Psychology Meets Development

Addressing inequalities and promoting human rights

Women's rights country by country - interactive Which countries have laws preventing violence? Which legislate for gender equality? And which countries allow abortion? Using World Bank and UN data we offer a snapshot of women's rights across the globe

A call to action

A Lesson from Burkina Faso 52% of girls in Burkina Faso marry before they are 18. Yet forced and early marriage is illegal in the country. Girls in Burkina Faso demand ...

Practice makes perfect - one can never get too good at empathy ;)
Definitely a bucket list item!

Visit the world’s first Empathy Museum http://www.empathymuseum.com/ Empathy Museum. The world's first experiential space dedicated to developing the skill of empathising.

Let's challenge ourselves to be who we really are - where will we start?

Happy ! We are closing out the week with words of wisdom from Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: "The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing who we are."

Food for thought, excuse my Spanish :)

A shocking 200 million women around the world fall victims to this ritual practice. Development and gender issues are starting to look more and more intertwined to me. Worth reading.
”Some 44 million victims of FGM around the world are aged 14 or younger, and the majority of girls who have had their ge****ls mutilated were cut before they were five years old, Unicef’s research found”

Number of FGM victims found to be 70 million higher than thought Half of girls and women cut live in just three countries as Unicef statistics reveal shocking global scale of barbaric ritual

Words of wisdom, by Martin Luther King:
”I’m concerned about a better World. I’m concerned about justice; I’m concerned about brotherhood and sisterhood; I’m concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about that, he can never advocate violence. For through violence you may murder a murderer, but you can’t murder murder. Through violence you may murder a liar, but you can’t establish truth. Through violence you may murder a hater, but you can’t murder hate through violence. Darkness cannot put out darkness; only light can do that”.

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A good reminder to keep ourself positive and reflect on our daily choices!

We need to talk about mental health.

Mental Health: The shocking gap between suffering and treatment Access to proper mental health care is essential to helping people achieve happy and healthy lives.

A beautiful Sunday story. Enjoy and get inspired!

This 90-year-old from Kenya is ‘world’s oldest primary school pupil’ Sitting in class with children aged 11-14, Priscilla says she has joined school with the intention of inspiring Kenyan children, along with finally learning to read & write.

Here is one courageous viewpoint that I admire and resonate with. I recommend it as a useful, critical reflection for all those wrapping their heads around the social exclusion of refugees, Roma, and other minorities.
Remember, the mental constructs of our reality become reality - so let us give a second thought to what we promote as social ideals!

Youth, music and London: Plan B at TEDxObserver Plan B, Musician, actor, writer-director Plan B, or Ben Drew, is emerging as one of Britain's most imaginative and dexterous artistic talents. A singer, musi...

Hope, empowerment, peace? Let's rebuild our world.

Europe: listen to Syrian refugees Thank you for your hospitality, but we want to go home. Please push your leaders to stop the bombs.

Looking to a brighter future.

Global Goals campaign announced with UNDP as key partner As world leaders prepare to adopt the UN’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development, the biggest ever collaboration of campaigners, artists, sports stars, performers and companies unite to tell seven billion people in seven days “It’s Time To Change The World”

There is a strong need for courageous, visionary leadership. And a need for critical, responsible, and engaged citizens. Let's see what glocal opportunities this crisis bears for Europe and the World.

Dear EU leaders: Syria’s refugees won’t stop comin Europe needs to stop squabbling and start leading a humanitarian response that will stop the current Syrian refugee crisis becoming a regional catastrophe.

With a mission “to empower young people in Uganda with complete information, skills and tools which enable them live healthy, focused and productive lives while reaching out to fellow young people”, RAHU is breaking taboos and educating for health, prosperity, solidarity and development. Thumbs up!

Pioneering s*x ed in Uganda for youth, by youth Reach A Hand, Uganda (RAHU) works to enable young people to reach out to fellow young people about Sexual Reproductive Health issues and HIV/AIDS.

Reflecting on the recent social and political actions taken for and against the asylum seekers reaching Europe, it has been my impression that there is much fear around what we may call "otherness" of the refugees and migrants who are looking to Europe for solidarity in achieving peace and freedom.
Probably the most feared aspect of this wave of migration is the religious aspect, so I decided to share a resource of a reputed Foundation, offering tools to educators and teachers in cultivating respect for pluralism particularly in religious terms.
Hope it proves useful to advance our efforts to educate peaceful future generations, who need not fear the diversity of our world, and who can start creating for us all a shared culture of freedom and peace, based on human rights and social justice.

Cultural Diversity Manual | Anna Lindh Foundation The Anna Lindh Foundation produced the manual ‘How to cope with diversity at school: teaching and learning about religious diversity’. The aim is to support students in learning about citizens from cultures and traditions other than their own. The Manual is principally aimed at teachers who are wor…

An example of humanity. Our perceptions of reality can dictate much of our response to crisis situations. Trust, empathy and the belief that we can manage complex life situations and challenges can be essential features in advancing our society.

Thousands of Icelanders are offering Syrian refugees their homes More than 11,000 families in Iceland have offered to open their homes to Syrian refugees in a bid to raise the government’s cap of just 50 asylum seekers a year.

Knowing what our global reality looks like in stats my help us engage in more effective and relevant social action. A great tool to use, even for civil society members!

​New report: How Open Data can drive sustainable development Open Data — data that is freely available online for anyone to use and republish for any purpose — is being widely recognized as a resource with economic and social value. ​In recent years, several studies — including those led by the World Bank — have shown a growing number of Open Data application…

Good news!

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