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Interactive map: measuring the scale of slavery today and tracking government responses
Modern slavery takes many forms and is known by a number of names such as slavery, forced labour and human trafficking. Whichever term is used, they all carry the same characteristic of an individual being deprived of their freedom by someone: their freedom to leave one job for another, their
Debating the importance of regional development education
On World Food Day, October 16th, Scottish Minister for Learning Alasdair Allan announced the awarding of £600,000 (€700,700) towards the core costs of 6 development education (DE) centres nationally (Aberdeen, Coatbridge, Dingwall, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow) as part of promoting Scotland’s role and responsibilities internationally. In announcing the grant, Allan
What we’re watching and reading: Think Africa; The World’s Best News; staying positive and imagining a better world; #LivingWage campaign
Information is powerful. Think Africa is a short video that collects the opinions of festival goers from the 2013 Electric Picnic in Stradbally as they consider what words come to mind when they think of ‘Africa’. Paying homage to Bob Dylan’s music video for Subterranean Homesick Blues this Self Help
I’ve got some good news for you!
Around 40 volunteers hit the streets of Dublin and Cork last Friday to hand out copies of “The World’s Best News” – a free paper that compiles good global news and success stories about development cooperation. Progressio Ireland’s Communications Officer Franziska Fehr reflects on the day. ___________________________________________________________________ 6.15 My alarm
Twelve takeaway messages from latest IPCC report on climate change
Blog written by Jonah Busch and cross-posted from the Center for Global Development (CGD, USA). This quick summary of the key messages from the report is useful for researchers, teachers, activists and students. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an extraordinary undertaking. Hundreds of scientists volunteer to put their
Junior Cycle Geography has not been kind to development education
September 2013, the start of a new school year, a year that promises to be turbulent and exciting for students and teachers. The Minister’s announcement of Junior Cycle reform last October signalled a period of change and uncertainty for Geography teachers, accustomed to the certainty of the Junior Certificate syllabus
The danger of single stories: ‘Africa’
Those interested in good quality lectures, music and humour (and much else!) will already be familiar with TED – https://www.ted.com/ – in 2009, TED posted a talk by Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Adichie (Purple Hibiscus 2003 and Half a Yellow Sun 2006) on the dangers of presenting overlapping dimensions of a
‘Every time they are doing a cutting, the singing gets louder so you can’t hear the screaming’
Across 29 countries within Africa, and more than 125 million women and girls cut, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) continues to be practiced from the Atlantic Coast to the Horn of Africa and beyond with wide variations in the percentage of girls and women cut within and across each country. More
New teaching guides for taking development education into the classroom
It’s back to school! And what better time of year to brighten up your lesson plans in mathematics, art, SPHE, business, English or other subjects than to explore our new online teacher guides? The guides have been developed for primary and post primary level and will be updated with new
Emphasising, once again, the importance of values and empathy in development education
At the recent July Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies/80:20 Human Rights Summer School in Malta, Roland Tormey of the Teaching Support Centre, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne reminded participants of the factors that influence ‘pro-social action’ (an extended version of his presentation will shortly be available on www.developmenteducation.ie). These factors