Energy and Human Rights

There is a clear link between reducing the use of fossil fuels and the effects of climate change that our planet and its people will experience in the future.

Water Conflict

The conflict over water relates to the gap between demand and supply. Add in climate change, the geopolitics of water transfers and pressures from population increase and the problem becomes only too obvious.

Quality Education

Education is a public good, a global common good, a fundamental human right and a basis for guaranteeing the realisation of other rights.

Access to Education

Education is essential for an individual’s, community’s and nation’s development. Education is a public good, a global common good, a fundamental human right and a basis for guaranteeing the realisation of other rights.

Wellbeing

This resource sheet strives to introduce to you the area of wellbeing as a global justice issue but also how we integrate global justice into the Wellbeing Framework.

Poverty

Poverty is not natural; it is man-made but the way that it is spoken about and particularly how people living in poverty are spoken about, does not reflect this.

Land Grabs

In today’s world landowners, agribusinesses, investors and governments want to acquire land to turn into crop plantations to make huge profits.

Racial Justice

Racism is when an individual, group, structure or institution intentionally (or unintentionally) abuses their power to the detriment of people, because of their action or perceived “racialised background. 

Migration and Seeking Asylum

Globally there are more people on the move than ever before. These are people who were mostly forced to flee their own countries due to climate change, demographics, instability, growing inequality, terrorism, conflict and aspirations for a better life.

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Doing Development Education in Junior Cycle Geography

This resource in pdf aims to support Geography teachers to teach using Development Education/ Global Citizenship Education’s approaches and techniques. The guide meets the requirements as laid out in the junior cycle Geography Studies specification, and in the (2015) Framework for Junior Cycle.

Doing Development Education in Junior Cycle History

This resource in pdf aims to support teachers of History to teach through a global justice lens. It supports teachers to address Development Education related themes and concepts. The guide meets the requirements as laid out in the junior cycle History Studies specification, and in the (2015) Framework for Junior Cycle.

Doing Development Education in Junior Home Economics

This resource in pdf aims to support Home Economics teachers to teach using Development Education/ Global Citizenship Education’s approaches and techniques. The guide meets the requirements as laid out in the junior cycle Home Economics Studies specification, and in the (2015) Framework for Junior Cycle.

Doing Development Education in Senior Cycle English

A WWGS resource in pdf that aims to support English teachers to teach english through Development Education/ Global Citizenship Education’s lens in Senior Cycle. The guide meets the requirements as laid out in the senior cycle English specification, and in the (2015) framework.

WWGS National Teacher Conference, Jan 27th 2022

Find the resources and the recordings of the WWGS National Teacher Conference on ‘Degrowth’. Learn how teachers can bring the concept in to their Global Citizenship Education teaching and learning.