Category: Campaigning
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BREXIT: A threat to tackling global poverty
By Mike Kane, Shadow Minister for International Development and Labour MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East – @MikeKaneMP Whatever side of the EU Referendum Debate you sit on it is hard to deny that being able to work collaboratively with some of the world’s strongest economies, to pool financial, institutional and technological resources enables…
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Invitation: Join LCID MPs in discussion of ‘Brexit’
In conjunction with the Labour Movement for Europe (LME) and Labour’s Environmental Campaign Group (SERA), LCID is hosting to an exclusive Panel Q&A on the evening of June 14th, 19.00-21.00, at UNITE Head Quarters in London. The evening’s discussion, entitled “Brexit: A danger to security, tackling climate change and international development”, will be addressed by…
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David Miliband makes the case for Britain in Europe
Today in London David Miliband, the former Foreign Secretary and current CEO of International Rescue Committee, delivered a speech making the case for the UK to remain in Europe, including why the EU matters for international development. Some of his comments are reproduced below: At the heart of our British success story in…
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Why 2016 is the year to leap, not shuffle, towards gender equality
By Emily and Katie Berrington Despite being the year that the United States may be set to welcome its first female president; the first year that Saudi Arabia’s female residents will live under municipal governments that they were able to vote in; and the year that more than 90 countries answered the UN Women’s call…
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The IF campaign launch
Yesterday saw the launch of the IF campaign to end global hunger. The campaign has been launched by a coalition of 100s of NGOs and faith groups and is the largest campaign of its kind since Make Poverty History in 2005. Alongside targeting global poverty directly, the IF campaign focuses on the need to target…
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The Power of We – Stopping Land Grabs
Today is Blog Action Day and this year’s theme is ‘The Power of We’. It’s a perfect opportunity to celebrate the power of people in making change happen. We’ve seen people power in many guises over the last year, from large scale movements like the Arab Spring and Occupy, to people making a stand on…
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Post-Rio and the challenges facing international development and Labour
By Alex Farrow (@alexjamesfarrow and @youthpolicy) As policy makers, activists and governments move on from the failed negotiations at Rio+20, Labour must now find a way to ensure sustainability remains at the heart of the international community’s development agenda. At Rio+20 negotiators agreed the creation of the Sustainable Development Goals to replace the Millennium Development Goals that…
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The real George Osborne
Guest post from the World Development Movement ‘New online comedy series about George Osborne,’ a colleague of mine said to two briefcase-clutching gents last week as she handed them a flyer outside the Treasury. ‘Ha, yes, we need that at the moment,’ replied one. ‘Just watch parliament TV, that’s a comedy featuring George Osborne,’ said…
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Why we need to stand in solidarity with Afghan women
Kate Hughes, campaigner for the Rights in Crisis Team at Oxfam write for us. Ten years ago, Afghan women were promised a bright future. After decades of civil war, and repressive Taliban rule, they have entered a new era in which they are once again able to work, send their daughters to school, and even…
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Our #BAD11 contribution – How could a UK forest company be keeping people hungry in Uganda?
LCID member Serena O’Sullivan writes for us on World Food Day Today, October 16th 2011, is World Food Day. And it coincides with Blog Action Day (or #BAD11 for tweeters) – 24 hours of social action by bloggers around the world, who write on a different subject every year, this year being FOOD. A happy…
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