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‘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
The power of dreams
Rising to speak at the Lincoln Washington Memorial on 28th August 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was standing at the summit of racial segregation in America. Despite the abolition of slavery after the civil war, ‘Jim Crow Laws’ in Southern states denied black people the right to vote, organise
Diseases for us, diseases for them…?
Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) are those that are not passed from person to person. Often, they are referred to as chronic diseases, in that they progress slowly and have a long duration – think diabetes, stroke, asthma, heart attack, obesity, high blood pressure, cancer. These are not the classic ‘diseases of poverty’
The Monty Python guide to development: part 2 – economics
Following on from the Monty Python guide to the politics of development, it’s time to take to a look at economics. Enjoy. Robin Hood redistribution is trickier than we thought! “He steals from the poor and gives to the rich.” Banks and corporate social responsibility “Ah, a gift! Its a
We can all be refugees
As part of our development debates series, Omar Grech investigates the facts, duties on states and the rising sensationalist language in Malta that is amplifying the most contentious public issue in recent years at the frontier of Europe’s borders: debating the rights of migrants and asylum seekers. __________________________________________________________________ “We all
Big shoes to fill
Today is the 5th annual Nelson Mandela Day, since it’s inauguration in 2009 on Nelson Mandela’s birthday – the 18th of July. Today he turns 95. The Mandela Day Website states that this day is a call to action for people everywhere to take responsibility for making the world a
The Monty Python guide to development: part 1 – politics
And now for something completely different. No matter what your social station or what time period you lived in – from the milkman to the politician; from the investment banker, king, and revolutionary or peasant land worker – lampooning was distributed roundly and equally in all directions. And who says
Infographic: the Global South is rising fast
Since 1990 the annual Human Development Report has become THE one stop shop for regular reflection and analysis on one general issue issue year, such as water, cities, migration and human rights. It’s also free online and has become the most accessible and readable of all the international reports you