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Shifting the Lens on Ethical Communications in Global Development: A Focus on NGDOs in Ireland

Concerns about the ways in which issues, peoples and places have been represented in global development (GD) communications have been raised since the 1980s. Criticisms have been levelled at media and non-governmental development organisations (NGDOs), including for their portrayal of colonial stereotypes, ‘us’ and ‘them’ binary relationships and identities, and

Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms

“Dear Teacher….I have been dreaming about this book for more than a decade. I am, and always have been, passionate about Global Citizenship Education (GCE) and visualised this book because I wanted to provide students and teachers with an accessible starting point for learning about this important field. …. I

Join The Dots Activity Pack

A series of suggested teaching and learning activities are presented, for Junior Infants to Second Class, and for Third to Sixth Class, using the animation as a springboard for exploring what it means to be an active global citizen. The relevant curriculum strands, strand units and objectives are also provided.

An SDG Guide – for starters!

The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) Summit is upon us and all eyes will be on the Paris meeting and its potential wrangles, challenges and outcomes.  Given the debates that characterised the previous Millennium Development Goals agenda, the temperature is likely to hot up with national governments now discussing the SDGs

Focus on Poverty: Junior Primary/Key Stage 1 Educator’s Resource

At 4 pages in length this is a brief resource with original activity-driven illustrations, and step-by-step instructions on the topics of poverty and hunger and children’s needs. For more see the poverty and hunger resources on Trócaire website for educators Other Trócaire resources in the ‘Focus on’ series: Focus on

5 Cartoons on World Food Day

Who benefits from our food system, and who loses out? How can this possibly change? Introducing 5 cartoons from around the world on World Food Day.

Aids-related deaths ‘down 21% from peak’, says UNAIDS

Aids-related deaths are at the lowest level since their 2005 peak, down 21%, figures from UNAIDS suggest. The data also show that while the number of new infections has hovered around 2.7 million people globally every year since 2007, it is falling in 33 countries  — 22 of them in

Is Africa’s negative image justified? Eleven viewpoints

There is much debate about the image of the continent of Africa and how is portrayed, particularly in the media.One recent article by Femi Adewunmi in the business publication ‘How we made it in Africa’ reports on a BBC Africa Debate held in Kampala, Uganda debating the theme: Africa‘s international

We’re 100 blogs old!

This week marks the 100th post since we launched the developmenteducation.ie blog just over a year ago. Thanks to all our readers and contributors for the lively discussions and debates. Sparks did fly. Disagreement was had. Long may it continue! To mark the occasion we have launched an exciting quarterly

1,826 = 7,500,000,000,000

As you log out of ‘Hotmail’ you are redirected to MSN news homepage. I don’t often take much notice of the contents of the page, however, on this occasion the new Forbes listing of the richest people on the planet caught my eye. Turns out, it was very interesting!

The photography of Tom Stoddard

Taken over a ten years, Tom Stoddard’s iWitness exhibition is a witness to some of the most intense humanitarian disasters the world has seen.

The links between the ‘B’ and ‘F’ words

Toni Pyke reflects on breastfeeding, Feminism and social media during World Breastfeeding Week 2016 (1 – 7 August). ……………………………………………….. In what continues to be popularly referred to as the ‘developed’ ‘North’ or ‘West,’ we take it for granted that we have the freedom to exercise our democratic rights – rights

Emergency Response: Ebola

This briefing includes: An update on the Ebola virus outbreak, previous outbreaks and information on how the virus is transmitted Background information on ‘Patient zero’ 7 key facts Concern’s response in Sierra Leone and Liberia

Ethical Consumption = Fair Trade?

Whenever ethical consumption is mentioned, the first thing that crosses many people’s minds is ‘fair trade’. But ethical consumption is about much more than fair trade products. It is about consciously evaluating the consumption choices you make – deciding whether or not to buy locally-produced products versus imported ones, whether

An Interview with Michael J. Kelly

Marjorie Laville-Pain of 80:20 interviewed Fr. Michael J. Kelly in Zambia for www.developmenteducation.ie. During the interview Michael talks to her about what motivates him to continue his work in the area – the motivation and dignity of those infected and affected by the pandemic. He discusses how he believes the pandemic should be tackled

Exploring The Shape of Our World Today

This module explores the basic shape of our world today: it highlights a range of key issues and challenges, how we see them and how others see them; it also explores key debates