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Positive and Negative Realities

Photo credit © XXXXXXX In 1900 the number of sovereign independent states amounted to 55; the number of states governed by colonial or imperial powers also numbered 55 and the percentage of the world population living in democracies was just 12.4%. By 2000 this picture had changed completely – the number

Shelter and the Rise of Cities

The majority of the world’s 7 billion people live in urban areas. More than one billion of these – or one in three urban residents – live in inadequate housing with no, or only a few basic resources such as access to safe water or sanitation, refuse collection, etc. Generally,

Climate Justice and Climate Change

What is climate change? The term ‘climate change’ has been with us since the early part of the 19th century when scientists sought to define natural changes in the earth’s atmosphere and the discovery of the greenhouse effect. In the later part of the century the link between human actions

Does Global Inequality Matter?

Photo credit © XXXXXXX Continuing debates on global inequality have developed a new edge and immediacy as a result of the current financial and economic crises affecting the West and, in particular the Eurozone with the accompanying ‘austerity’ measures they have generated. The rise of the ‘Occupy’ movements in 2011 challenged

International Women’s Day: reminding ourselves why and what it stands for

Colm Regan presents 10 resources to explore International Women’s Day, celebrated globally every  year on March 8th. IWD was created in 1910 but only recognised by the UN in 1975. There are the very obvious reasons why we continue to mark International Women’s Day. The core reality being that gender

Method 1 – The 3-Step approach

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

Method 4: Public education and development issues

This section includes the following: Public ‘attitudes’ and aid issues – some implications for development education Coming to public judgement on development issues 7 steps in coming to public judgement – an opinion ‘learning curve’ Some key ingredients for success in the public education ‘learning curve’: learning from other movements

3. Ten activities to introduce DE to younger age groups

Looking to energise, introduce or start exploring a development education (DE) issue? Here we present 10 activities for younger groups and 30 activities for anyone over 12 years old. You can (and indeed should) adapt them to suit the needs of your group. Feel free to use these in conjunction

Debating Climate Change

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

Issues – The Stolen Generation, The Apology, Reparation and Compensation

Introduction While advances have been made in the past couple of years, there is still along way to go before the unique needs of Indigenous people are recognised and true reconciliation is achieved in Australia. The fact remains that on nearly all social indicators, Aboriginals in Australia fall drastically below

Key Human Rights documents

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1975) Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. (1984) Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (1975) Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and

Africa’s hidden slaughter deserves as much attention as the tsunami

by Kevin WatkinsMonday January 17, 2005The Guardian In his final inaugural address, delivered 50 years ago this week, President Roosevelt found solace in what he saw as a moral awakening forced by the death, destruction and chaos of war. “We have learned,” he told Congress, “to be citizens of the

Don’t let tsunami wash out the MDGs

BANGKOK, Jan 18 (IPS) – Although small, Singapore’s response to aid fellow South-east Asian neighbour Indonesia in the aftermath of the devastating tsunami is being hailed by a regional development expert as a pivotal step in the global race to rid the world of poverty. “Singapore going to Aceh to

Introducing the new developmenteducation.ie

The new developmenteducation.ie is all about teachable moments – in crisis, in opportunities and in education for change, now in the era of Sustainable Development Goals, extreme inequalities and human-induced climate shocks.

50 Picturebooks to Change the World

Thérèse Hegarty and Patricia Kennon explore picturebooks in learning contexts and how they encourage discussions of friendship, conflict, struggle, norms, points of view, difference and injustice in a distanced way, therefore allowing sensitive issues to be discussed without direct disclosures about the children’s own lives.