6 ideas for teaching ‘business and human rights’ issues
7th Mar 2022
Procurement, business operations abroad, objects and holding companies account. A 6-point guide on business and human rights by Tony Daly
Procurement, business operations abroad, objects and holding companies account. A 6-point guide on business and human rights by Tony Daly
5 MDG Things To Do Organise an MDG-focused event in your school/youth club (an assembly, workshop (s), peer education) Participate in the MDG Youth Forum (tbc: Nov 2005) Organise/deliver an art-focused MDG project in your school/community, document the process and share it Lobbying on the follow-up to the 2005 UN
**Update: check out the Human Rights Day 2020 live-blog. For starters, check out Amnesty International Ireland’s human rights education resources and the international HRE resources. There are resources for both primary and post-primary schools, for youth and for adult education contexts. They feature resources by theme (the death penalty, action
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
2020 marks the 15th year of the Our World Irish Aid Award. The anniversary theme, ‘A Better World,’ invites primary teachers and pupils to learn about the Global Goals and the work supported by Irish Aid, Ireland’s official international development programme. Schools are supported with: Child-friendly resources, like the very
Is your school interested in getting involved (or is already involved) in development education activities? Or are you an NGO or an education network working with schools on development education? If so, there’s an exciting opportunity for you to apply for funding to support your development education activities. Funding is
In 2006 well known campaigning comedian Mark Thomas approached Irish non-governmental organisation Afri having become aware of Afri’s work on the arms trade. He asked if Afri would put him in touch with a secondary school in Ireland. Afri introduced Mark to Barbara Raferty, aware of the consistent justice and
Given the nature and scale of the issues central to development education, it is inevitable and desirable that attention is paid to how we approach issues and debates about human development, human rights, inequality and injustice etc. So much research and practice on the topic of how, where and when
It is not surprising that Africa’s vaccine manufacturing capacity has been limited. The facilities supply less than 1% of vaccines needed for the continent.
Peter Manning presents a brief guide to teaching inequality in a primary schools context.
Ciara Regan finalising an exhibition display case. Feb, 2020. Photo: Joshua Mulholland TEACHING MATERIALS 10 kick-starter activities to support use of the Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects digital exhibition in education contexts. Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects offers a brief and selective introduction to the many campaigns, activities
Explore a brief timeline marking 36 moments and events with richly diverse stories of African struggle, unity and solidarity for over 140 years.
This learning unit has been developed to support teachers and students in exploring famine in the context of Irish history and beyond
What The Fact? Gary Lineker attends the training session at Fulham Football Club where refugee children take part on March 5, 2020. Photo by Hammersmith & Fulham Council via Flickr (used under CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0) Gary Lineker, former football player and broadcaster, claims that the British Government admits significantly fewer refugees than
It always was and still is one of the most useful and telling introductory development education activities as it tells us a lot about people’s perceptions of the world. Imagining a world of 100 people and dividing it percentage wise between key regions and then discussing and debating a given
The human rights biographies project was designed to encourage participants to explore their own personal experiences of human rights issues in their own lives to date; the focus is directly on the participants and seeks to highlight human rights as personal ‘lived and experienced’ realities rather than as international instruments
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.
An introductory guide to fiction and development
“Justice is not a court verdict, it is also a personal journey” Elizabeth Neuffer, author As with all projects such as this, a central question raised at almost every turn is the difficult question of ‘What can I/we do?’ This question is all the more difficult to answer when faced
Artist – Robert Montgomerry (UK) // install in Bristol The central message to UK outfit ‘Brandalism’ who exploded onto the British scene in the past few days was in bringing their motto ‘taking the piss with a point’ to billboards up and down the country using guerrilla-style subervtising. 25 artists
As someone who remembers what it means to ‘put pen to paper’, being asked to write for a blog at first drew a total blank. Everyone has heard of ‘ blog,’ ‘blogger,’ ‘blogging’ and whatever else blog associated there is in ‘blogosphere.’ Yet, have we ever stopped to think what
“Without forest we would have no access to clean water as the source of life …Forest is like the skin covering our body.” Chut Wutty 1964-2012 When the issue of ‘Blood Wood’ in Cambodia recently came to my attention, I was brought back to the time in 2008 at the
So you donated a week’s lattes to save refugees from an African civil war; you suspect the refugees received only an ordinary cup of Joe… Julia Lewis, Area Manager, Democratic Republic of Congo in Concern Worldwide, presents a field report on four of the harsh realities in delivering aid assistance
Situated in the centre of the South American continent, Bolivia has a geography that combines high mountain regions in the Andes with large areas of the Amazon rainforest. Not so long ago experts would describe it as a ‘front line’ country for the impacts of global climate change. But the
It is genuinely humbling to walk from the ferry terminal towards Admiralty to the epicentre of the Umbrella Movement’s occupation site in Hong Kong. Amidst the upmarket hotels, limousines, banks and giant billboards glorifying global overconsumption are literally thousands and thousands of posters, post-its and slogans demanding, in stark contrast,
I love coffee. I love good coffee, and have come to the conclusion that I am a coffee snob. I am so addicted – to “good” coffee that is – that I even have the necessary tools to make up my own latte, cappuccino, mocha, you name it, at home
I was out walking the dog this morning. It was a particularly hot morning as the rains haven’t quite taken force. It was lovely and quiet with very few people around. Kampala is always quiet on weekend mornings. Snoopy is 15 years old, so for an Mzee (old man) of
This blog was written to stimulate discussion at an Irish Development Education Association seminar in Dublin on 4th May 2016. It is based upon my own thinking about what has been achieved over the past three decades, some trends and patterns I see dominating at the moment (not all positive)
The Teaching and Activities Guide is designed for use alongside the microsite ‘Climate Change is About…Water’. Material on the microsite can be followed in a sequential order, and projected as a presentation if desired. It also has discrete thematic chapters – or single entries, essays, videos etc. This guide has
The site has a useful most-popular resources guide, updates on key issues (e.g. Ebola); a range of teacher supports (including stimulating ‘thinkpieces’), excellent tools and guides (e.g. on controversial issues) and an education focused blog. Despite being heavily focused on the English and UK curricula, the site has much to