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No Comment: Craftivist Collective’s Mini Protest Banners
Filed under: Africa, Asia, Britain, Civil Society Organisations, Cooperative, Economic Development, Environment, Features, No Comment, No Comment - Video, Poverty, Poverty, Profiles
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No Comment: Craftivist Collective’s Mini Protest Banners
The concept is to make a small un-threatening protest banner on a global justice or poverty issue that you care about. Then you put it up (with cable ties) in a relevant public space. Then we explain...
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International Women’s Day: Global Political Rights
Check out this fantastic interactive map from The Guardian, which shows the status of global political rights for women:...
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No Comment: Clean Drinking Water
Filed under: Africa, Americas, Debate Issues, Development, Economic Development, Economics, Farming, Girl Issues, No Comment, No Comment - Photography, Poverty, Poverty, Water, Women's Issues Tagged:...
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Video: Stabilising the Global Population – where next for the Millennium...
In preparation for tomorrow morning’s ‘Understanding Poverty’ exam, I’m re-watching this fantastic lecture from the Director of the Institute for Global Health, the lovely Anthony Costello. Had a great...
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No Comment: Malala Yousafzai on Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’
Words fail me. I know this video has already done the rounds over the past few days, but still. You all need to take five minutes out of your days to watch this. Now.Filed under: Education, Feminism,...
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Second Marriage in India and Tanishq’s Bold Ad
You may have seen this ad which Tanishq produced a few days ago. If not, take some time to have a look: In case you don’t speak Hindi, the little girl asks the groom if she should now call him Daddy....
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8 Women who made the World a better place in 2014 (Reblog)
Happy International Women’s Day! It’s a day we celebrate the women and girls in our lives and also look to others around the world. Today in Budapest, I was out with my boyfriend and was amazed by the...
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Reblog: Eight Signs Life is Improving for Africa’s Children
It’s so rare these days to get a piece of good news about children’s economic development, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. I came across this article today, which has made my day. Yes, there is still...
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27 Myths about the Developing World
I found this article on Global Citizen and wanted to share it. There was a lot here that made me think, but many of these myths have been debunked by most academics and professionals in development....
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Guest Post: What Ethical Consumerism means to me
I’m thrilled to share my guest blog for ‘Hands Producing Hope’ on what ethical consumerism means to me, resources and ideas for thinking about our lifestyles in a more equitable way. I would love to...
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Reblog: How you can change the world by shopping!
I came across this post by Indego Africa, shared as a guest post on the One Campaign’s blog as well, so I thought I’d add to the shares! This is a great article about how and why what we buy matters,...
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Global Inequality in Photos – Action 2015 and the Sustainable Development Goals
To coincide with this week’s UN General Assembly meeting in New York, where the Sustainable Development Goals will be finalised, an NGO-based movement called ‘Action 2015’ has gathered a collection of...
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Reblog: What Happens When Fashion Becomes Fast, Disposable And Cheap?
I came across this article on NPR today and thought I’d share it with you – on the realities of our ‘fast’ and cheap clothing, and the cost behind what we pay for it. When it comes to clothes these...
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Fair Trade and Millennials
I came across this article today, and was intrigued. It quotes this NPR piece from earlier this week, which (full disclosure) discusses the findings of a Hersheys-funded survey. In essence, millennials...
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Celebrate International Women’s Day differently
Today is International Women’s Day, marked around the world in many different ways. It’s also the 100th anniversary of the start of the Russian Revolution – on 8 March 1917, female textile workers...
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