John Kay Talks Scottish Independence at the University of Glasgow
IPF Team Member Rebecca Collier attended a talk by leading economist John Kay at the University of Glasgow. On the 21st of February, the University of Glasgow was fortunate to welcome John Kay a leading economist in the Unite...
The cost of carbon? Your life.
How Global Warming Negatively Affects Your Health and Life Expectancy Over 400,000 people worldwide die every year from climate change. Most of those deaths are from hunger and communicable diseases, but this figure also includ...
Nepali Women Fighting for Change
Human Rights Film Week, organized by Human Rights Film Focus Nepal (HRFFN), was held in Kathmandu and Patan from November 17-24, 2012 in order to spread awareness about human rights through films [documentaries]. The main focus...
Russian Political Prisoners Ignored by Everyone
Sergey Udaltsov, a leftist protest leader currently under house arrest pending investigation of his alleged planning of the May 6, 2012 Bolotnaya Square riots (the so-called Bolotnaya Square Case), exemplifies the popular sayi...
A Life Phases approach to Gender Based Violence
There lacks a unanimous definition of what Gender Based Violence (GBV) is as it differs in countries, communities and the legal context. Murray Straus, of the University of New Hampshire however echoes it as aggression, as oppo...
“Education Is The Only Way”, Malala’s Father Says
When 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, the world was stunned by her bravery and wisdom. Nicola Slawson speaks to Malala’s father, Ziauddin, about education, equality ...
