NOT borrow from Australia’s asylum policy
developmenteducation.ie recently spoke with an old friend and colleague Phil Glendenning, director of the Edmund Rice Centre in Sydney and now president of the Refugee Council of Australia, about Australia’s offshore and onshore asylum seeker detention system.
Study visits were not driven by an ‘education-aid’ mentality
Scott Sinclair has been involved with Birmingham Development Education Centre and Tide~ Global Learning since it started and is a Tide~ trustee. Scott and his