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In review: What does International Women’s Day mean to women?
International Women’s Day – a time to reflect on progress made, a call for change and a celebration of acts by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries, communities and lives. Or is it? What exactly does International Women’s Day (IWD) mean to
Fairtrade Fortnight: 5 things I learned while trying to write a blog about Fairtrade
Most of us are aware by now that Fairtrade is an ‘alternative approach to conventional trade and is based on a partnership between producers and consumers. When farmers can sell on Fairtrade terms, it provides them with a better deal and improved terms of trade.’ Because Fairtrade fortnight is from
262 days to go until activism against gender based violence (and not just 16)
Well hats of Pirelli for taking a lead! (although Playboy did stop nudity in its mag last year). In a daring move from its traditional nude…
Kick-Starting our Humanity : Compassion Fatigue and Syria’s “Lucky Few”
Eimhin O’Reilly’s blog was a runner up in the 2015 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues blog series. All photography courtesy of Alexandre© . ……………………………………………………………………………… It is a tragic fact of life that the issues that need to be talked about the most are often the things we have the
Planet Earth: Our Home, Our Life….Our Dumping Ground
Written by Cillian Molloy, Sárán Fogarty and Niall Groves of Presentation College Bray in County Wicklow. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” –Charles Darwin Humans; what are we, what
Laura Cahill on the Global Passport Award: “It provides a clear framework that makes development education a collective initiative that involves the whole school community”
The deadline for the Global Passport Award closes this Monday, 29th February. Programme Support Officer with Worldwise Global Schools, Laura Cahill, speaks to Tony Daly about the Award for post primary schools, as well as some highlights from 2015. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Why should teachers, young people and their schools apply for
First World Problems…for Irish college students
Ciara Molloy‘s blog was a runner up in the 2015 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues blog series. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… For a middle-class, native Irish college student born in the 1990s, development is a relative concept. Having not been immersed in a developing country or experienced the conditions of life
Friday 12th February Deadline: Insight 2016 applications
Now in its tenth year, the Insight programme is an eight month initiative delivered in three phases with a focus on experiential learning for anyone over 18 years of age. In summary, they consist of: Phase 1: Takes place in Ireland and focuses on an introduction to development education. Phase
To understand Peadar Cremin it is necessary to understand three things
Peadar Cremin – teacher, lecturer in education; professor, college president, curriculum developer, activist, colleague and close friend sadly died on November 30th last year. As a tribute to him and his work in development education and related areas, we are publishing four blogs –the first blog on Peadar as a
Fair Trade – a Rich World solution to a Rich World problem
On paper, Fair Trade sounds excellent – exactly what Foreign Aid should be doing. So why is that a bad thing?