COVID-19
A dashboard of tools, resources, ideas and stories during Covid-19, updated weekly.
Updated: Jan 15, 2020
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
‘You’re half the world away’ on International Women’s Day
Toni Pyke surveys the landscape on progress, setbacks, inequality made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic and suggests 10 things you can do on International Women’s Day
Interactive – Business and human rights under a global pandemic
Explore the map of repressive governments and a number of private companies that have exploited the coronavirus health crisis to further their own agendas at the expense of human rights, based on Trócaire’s documentary ‘Never Waste a Crisis’
Bust Covid-19 myths and flatten the infodemic curve
In the centre of the battle over reliable information and the Covid-19 ‘infodemic’, the World Health Organization released an update to its mythbusters advice to the public. Take a look.
Health misinformation: How we can push back on conspiracies and unverified advice during a crisis
Dora-Olivia Vicol explores the findings from recent research about health misinformation and Covid-19 by fact-checkers Africa Check, Full Fact and Chequeado
GOAL: adapting and responding to Covid 19
As part of the Irish Development Education Association conference 2020, Jessica Sargeant showcased how GOAL has adapted its edication work to Covid-19
Children in Crossfire: adapting and responding to Covid 19
As part of the Irish Development Education Association conference 2020, Donna McFeely showcased how Children in Crossfire have adapted to Covid-19
Blogs
Pandemic Reflections
John Dornan ponders all things pandemic, as he gets his first COVID-19 vaccination
Women’s rights quiz -take the test
Take the quiz and test your knowledge, based on the 10 Myths About Women’s Rights myth buster.
Top 10 blogs of 2020 on developmenteducation.ie
What was popular in 2020? Check out the top 10 blogs published on developmenteducation.ie
Event: Framing the debate – documentary making and activism in education
Join us on 27 January 2021 for a screening of Never Waste a Crisis, a short documentary film on how human rights are being undermined during the COVID19 crisis, followed by a lively discussion with producer Emmet Sheerin from Trócaire and climate activist and campaigner Alicia O’Sullivan
Have your say! Readers survey 2021 now open
The 2021 reader survey is open – have your say on a changed world, and how we can support you in it
Human Rights Day – live!
Follow the Human Rights Day 2020 live-blog for happenings and activities throughout the day during a time of unprecedented change during the first year of a Covid-19 world
Resources
Got a Covid-19 resource for learners or educators to recommend? Get in touch.
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- 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