#MenToo
Josh Bullen looks back on how the #MeToo campaign inspired men to stand up for women
All Governments Lie, but can state-sponsored deception be countered by citizen-centred media?
DiA blogger, Jessica Kempner recently attended the screening of All Government Lie at the Human Rights Watch film festival. The film is a tribute...
Legalisation of Prostitution: Facts and Myths
One of the greatest myths perpetuated in the media is that prostitution is illegal. It is in fact, legal in various forms in various...
Does Social Media impact on our Mental Health?
Last month, the BBC aired Panorama Documentary Sleepless Britain by Jenny Kleeman. Ross Bright explores the issues regarding social media and its potential risks...
Film Review | Tickling Giants
Named as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, it is hard to believe Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef began his...
Refugees and the narrative of choice: why language matters.
Here, Sam Wigglesworth distinguishes the important differences between two terms which are often used synonymously, ‘migrant’ and ‘refugee’. What may seem like a somewhat...
Partitioning: A tool for Greater Stability in Syria and Iraq
Is the current strategy used by the international community preventing conflict between Syria and Iraq? Jordan Creed suggests the potential of partitioning as a...
The Modern Refugee System: where is it going wrong?
Over a million refugees have arrived in Europe this year in need of our help and our response has been shameful. Europe is already...
The Importance of Context: Media Frenzy and the Zika Virus
Amy Jackson deconstructs the media headlines on the Zika Virus and argues that what we must avoid is ‘media spin’ and exaggerated headlines, rather...
The Future of Advertising: can it promote poverty reduction?
As the countries of the global north shifted towards economies that sold things as opposed to economies that made things, the traditional social hierarchy...
Donald Trump: The Extraordinary Champion of the Ordinary Republican
Donald Trump is electrifying the United States right now and for much of the rest of the world it is bizarre. You see, we also...
The Good Project by Monika Krause: Book Review
Monika Krause author of “The Good Project” argues that NGOs are incentivised to continually churn out “good projects”. That in reality, once you scratch...
Justice and Reconciliation slipping away in the trial of the Khmer Rouge
On 7 July 2015 International Co-Investigating Judge Mark Harmon became the fourth international judge to resign from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia. The...
Hashtags in International Development and Politics- Powerful or Pointless?!
The last year has seen an explosion of hashtags related to tragedies or big campaigns. Many of these hashtags seem to reflect events related...
Politicised youth: from physical to cyberactivism
High youth voter turn-out in Scotland’s recent Referendum acts as a counterargument to those asserting that political apathy is the inevitable future for youth in...
Big Brother is Watching, Act Accordingly
Civil liberties are under serious threat in the West. In the fight against terrorism abroad, governments are stripping away our liberties at home in...
Fired up! Ready to go! – Increasing Youth Voter Turnout
Voter turnout is one of the most important aspects of the liberal democratic model. In democracy’s current incarnation, a voice is not truly heard until...
Journalists and NGOs- working better together?
In this article, Lorraine Patch problematises the relationship between development agencies and media outlets, considering their differences, and exploring how they can work better together. ...
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 18th to 27th March, 2015
After last years rave reviews, we are once again encouraging you to take the opportunity to attend Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2015 in London....
Hebdo and Baga: a tale of two massacres
With the outrage surrounding the attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Katie Wand discusses the value western media outlets places on a human...