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Environmental activism and indigenous issues in Cambodia – film-based advocacy with and for young people
Film and filmmaking have proved to be critical avenues for raising awareness about environmental challenges. High profile screen releases have helped set and steer agendas around, for example, An Inconvenient Truth and global heating, Blue Planet and plastic usage, and...
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Is it time for a revolution in social care PR and lobbying?
When Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in 2019 he promised to “fix the crisis in social care”. The Queen’s Speech in May 2021, which outlined his government’s plans for the next year, saw the social care agenda encapsulated in just...
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Covid-19: How accessible is online health and social care information?
The global Covid-19 pandemic, starting in early 2020, has posed unprecedented challenges to health and social care systems in the UK. The government’s response to this crisis, some of which is outlined in the Coronavirus Act 2020 - has created...
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COVID-19, Structural Inequality and Violence against Women and Girls: One Year On (Part Three)
Part Three: The COVID Context and Struggle for Intersectional Women’s Rights The role of women’s organisations and leadership was vital in responding to this crisis. Women’s rights organisations, advocates and women’s defenders mobilised quickly to ensure service continuity, to minimise...
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COVID-19, Structural Inequality and Violence against Women and Girls: One Year On (Part Two)
Part Two: A Reversal on Rights and Protections Microaggressions is a term used to identify indirect, subtle or unintentional discrimination against a marginalised group occurring through laws and policies. Discussed above, such microaggressions have been evident in funding structures especially...
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COVID-19, Structural Inequality and Violence against Women and Girls: One Year On (Part One)
The specialist Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)[1] sector mobilised a year ago to address the impact of the shadow pandemics[2] – COVID 19 and VAWG. It was clear from the start that restrictive measures introduced to address the health...
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Access to justice for mental health patients in a time of Covid-19
When I was interviewed in the 1980s for the position of senior social worker at Broadmoor maximum security hospital the medical director, Dr Patrick McGrath, said, “We could let half of the patients here leave, the problem is that we...
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Early lessons on a project advancing social policy in the MENA region during a pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic brings issues of social policy to the forefront of every nation, we face a time of uncertainty and opportunity. We can never go back to how it was before, so we are given a rare chance...
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‘Discrepancies in funding reported by the drug industry and patient organisations. What do they mean?’
Industry-patient ties The pharmaceutical industry’s financial ties to patient organisations have long been discussed, predominately from a critical standpoint but with some advocates. Patient organisations are often registered charities, many of which may have limited funds, making conflicts of interests...
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What role for governments in political empowerment?
Empowerment has become a buzzword: both over-used and poorly understood. There are varying definitions, from a Machiavellian focus on getting what you want to a frustratingly intangible discourse about states of mind and psychological constructs. At their heart, however, all...