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‘For many, there is no going back.’ Guest post by Lewis Hayes
Through a Social Justice and Art project, Transition Year students of Presentation College, Bray, Co. Wicklow have been exploring the issue of Child Soldiers. Having viewed the controversial ‘KONY2012’ viral video, rather than get into the various debates about Kony himself and the credibility of Invisible Children as an organisation,
The role of sweatshops in the 2012 Olympics
Adidas, the US$16bn a year profit German owned sports clothing giant, has been tasked with the job of kitting out the UK Olympic team for the 2012 Olympics. Designed by Stella McCartney (aka daughter of the famous Beatle band member Paul McCartney), the kits, according to The Independent, are being
African Men. Hollywood Stereotypes.
In the post-KONY2012 viral video era, here’s a challenging and timely video from the Stop the Pity campaign (by Mama Hope) that draws attention to education, gender and western stereotype issues about African men. We’re talking to you – shirtless Matthew McConaughey!
Dry Africa sits on ‘huge’ water resource
Ten years ago the UN Development Programme reported that population growth and economic development would lead to nearly one in two people in Africa living in countries facing water scarcity or what is known as ‘water stress’ within 25 years. That Africans could be sitting on a huge fresh water
Climate change: iceberg right ahead?
Last week the 3 hour documentary Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron aired on television, thanks to the National Geographic, boasting the latest data and computer graphics in reanimating the final moments of the famous vessel. On the 100th anniversary of the fateful voyage of the most ambitious unsinkable
Town of Runners
Town of Runners is a feature documentary about young runners from Bekoji – an Ethiopian Highland town which has produced some of the world’s greatest distance athletes, including Tirunesh Dibaba, Kenensia Bekele and Derartu Tulu. The film tells the story of two young girls, living in a rural town as
What we’re reading: election posters from Africa; a banker’s confession; boring headlines; The World Bank gracefully taking criticism on the chin?
Source: ironic anti-Zuma poster found in north western suburbs of Johannesburg prior to the 2009 election, by Christo Doherty Monkey still working. Baboon gotta wait small: Muyatwa Sitali presents his pick of recent election slogans from across Africa. Podcast of the week: The Guardian’s global development podcast: spotlight on the
The Carbon Map
Welcome to The Carbon Map (click to view). Its aim: to make sense of climate change responsibility and vulnerability. The site uses interactive cartograms (maps distorted to reflect a dataset) to convey how different countries fit into the climate change picture – both causes and risks. It was created as
Campaigners can still learn from the Abolition of Slavery
In an excellent post on the history of campaigning, Max Lawson, Oxfam’s head of advocacy, reflects on what today’s campaigners on the Robin Hood Tax (or pretty much anything else) can learn from the anti-slavery movement. Cross-posted from Duncan Green’s From Poverty to Power blog. A global industry, dominated by
Fancy yourself as an international development journalist?
Fancy yourself as a bit of a journalist? Do you have an interest in international development? Or maybe you are just fed up of the media’s portrayal of the developing world. Either way, this competition could be right up your street! For the last 4 years, British newspaper, the Guardian