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Live at the constitutional convention: debating economic, social and cultural rights for Ireland #ESCrights #ccven

The right to health…the right to education…the right to housing…the right to an adequate standard of living… Can we afford to pay for these human rights? What are the arguments for ESC rights and against ESC rights? Would placing ESC rights into the constitution place an undue pressure on the

Campaign launch: Young people responding to Scotland, international development and the 2014 referendum for independence

On September 18, Scottish voters between 16 and 18 will be eligible for the first time ever to vote in the referendum on whether Scotland will remain part of the UK or not. One aspect of the debate so far that has been overlooked by most of the interested groups

Short film: Development – who really benefits?

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘development’? Progress?…the gold rush?… land grabs?…jobs and the economy?…heavy industry at work? Since the publication of the short satirical comic ‘There You Go’ by Survival International in 2006, this little book has been used as a teaching

Cartoon of a Moroccan man riding a donkey and a woman walking behind him. The man dreams of a limousine, while the woman dreams of shoes. Questions on the side challenge gender roles, fairness, and cultural stereotypes in Moroccan society

Debating Human Rights – universal or relative to culture?

For human rights activists, the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a sacred document. Its 30 different articles outline the political, economic, social rights that we are all entitled to – no matter who we are – because we are born human. By such reckoning, the universality of

Resources catalogue is back online

Good news everyone! The cobwebs have been cleaned out. The annotations streamlined. The bugs have been caught (and set free back into the wild). Welcome to the resources catalogue 2.0 While the search engine has been revamped also we encourage you check out the browsing tab. Here you will find

Watch this: a lesson in human rights education from primary schools

What’s the value of doing human rights education at primary level? Isn’t teaching human rights only about teaching ‘difficult issues’? Shouldn’t difficult topics be reserved for post primary education instead? Perhaps. Prepare to be surprised and watch Amnesty’s latest offering from schools in Dublin. Source: Human Rights Education Video from

Cartoon of the month: the benefits of migration

Cartoon of the month for February. Visit the cartoons library or check our blogs about migration for more.

10 ongoing bad news stories from 2013

Earlier this month, you may have seen our top 10 good news stories from 2013 we published. What follows covers some aspects of the other side of the coin. In order to understand the context of ‘good news’, we need to situate it alongside its opposite. Here are 10 bad

Autumn issue of INDEX out now: a DE response to austerity in Ireland

The autumn issue of INDEX: the Development Education Exchange magazine is out and can be viewed above. A snappy and interesting read, there’s plenty of commentary and information on global development issues. The present issue is themed on Austerity in Ireland: a Development Education response. The contents give a good