For those that didn’t catch it, Development Education Day was run on the 15th February earlier this year in NUI Galway by Self Help Africa and supported by Irish Aid as a partnership event integrating Development Education as a much more significant component across all Initial Teacher Education programmes offered
This six-minute video animation is currently doing the rounds online and builds on the pioneering research by economists Michael Norton and Dan Ariely about American attitudes toward wealth. The video details the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers.
This resource is intended to support young people in critically exploring conflict and peace building within a framework of Human Rights and International Law. Looking specifically at the Palestinian/ Israeli situation, the resource provides an opportunity for students to increase their knowledge and understanding, develop their skills of critical analysis,
National Geographic presents 7 Billion: how your world will change, a compilation of the acclaimed year-long editorial series about population, plus videos, insights and stunning photos. Visit: https://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/7-billion __________________________ Editor’s update: in 2050, 70% of the population will be living in “urban areas,” not “megacities” as stated in an earlier
Published on 21 September, 2013 In the largest lipdub of Africa, 500 women dance to ‘Price Tag’ by Jessie J ft. B.o.B. Every single one of these strong and resourceful women has started a business of her own. Their dream is to show you and Jessie J how this has
Published: 26 May 2012 More info: https://inktalks.com Read: The meaning of development from “The Menstrual Man” by Toni Pyke (15th May, 2014) on developmenteducation.ie
Shop 80-20 Development in an Unequal World – 7th Edition80-20 explores inequalities and injustices in a plain speaking overview of key global issues, trends and stories through striking visuals and by assembling facts, figures, graphs, maps, photos and political cartoons as well as analysis of the world today. Price: €21.95
Resource Details The campaign is calling for supermarkets to: Make more loose fruit and veg available in their stores Replace their plastic packaging with more sustainable options Provide recycle areas at the checkout for customers The groups are running Pack It In campaigns in their local areas to raise awareness
The world will no longer be divided by the ideologies of ‘left’ and ‘right’ but by those who accept ecological limits and those who don’t. Wolfgang Sachs, Wuppertal Institute The concept of climate change was first raised in scientific circles in the late 1800s. In recent decades climate change has been the
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The Living Between Trains and Drains series explores the day-to-day stories which highlight issues experienced within high density urban living in the city of Kampala, Uganda.
A project led by members of the Comhlámh Belfast group raising awareness about resource extraction in Ireland and internationally through solidarity and nurturing our relationship with the earth.
Wider than a health issue, the Coronavirus pandemic is threatening women’s rights and well-being, as reports of violence against women surge across the world
This Exploitation Game aims to support young people to explore the themes of land, resource and environmental rights. This innovative and exciting resource will enable youth workers and young people to use this game as a tool to increase understanding and empathy. It is informed by youth work principles and
Highlighting the work of physiotherapists who live and work in the Global South – a photo exhibition by Emma McCarthy
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.
The Modern Slavery series is a three part series on Thursdays. In part one Chris O’Connell reviews how slavery today is mainly defined as a ‘criminal justice’ issue yet instead should be read through power relations approaches and the inequalities they foster.
Short film by Caoimhe Butterly with testimonies from people stuck in indefinite limbo in Vasilika refugee camp in Northern Greece. Raneem and Leila, Ella, Mohammed and Hassan talk about their journeys, their hopes, frustrations and experiences of ongoing injustice.
Short documentary by Caoimhe Butterly about the quietly devastating impacts of border closures, and reflections of some of the women and men stranded in Idomeni, Greece, as they seek refuge in Europe.
Reflections of some of the refugee women, men and children waiting in Eko camp in Polykastro, Greece. A short film by Caoimhe Butterly
Living in tents and over-crowded ferry terminals in the port of Athens, refugees wait for the right to continue their journeys and to seek hoped-for refuge. A short film by Caoimhe Butterly
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This article is a response to Kevin Myers’ opinion piece on Friday, 5th October in The Irish Independent, titled: Why do we send money to nations that can spend millions on arms? It’s quite an achievement really. Sukhoi warplanes, Uganda, anti-gay laws, aid from Ireland, Eamon Gilmore, democracy, political correctness,
Workshop experiences at the Kerry One World Centre draw the attention of participants to look at the MDGs from an local Irish perspective before taking during One World Week 2012. One World Week is a week of youth-led awareness raising, education and action that takes place throughout Ireland during the
On 4th March Kenyans will be going to the polls to vote in national elections. Memories of the post-election violence that gripped the country in 2007-08 are vivid, and many fear similar violence could occur again when the polls close. But political violence in Kenya is more than just a
Fruit and Veg, Old City, Jerusalem by David Masters, Flickr (2008) Tony Daly responds to a range of the comments and feedback received by the authors based on a blog posted earlier this year with Colm Regan on the international boycott against settlement goods labelled as Israeli products from the
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
A tribute by cartoonist Zapiro from today’s Mail & Guardian newspaper to the life and times of Nelson Mandela, former lawyer, radical anti-apartheid activist, prisoner for 27 years, a canny politician and the first President in a fully democratic South Africa who died in his Johannesburg home last night at
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