Our Picks: Videos of the Week
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From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
This lecture looks at the 40 year history of sustainable development on the international stage and the development of the SDGs from past failures of attempts to… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
International human rights law focuses on the rights of individuals, and emphasis is on the protection of the individuals inherent dignity and worth. Collective… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
This chapter overviews investments in oil, gas and mining projects. It includes a comparison of private and state ventures. Sources of income include: cash from existing… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
In this chapter, William Vendley finds the points of consensus between religious traditions, and shows how religious communities are well-positioned in terms of both… -
From SDG Academy on 9 August, 2019
This video looks at the determinants of health, including the ecological, economic, and political determinants, analyzing the interaction of all determinants and their… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Gender inequality has its roots in differences between men and women in society. These result from social constructions of relations, which in turn stem from sexual… -
From SDG Academy on 22 August, 2019
In this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs introduces the course "Sustainable Development: the Post-Capitalist Order" and defines sustainable development. -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
This chapter presents the origins of the SDGs, how they arose and why? The chapter conveys the core idea that clear goal-setting is essential for progress and examines… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
The terms “sexual” and “sexual abuse” were avoided at the inter-governmental level until 1999 with the Convention of the Rights of the Child and… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Gender wasn’t on the development agenda until the 1970s. At that time, it was recognized that development could harm women as modernization brings increased…