Results List
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Ripe with Abuse
This video by Human Rights Watch, an Atlantic grantee, accompanies its new report, Ripe with Abuse. The fruits and wine that come from the Western Cape of South Africa are enjoyed by consumers around the world and generate billions of rand for South Africa’s economy,…
Resource type: Video
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Out of the Box: Queer Youth in South Africa Today
What is life like for young lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgendered and intersex people (LGBTIs) in South Africa today – 17 years after the Constitution outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation? Out of the Box: Queer Youth in South Africa Today, an Atlantic-commissioned case study, examines…
Resource type: Video
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Ten Years On: Confirming Impacts from Research Investment
Source: PA Consulting Group
This report finds that the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions was pivotal in stimulating the development of research performance in universities across the Republic of Ireland. Authors of the study note that the programme put in place research infrastructure, built basic research capability and drove a…
Resource type: Case Study
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Ireland’s UPR
Ireland’s UPR was written and produced by award winning film maker Aoibheann O’Sullivan. The film documents the compilation and submission of Your Rights. Right Now-Ireland’s UPR Stakeholder Report. On 21 March 2011 the Your Rights. Right Now campaign submitted its joint civil society stakeholder report to the 12th Session of the…
Resource type: Video
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UN Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Report: Ireland
Source: United Nations
This report is a summary of 60 stakeholder submissions to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Ireland and is compiled by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The report will assist members of the Human Rights Council in advance of Ireland’s examination before the…
Resource type: Research Report
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Irish president candidates response on youth issues at MacGill Summer School 2011
Ruairí McKiernan from www.SpunOut.ie, an Atlantic grantee, asks Mary Davis, Gay Mitchell, Michael D. Higgins and Sean Gallagher about what they would do for young people within their first year. Session chaired by Sean O’Rourke of RTE. Related: > Political ‘system’ putting off youth,…
Resource type: Video
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From Bad to Worse: Senior Economic Insecurity on the Rise
Source: Demos and The Institute on Assets & Social Policy
Many older people struggle just to make ends meet and are falling into poverty at a troubling rate, according to this report. Using the Senior Financial Stability Index, the report found that economic insecurity among senior households increased by one-third to 36 per cent between…
Resource type: Research Report
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Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament in Belfast, June 8-9, 2011
The Pensioners Parliament, Belfast from WIMPS.tv on Youtube. Footage from the first Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament held in Belfast on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 June 2011 is now available to view here. The Pensioners Parliament, which is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland, allows…
Resource type: Video
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Out of the Box: Queer Youth in South Africa Today
Source: Marian Nell and Janet Shapiro
This Atlantic-commissioned case study provides a snapshot of what life is like for young lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgendered and intersex people (LGBTIs) in South Africa today – 17 years after the Constitution outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation. It explores if democracy has brought greater tolerance and celebration…
Resource type: Case Study
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Mobilising for Social Justice
Source: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
This case study highlights good practice in community work and illustrates how social justice goals can be achieved through analysis and action which is firmly rooted in community work practice. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) celebrates 10 years of community work in the migration…
Resource type: Case Study
