"The law is crystal clear: torture can never be used at any time or under any circumstances, including during conflict or when national security is under threat. On this International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, we express our solidarity with and support...
Freedom from Torture is the only organisation in the UK dedicated solely to the treatment of survivors of torture. The effects of torture continue long after someone has escaped their torturers; survivors often suffer from chronic pain, anxiety, flashbacks and an...
Flying Solo: A Transgender Widow Fights Discrimination
At 92, Robina Asti, a WWII veteran and pilot, tells her story of living as a transgender woman since 1976 and her fight to be treated like any other widow. Learn more about Lambda Legal's resources for trans people and advocates at...
Widowhood: invisible women, secluded or excluded
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/wom_Dec%2001%20single%20pg.pdfIt can be said that there is no group more affected by the sin of omission than widows. They are painfully absent from the statistics of many developing countries, and they are rarely mentioned in the multitude of reports on women’s poverty, development, health or...
Written In Their Karma
In Nepali culture a widow is looked upon with great animosity, often being branded a witch or a whore. Their society believes it is their immoral actions in a previous life that form the defining reason behind the death of their husband....
What does it mean to be a refugee?
View full lesson: ed.ted.com/lessons/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-refugee-benedetta-berti-and-evelien-borgman About 60 million people around the globe have been forced to leave their homes to escape war, violence and persecution. The majority...
Children are Children
The Ad Council today launched a groundbreaking public service campaign designed to encourage audiences to welcome and support refugees who have recently resettled in the U.S. The campaign aims to raise awareness, dispel misconceptions and...
World Refugee Day 2016
UN Global Day of Parents – Brief video report
World No Tobacco Day
Animated and directed by o-motion for the World Health Organisation o-motion.co.uk/ twitter.com/#!/o_motion Animation: Olly Hayes Illustration: Tom Burden Music: Sanj Sen Description: Tobacco is public health enemy number one. It kills six...
World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on May 31. It is intended to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption around the globe. The day is further intended to draw attention to the widespread prevalence...
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in Uganda
In Uganda, members and fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists are supporting the development of the health system in a number of ways. This support ranges from developing systems and processes, training local health...
Obstetric fistula is a hole in the birth canal caused by prolonged labour without prompt medical intervention, usually a Caesarean section. The woman is left with chronic incontinence and in most cases a stillborn baby. The smell of leaking urine, faeces or both, is...
UNESCO Learning to protect biodiversity
Biodiversity Is Us!
Zoos and aquariums have decided to take the lead in getting people to act to preserve biodiversity, which is shrinking at an alarming rate. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums' "Biodiversity is Us" project is timed to support the...
UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development – Susana Galvan
"On this World Press Freedom Day, I urge all Governments, politicians, businesses and citizens to commit to nurturing and protecting an independent, free media. Without this fundamental right, people are less free and less empowered. With it, we can work together for...
CPJ International Press Freedom Awards 2015 – Overview
The 2008 film funded by the National union of Journalists (NUJ) on the increasing surveillance of journalists covering protest in the UK. The film highlights the increasing issues around press freedom in the UK, that has seen photographers...
Agenda for Philosophy for Children Level 1 (June/July 2017)
An Introduction to Philosophy for/with Children (P4/wC) 2 Day Training Course 27 June & 11 July in Yeovil Start: 09:00 End: 16:00 Sapere-accredited* Level 1 Course Course trainer – Flick Dunkley, for GLADE * Participants will receive Level 1 accreditation after...
“A Day’s Work”
90 minutes before he was killed on his first day of work as a temporary employee, 21-year-old Day Davis texted a picture of himself to his girlfriend, excited for their future. Day’s sister now searches for answers, as an investigation...
Today, many workers are facing greater pressure to meet the demands of modern working life. Psychosocial risks such as increased competition, higher expectations on performance and longer working hours are contributing to the workplace becoming an ever more stressful...
Slips, trips and falls shatter lives
Keep safe in your workplace Health and Safety Executive hse.gov.uk/shatteredlives Don't chance it, CHANGE IT
Health and safety film UK construction
Health and Safety film UK construction
Health and Safety film 2014
Pieter Colpaert – The World is Open…
SuperMinds 2013 There is an entire new generation coming up. Instead of worrying a lot about intellectual property rights, they find it more important to be able to share, re-use and remix. Are we going to stop this new generation and teach...
What is intellectual property?
Intellectual Property (IP) expert Richard Etienne explains the basic fundamentals of IP and how these intellectual property rights (copyright, patents, trade marks and design rights) can protect your creation. © Mr IP 2011 music: © Nujabes...
The history of malaria and impact in Africa today
A short film about the history of malaria and impact in Africa today.
Herbs And Empires: A Brief History Of Malaria Drugs
What do Jesuit priests, gin and tonics, and ancient Chinese scrolls have in common? They all show up in our animated history of malaria. It's a story of geopolitical struggles, traditional medicine, and above all, a war of escalation between...
A Carl Sagan Tribute – Pale Blue Dot
The images used on this film are from NASA - The Gateway To Astronaut Photography of Earth -- eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Videos/CrewEarthObservationsVideos/ The words are spoken by Carl Sagan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan , from the book Pale Blue...
Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan
14 Feb 1990 Voyager 1 spacecraft turned to take photos of the solar system. Included was a now famous image of Earth, showing as a 'pale blue dot' in a grainy photo. In 1994, Carl Sagan presented this image to an audience at Cornell...
