World Food Day 2014: Family Farming

Business, Environment, Fairtrade, Family, Food & Cuisine, Human Rights, International Day, Poverty, Sustainability, Video

Repositioning family farming at the centre of agricultural, environmental and social policies in national agendas is a top priority at the UN’s FAO. That has been the focus of the International Year 2014. So just what are the challenges faced by smallholders and...

The Girl Effect

http://www.girleffect.org/

Grandfather Gandhi

Family, International Day, Religion & Spirituality, Video

Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson tells the story of how his grandfather taught him to turn darkness into light in this uniquely personal and vibrantly illustrated tale that carries a message of peace. How could he—a Gandhi—be so easy to anger? One thick, hot day, Arun Gandhi...

Directed by Tweedie

Age, Family, International Day, Society, Video

Making a film when you’re 87 is less than convenient… *subtitles available* – English, Croatian, Polish, Latvian duncancowles.com/tweedie WORLD PREMIERE – Edinburgh Int. Film Festival 2014 WINNER – 2015 Scottish Short Film Award, Glasgow Short Film...

International Day of Older Persons

Age, Family, Human Rights, International Day, Society

year of first observance the theme was "The future we want: what older persons are saying" the theme is "Take A Stand Against Ageism" The International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 each year. On December 14, 1990 the United Nations...

“All human beings are born with equal and inalienable rights, and have the right to age with dignity, respected by their families and communities, free of neglect, abuse and violence.”

– Ban Ki-moon

The Girl Effect: The Clock is Ticking

Child Labour, Child Rights, Citizenship, Cultural, Democracy, Disease, Economics, Education, Environment, Family, Freedom, Global Citizenship, Health, Human Rights, International Day, Literacy, Political, Poverty, Safety, Sanitation, Social, Video, Water, Website

Please visit...

Stories of the Holocaust

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project/the-holocaust

Undermined – An epidemic in South Africa’s Gold Mines

Business, Disease, Family, Health, Human Rights, International Day, Video

Mine workers in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rates of tuberculosis in the world, with more than 760 000 new cases per year connected to the mining industry. Undermined explores the river of TB flowing out from the mines, and why a vaccine is critical to the...

Widowhood: invisible women, secluded or excluded

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/wom_Dec%2001%20single%20pg.pdf

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