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Under Lockdown – a poem by Adam
A poem, written by Adam, age 9, as part of the Generation Lockdown series
Development Economics – Question What you Read
What does it mean to critically engage with what you read and why does it matter? Emily Ramsay investigates microfinancing in development economics – the good, the bad and the neoliberal
Our connection to food today in 4 graphics
4 facts and 4 graphics about the state of food in the world today
Quiz time – The Great World Food Day Quiz 2020
On World Food Day 2020, here are 10 questions about food, our food system and some of the biggest food problems on the planet today. What do you think?
Generation Lockdown – Thailand, Uganda, Italy, Brazil, Australia & Sweden
Three new videos from the Generation Lockdown video series where young people from across the world react to the Coronavirus pandemic
Launch of Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects digital exhibition on Culture Night
Join us on Culture Night 2020 to launch the Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects exhibition – broadcast online from Iveagh House, Dublin on 18 September.
Local Authorities – Business as usual or agents for real change?
County councils are vital as leaders in ethical practices in communities and as reminders of the global footprint of natural resources they use and the many people connected to that use, argues Tom Roche
Fighting the pandemic in the global South
On the other side of the pandemic, we must strengthen and build strong working-class movements to challenge imperialism and neocolonialism
Signposts for an action agenda – The Bank of Actions for Global Citizens
The Bank of Actions for Global Citizens toolkit is designed to support learners to ask critical questions and take action with a development education (DE) lens. Tessa Cornally introduces the resource which was produced for anyone (or group) interested in being proactive and engaging with global issues, looking for inspiration or at the very least pointers for taking action
‘A projection of Irish values abroad’ – the 2020 peer review of Ireland’s aid programme
Ireland’s programme has a history as well as a politics. We need to have some appreciation of these if we are to protect, support and even expand it, especially in what are likely to be rocky and difficult times in the years immediately ahead.