COVID-19
A dashboard of tools, resources, ideas and stories during Covid-19, updated weekly.
Updated: March 10, 2022
Good finds online
What we're reading, watching and listening to
- Video
Young people from 18 countries in 6 continents react to the initial ‘wave’ of the coronavirus. A video series produced by Connor Kirwan and Toni Pyke.
Generation Lockdown in 2 minutes: Thailand
Generation Lockdown in 2 minutes: Thailand
Generation Lockdown in 2 minutes: Uganda, Italy & Australia
Generation Lockdown in 2 minutes: Brazil & Norway
Generation Lockdown in 2 minutes: India & Spain
Generation Lockdown in 2 minutes: El Salvador & Cambodia
Generation Lockdown in 2 minutes: Ethiopia & UK
Our Features
Solidarity in Action 2021 – A Journey in Global Citizenship Education
This online publication comprises of critical reflections from participants of Solidarity in Action course, 2021.
‘Peaceful liberation’ or invasion and repression? 71 years of occupation in Tibet
Navika Mehta presents a short guide to Tibet’s history of occupation and resistance movements on the anniversary of China’s annexation of Tibet in 1951.
What we learned from fact-checking the Covid-19 infodemic on WhatsApp in Kenya
What’s it like tackling rumours and myths on Whatsapp from Kenya to stop the spread of false information about Covid-19? Kenya editor of Africa Check, Alphonce Shiundu, gives an insider’s account from the first year of the pandemic
COVID vaccines don’t violate the Nuremberg Code. Here’s how to convince the doubters
University of New South Wales researchers and lecturers Holly Seale, Ben Harris-Roxas, and Bridget Haire analyse a recent untruth regarding the Nuremberg Code that has spread online, and introduce the ‘Truth Sandwich’ method
What do you see? Money the G7 will spend that could save people’s lives
Political cartoons offer a visceral and critical space to question ideas, arguments and what we see in the world around us. Explore this cartoon by editorial cartoonist with the Irish Times, Martyn Turner, on the topic of Covid-19 vaccines and ‘investments’ by G7 countries
Blogs
Access to or lack of? Food insecurity in 2022 – an update
An additional 345 million people are food insecure. How did this happen? Navika Mehta reviews the latest global food security report
#100objects podcast episode 3: ‘I Run the World’ and 75:25 with Martyn Turner
On episode 3 of the podcast, guest host ‘educational activist’ and development educator Colm Regan interviews colleague and friend Martyn Turner on the perils, dilemmas and trade-craft as a cartoonist.
Vaccine equality for all? What you need to know – event
Join us for a 1 hour session that will demystify what we know about pharmaceutical companies, patents and Covid-19 vaccine supplies
Video – The race against COVID-19
What would an actual race pitting countries against each other in the vaccination race to tackle Covid-19 look like?
Podcast alert: reflections from the Changing Climates Summer School
A new podcast series, based on the 2-day Development Studies Association, Ireland summer school on ‘Changing Climates’ in June 2021 catching up with speakers and participants involved.
What we’ve learned from the Summit for Vaccine Internationalism
Gina Dorso explores the main outcomes of Progressive International’s Summit for Vaccine Internationalism and what can be done
Resources
Got a Covid-19 resource for learners or educators to recommend? Get in touch.
- Reads
Five issues the US President needs to take action on - Caoimhe de Barra
No election in the world attracts as much global attention as the race for the Whitehouse. That is because no political office in the world has as much global reach as that of the US President. (via Trócaire)
Covid-19 has revealed a pre-existing pandemic of poverty that benefits the rich
The World Bank’s flawed and misunderstood poverty benchmark has led to a deceptively positive picture and dangerous complacency. By outgoing UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston (via The Guardian)
COVID-19 and Development Education
A range of perspectives to inform practice and provoke debate, following a public call for submissions (via The Centre for Global Education, Belfast)
- Podcasts
Small Changes
A podcast series of one-on-one interviews with people who've seen a problem in the world and set out to change it. By The Guardian
Change the World
Young people across Ireland share their thoughts on the Sustainable Development Goals and how we can achieve them. By National Youth Council of Ireland and Spunout.ie
Will Black women decide the next US president?
The Take. An AJ+ podcast presented by Imaeyen Ibanga