Today’s blog was originally posted in the Guardian’s Education section, in their series ‘How to Teach…’ – which covers everything from teaching about tax, tennis and the referendum on Scottish Independence. This week’s post covers the issue of slavery, written by Valerie Hannah, in preparation for the international day for the
Does your candidate support human rights for all and will work to tackle the climate emergency? A quick guide to election manifestos and pledges
Avert Avert is an international HIV and AIDS charity, based in the UK, working to avert HIV and AIDS worldwide through education, treatment and care. Their website has a comprehensive account of most aspects of the disease including statistics, the history of the disease, information from every continent, photos and
From getting out to vote and entertaining two children off school due to it being a make-shift polling station, Ciara Regan reflects on international women’s day 2024.
As educators (in whatever context you are in), how do you challenge misogyny, when facts are no longer sacred, and challenge popular opinion? Ciara reflects on International Women’s Day
During the month of August I volunteered with an organisation based on the island of Lesbos which gives legal advice to people seeking refugee status. Many refugees find their way to the island due to its proximity to mainland Turkey which you can see from the beach, about 8km from
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Yes, there really is one, it’s on November 19th. Go on smile, have a little laugh even, it’s perfectly alright; the man from the United Nations said we probably would. In fact, he said “The amusement and laughter likely to follow the designation of 19 November as ‘World Toilet Day’
To generate social dialogue on the ban on women drivers a Saudi artist created a low-budget campaign called ‘We the Women’
This research provides a critical overall review and assessment of existing curriculum-based practice at second-level education in the Republic of Ireland; it reviews and analyses many current ideas and practices underpinning development education in curriculum documents, lesson plan assessments (75 lesson plans), curriculum-specific textbooks (not NGO literature), in the reported
Is corporate greed the reason for Covid-19 vaccine success through pharmaceutical companies rather than public funding? A fact check by Aoife Mc Donald
In 2013, the theme for OWW was ‘The World Young People Want’. One World Week is a week of youth-led awareness raising, education and action that takes place throughout Ireland during the third week in November every year and links into the EU Global Education Week. During One World Week
In the second of a series of blogs about the impact and consequences of Ebola in Sierra Leone, Africa Research Institute researcher Jamie Hitchen, back in London following a year spent working in the country, focuses on new economic hardships. You can read the first blog, on health care, here.
developmenteducation.ie’s Gina Dorso and Aoife Mc Donald share 8 takeaways from a major civil society event exploring ideas for a Just Recovery from COVID-19 based on the Sustainable Development Goals
A simple but very useful ‘3-step approach’ to doing development education and global citizenship education. “At best, a lecturer (teacher) speaks with and for her audience, not to or at it. She takes leads, images and stirrings from her audience, and reflects back to them tentative accounts and explanations for
Following on from last year’s political developments in the United States and the UK, it has become popular to argue that democracy is under immediate threat or that it has been set aside. This argument seems all the more plausible when one moves outside the traditional ‘western’ perspective to include
This CSR myths pocket-size booklet includes: Why thinking about freedom of speech matters 10 short myths about the limits of freedom of expression, social media and the free press in an increasingly digital and connected world. Links to the Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions) References
This Website can be used as a resource to challenge dominant perceptions and narratives about charity and Africa. The organisations motto is ‘not charity, just work’ The Website explores ethical manufacturing, Impacts and Results of the project, and presents a gallery of African designers and their work. This video offers
As I am sure most are aware from the flooded bookshelves of your local bookshop, ‘Hygge’ is the newest phenomena replacing the cold empty space where ‘mindfulness’ once sat. Hygge is a Danish concept meaning ‘cosiness’ and it is about (from what we are told) enjoying the ‘little’ things in
A year’s worth of web analytics, research, discussion and collaboration offer some interesting insights which may be of use to DE colleagues. Here, we share 8 of those lessons. 1. There are still many gaps in DE resource provision and therefore many opportunities (and needs) to fill them Despite the
What do ‘applied education’ and science projects look like in practice? Aisling Halligan reports on the Science for Development initiative led by Self Help Africa.
LYCS Human Rights Week (HRW) is a week of activities exploring various aspects of human rights. LYCS is a community development project in Dublin North East Inner City. The aim of Human Rights Week is to increase understanding of interdependence and connection and to celebrate values of human rights, solidarity
A round-up of ideas, trends and entry points for anyone interested in producing Development Education / global citizenship education resources in adult and community education contexts
As part of our series on life and politics in Uganda, Jamie Hitchen documents the stories and struggles of human rights defenders in a recent visit to the politically remote Lira District in northern Uganda.
In 2000 the UN Millennium Declaration was adopted at the largest ever meeting of heads of state and committed those countries – rich and poor – to doing all they could to eradicate poverty. Promote human dignity and equality and achieve peace, democracy and environmental sustainability. World leaders agreed to
There is no denying it now, movie weather is upon us! Although it is quite enjoyable and desirable to sit down – especially after a long, busy week – in front of a movie that needs little or no brain power to follow it (please see Eddie Izzard on this),
The winning blog entry for the 2019 Trinity College Dublin Development Issues Blog Series is Moya McDermott on the true cost of fast fashion indulgences and #influencers There is a new force of work fuelling rapid consumerism on a massive scale – social media. According to a study from 2018,
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Six days from now we will have used up our ecological budget for 2015. Our ecological footprint is how much we demand from nature. Presently, we consume 1.6 planets worth of earth’s resources. Overshoot occurs when: HUMANITY’S ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT > EARTH’S BIOCAPACITY Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s
The resource aims to encourage young people themselves to respond to the challenge: “Who is listening to the young people?” The core aims of the resource are: To improve our understanding of global citizenship and how we can make the world a more equal, just and peaceful place. To be
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