Archive for the ‘Globalisation’ Category
Facts from the UN’s HDR 2007/2008
Posted by: gimster on: February 25, 2008
The following are ‘Global Political, Economic, and Social Facts’ extracted from the UN’s Human Development Report 2007/2008 by the Infoplease website.
In the last two decades, political and civil rights have improved substantially throughout the [...]
Migrant Labour
Posted by: gimster on: February 24, 2008
Attended a public lecture on Migrant Labour that was part of the ‘NUS Southeast Asia Week & CSR Awareness Speaker Series’ last Friday (22 February). Got handouts from two societies that work with migrant workers in Singapore, so I’m sharing here the links to their websites:
Humanitarian Organisation for Migrant Economics (H.O.M.E.)
Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2)
The Davos Question 08
Posted by: gimster on: January 21, 2008
‘What one thing do you think countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better placed in 2008?’ – on YouTube
Paulo Coelho’s Video Appeal for the Davos Question:
A response from ned.com
Find out more and check out the other responses on YouTube. ‘The highest-rated videos [...]
The Miniature Earth
Posted by: gimster on: January 20, 2008
Alternative versions available on YouTube available – without audio, or with Imagine by John Lennon.
For the video in full resolution, with yet another different soundtrack, go to this page.
The text for the video is adapted from this report.
Video mentioned in this webquest, found via this other webquest.
Clever Unicef Posters
Posted by: gimster on: January 16, 2008
- In: Ethics| Globalisation| The media| Youth
- 4 Comments
Found on this site.
Learn more Unicef’s work against child labour here.
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