80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World
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Educating and acting for a better world through popular education on human development and human rights
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facebook.comHans Rosling: 'A kind and constantly curious genius' | Ann Lindstrand
Hans Rosling was a definite hero of ours. Another great, gone. '...Hans, you moved so many of us. No one can take your place, but we can all play our part in creating a fact-based understanding of the world that will help us make the right decisions for our future.'
‘All of us, men and women, must do better’ - Stride - online magazine for global citizenship in schools
Our friends and colleagues over at Stride published an article which is an edited excerpt from chapter 8, Women, Development and (dis)empowerment, by Ciara Regan, one of our co-editors of the 7th edition of 80-20 Development in an Unequal World
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Come one, come all to the launch of the 7th edition of our book, 80:20 Development in an Unequal World. If you are interested in coming, please RSVP to ciara@8020.ie.
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Extreme poverty, gracious luxury... A new report from Oxfam on the staggering new figures
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'...the challenge for each one of us is: can I be satisfied that it should remain so? If not, then what am I going to do to about it?' Michael J. Kelly Learning about rights and wrongs; choosing to question and identifying alternatives is, at its core, what 80-20 Development in an Unequal World is all about. It offers an exploration of some of the most central global issues and debates of our time. It is an agenda that we must not only learn but also dare to teach. 7th Edition of 80-20 Development in an Unequal World co-published with New Internationalist is available online and in bookshops now at €21.95 (plus P&P) www.8020.ie/8020-the-book.html
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It's finally ready!! 80-20 Development in an Unequal World 7th edition. Place your orders now folks (email ciara@8020.ie)
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