Tag: international development
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LCID attends Rankin exhibition at 10 Downing Street
David and I were delighted that LCID were invited to 10 Downing Street to look at an exhibition by the photographer Rankin on his pictures from the DRC. The event was attended by charities, NGOs and publications looking to write a piece with a development slant. It was great to meet everyone and get a
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The effect of HIV/AIDS on women in the developing world
Huge advancements have been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS since the 80s, but the fight is getting harder and numbers of people contracting HIV are growing. This International Women’s Day, it is worth pausing to contemplate the disproportionately devastating toll that this infection takes on women in the developing world. We have all heard
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We will not turn our back on the world’s poor – Gordon Brown
Posted on Global Poverty Promise.com Five years ago, millions of us took part in the Make Poverty History Campaign. Everyone from rock stars, to church leaders, to members of the public mobilised to make 2005 a turning point in the fight against global poverty. Despite the horror of the 7/7 attacks on London, the G8
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International Women’s Day TUC Event
It is almost time for this year’s International Women’s Day (held on the 8th March each year), a day on which a huge many events are held throughout the world: to celebrate the achievements of women, to encourage further action as well as being a day which signals solidarity with other women throughout the globe.
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Prime Minister criticises climate change skeptics as group to fund developing countries launched
Gordon Brown has criticised climate change sceptics as going “against the grain” of all the scientific evidence, as he launched a new group to raise the money promised by developed countries at Copenhagen. The United Nations High Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing will be co-chaired by the Prime Minister and Meles Zenawi, the
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Tom Clarke supports LCID!
The Labour Campaign for International Development has received more Parliamentary support, this time from Tom Clarke MP. A veteran of International Development discourse, Tom Clarke is a member of the All Party Group on Overseas Development (APGOOD) and introduced the International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill in the House of Commons. “I am delighted to
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LCID backs the Robin Hood Tax
Today sees the launch of the Robin Hood Tax campaign by many of the key organisations responsible for the Make Poverty History campaign 5 years ago, including Oxfam, the TUC, ActionAid and Save the Children, backed by Comic Relief founder and film maker Richard Curtis. LCID would like to urge all party members to get behind
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Supporting Gareth Thomas MP, DfID Minister of State
For the General Election, LCID wants to do its bit to support Labour MPs, be they MPs known for their support of international development, or marginal seats where international development may be of particular importance to voters. This Saturday we went out on the streets of Harrow West to support DfID Minister of State Gareth
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Stars launch Global Poverty Promise
Davina McCall, Mariella Frostrup, Annie Lennox, Richard Wilson and Meera Syal are among the big names launching a new poverty campaign today, the fifth anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s Make Poverty History speech in Trafalgar Square. In a campaign video released today – shown for the first time at LCID’s launch on Monday – the celebrities
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What is a “socialist Anne Robinson with pom-poms” when it’s at home?
Review of our Launch for Progress Online by LCID exec member and anti-poverty campaigner Steve Cockburn With a deficit to reduce and public services to protect, why should progressives care about Labour’s commitment to increase aid and work to end global poverty? The answer at the launch of the Labour Campaign for International Development last
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