Category: Campaigning
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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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David Morrissey says ‘Keep the Promise’
At the Gleneagles summit in 2005, the G8 countries made a promise: their aid budgets would be increased to 0.7% of their national income. Now, just 6 years later, there are already signs that some of those countries are failing to live up to their word. The Labour Party, with Harriet Harman at the helm
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On International Women’s Day call on the Government to back up UN Women
Today is International Women’s Day, Labour is holding the Conservative-led Government to account on its promise to women around the world. This comes a week after support for UN Women was left out of the aid review. In an email, Harriet Harman asked people to ask them why: Today is International Women’s Day. Join me
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Standing up for women around the world
Speaking yesterday at the start of the 55th Commission on the Status of Women, Harriet Harman took the opportunity to welcome the launch of UN Women, which was officially launched. “This is a very important meeting. It will see the official launch of UN Women and bring together women from around the world. “There can
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Select Committee reports on DfID
In this guest post, Anas Sarwar MP writes again for LCID about the work being done on the International Development Select Committee. Last week saw the publication of the International Development Select Committee report looking into DFID’s Annual Report & Resource Accounts for 2009-2010. It offers a valuable insight into the key policy areas the
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Could AV mean a fairer deal for the world’s poor?
LCID is not endorsing either campaign in the upcoming referendum on voting reform, however, we recognise that many people are. In this guest post, Stephen Doughty, Former Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for International Development, writes for the Yes to AV campaign about why he is backing the change. Make trade fair, drop
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Save the Children launch ‘No child born to die’
Today, Save the Children, launched their new campaign, ‘No child born to die’. The campaign focuses on the plight of children in poverty, both in the UK and abroad. This campaign comes at a particularly important time, with the first Child Poverty strategy and the Budget due in March. We are looking to the critical
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Anas Sarwar writes for LCID on the 2010 MDG Review
By Anas Sarwar, Glasgow Central MP and member of the International Development Select Committee If you’d like to get up to speed on progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, the International Development Select Committee’s report on the 2010 Review Summit is the ideal place to start. Published yesterday, it provides a detailed overview of where
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Will Human Rights have their day in Bangladesh?
By Claire Leigh You may not know it, but today (10th December) is World Human Rights Day. Coinciding the with the day that Liu Xiaobo fails to collect his Nobel Peace Prize, awarded for his tireless efforts to promote greater respect for human rights in China, this year’s celebration is a good time to reflect
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