OPINION
Global Health Talks With Ambassador Nicola Brennan
In this podcast from the Irish Global Health Network, Ambassador Nicola Brennan talks about the policy priorities of the Irish government, how gender equality is firmly embedded in her team at the Embassy, what it is like to be a woman leader and her hopes for the future.
Gender Based Violence: When Borders are Blurred
In this piece for the 10,000Students Campaign #ImagineEquality, STAND News’s Ellen Coburn makes connections between experiences of gender-based violence in Ireland and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ideas Collective Participant Implements Public Health Awareness Programme
STAND News’s Caoimhe O’Regan talks to Robert Ogugu about his experience participating in STAND’s Ideas Collective programme and his grassroots public health awareness raising project in Kisii County, Kenya
Costa Rica, Pura Vida in Practice
We hear the word ‘sustainability thrown around a lot these days, but what does it actually mean? In this piece from IT Carlow’s Student Weekly, Aisling Stevenson reflects on her visit to Costa Rica.
(Re)Visiting Miss Potter
This piece on fictional and real-life women authors overcoming structural and cultural opposition encourages readers to persevere in pursuing equal opportunities to achieve their goals.
Wanderlusting in Lockdown: How Covid-19 Gave me the travel bug
Ciara Phelan describes the appreciation for travel post Covid-19 lockdowns. She is making the most of the opportunity to travel more frequently and gain new experiences.
Gender-based terrorism: Inside the secrecy and violence of incel culture
In the first of a series exploring lesser known forms of gender-based violence, Sibeal Devilly looks at incel culture origins and impacts across society
Irish housing: homes for people not for profit
The legacy seems to remain of a land that does not provide viable opportunity or quality of tenure to its people, and so watches them set sail for countries happy to welcome the hard-working Irish with open arms.
Simone Biles: the mental health conversation that needed to be had
It takes most people years of working in their profession to be able to speak up when they feel their mental or physical health is threatened. But at just 24 years old, Biles – who is a woman of colour in a notoriously white field, and who is a survivor of sexual abuse suffered while training in the very sport in which she excels – was able to do so on the world’s biggest stage.
Internships in the era of Covid-19
An academic internship can be a very positive experience, yet when you are applying, it can be difficult to know what opportunities will suit your own interests. The experience may vary from learning what you don’t like in a working environment, to being introduced to the nine-to-five world, which is often so alien to students who are used to working part-time or odd hours in industries such as hospitality and service.