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New multimedia resource brings stories of climate change, water and Bolivia into the classroom
Situated in the centre of the South American continent, Bolivia has a geography that combines high mountain regions in the Andes with large areas of
Liam Kilbride and Margaret Mary Healy: social justice in schools ten years in the making – interview
This marks the eleventh year of the Challenge to Change (C2C) network – a development education initiative in the Presentation Schools network. Tony Daly caught
What’s so scary about smart girls?
*This blog is crossposted from the Half The Sky Movement website. Nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were abducted in April. Malala Yousafzai was shot for speaking
Heike Vornhagen: ‘Some of the movies might conform to stereotypes that people have but at the same time they also challenge them” – interview
The Galway African Film Festival, now going into its seventh year, is taking place this weekend in Galway City from 23rd – 25th May. Bringing
The meaning of development from “The Menstrual Man”
I recently came across an intriguing article in the BBC on-line magazine entitled: ‘The Indian Sanitary Pad Revolutionary’. It tells the ‘real life’ story of
African tales on film is an antidote to hokum diamonds
Let’s get to the point – film isn’t real. It can’t be. You take a story and fiddle with it a bit, compress it, elongate
Harassing catcalls at women is okay as long as it’s done properly, right?
This advert is part of the Snickers Australia ‘You aren’t yourself when you’re hungry’ campaign and has drawn an equal mix of laughter and rage
The Rohingya refugee making factory
If the production of refugees was an industry, Myanmar would be among the world’s market leaders. In the creation of the product, the Burmese regime
7.1 Japans – getting ready for overshoot 2014
A date before August 20th 2014 will mark Earth Overshoot Day, the approximate date on which our resource consumption for this year will exceed the
Podcast: remembering the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement
Following the passing of Nelson Mandela last December we are reminded of the efforts of the many individuals and organisations that worked on the international