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Have your say and shape our work in 2019 – annual survey time
The annual survey is one of the driving forces in listening to our readers who get to share views, ideas and suggestions on how we should work and what features we should focus on. Sharing videos, developing hands-on workshops, covering general global development issues – these (and more) have come
Public Good or Private Wealth? Oxfam’s annual check is in…
This week, Oxfam released their annual wealth check report, Public Good or Private Wealth?, highlighting the concentration of the world’s wealth. As you have probably already seen in mainstream and social media, the report finds that the 26 richest billionaires on the planet own as many assets as the poorest
‘Leave No One Behind’ – launch of the Our World Irish Aid Awards 2019
Announcing the official launch of the 2019 Our World Irish Aid Awards for primary schools across the island of Ireland. “There are 7.6 billion people in the world; 617 million young people who do not have basic mathematical, reading and writing skills; 57 million primary school aged children are not
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 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues series, George Wade explores some of the shortcomings of ‘smart cities’ and what price is paid in transparency
Rana Plaza, homelessness, plastic and sustainability – the top 10 blogs of 2018
The results are in for the most popular blogs of the year on developmenteducation.ie , which has been marked by the second year of a Trump presidency, a signal flare of public attention towards issues such as plastics, anniversaries such as franchise for women, marked by the centenary of increased voting rights
‘Back to Black’ Friday
The hyper-consumption phenomenon, Black Friday, now takes place beyond the US and is growing. Toni Pyke reports on Black Friday from an afternoon in late November. It’s Friday, 24th November. It’s 9am and I’m stuck in Kampala traffic. This is nothing unusual. Much of my day is spent in traffic.
Basketball – More than Just Fun and Games
Basketball – More than Just Fun and Games. A final-seven finalist in the 2018 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues series, Jane Litvin explores how some of the Sustainable Development Goals can be realised through basketball. My host-sister, Noemia, and I share something in common; we both love basketball.
Introducing the new developmenteducation.ie
The new developmenteducation.ie is all about teachable moments – in crisis, in opportunities and in education for change, now in the era of Sustainable Development Goals, extreme inequalities and human-induced climate shocks.
Blogging for development, democracy and human rights – introducing the 5th year of the Trinity College Dublin blog series
The seven finalists, which will be published weekly from today on international Human Rights Day. Founding member of the initiative Michelle D’Arcy of Trinity College Dublin introduces the student-led blog series now entering its fifth year. This is the fifth year that Trinity has partnered with developmenteducation.ie to run a
Approaching Human Rights Day: Two Key Reports
A new CIVICUS Monitor Report highlights the fact that 6 in 10 countries now seriously repress civic freedoms. CIVICUS, the global alliance of civil society organisations and activists has just released its People Power Under Attack 2018, showing that nearly six in ten countries are now seriously restricting 3 key