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An Interview with former President Gorbachev on COVID-19

Apr 6, 20203 min read

An Interview with former President Gorbachev on COVID-19

Shared by Pavel Palazhchenko, Mikhail Gorbachev's interpreter Q: How did you take the news of the pandemic? A: I think I took it the way...

Youth Climate Activism and Climate Education

UN House Scotland

Apr 3, 20201 min read

Youth Climate Activism and Climate Education

Our latest Parliamentary One Pager on Youth Climate Activism and Climate Education expresses the youth's concerns on the climate crisis....

Report: Conference on Women's Mental Health

UNHScotland

Nov 21, 20191 min read

Report: Conference on Women's Mental Health

On the 9th of October 2019, UN House Scotland in collaboration with Soroptimist International Scotland South hosted the Conference on...

UNA St Andrews

Nov 4, 20191 min read

Human Trafficking Briefing Paper

Our latest and first Briefing Paper on Human Trafficking by the UNA St Andrews Branch highlights the need for a heightened awareness of...

Tammy Puryicky and Luke Padfield

Oct 31, 20191 min read

Air Pollution Parliamentary One Pager

Our latest Parliamentary One Pager on Air Pollution by Tammy and Luke explores the legal options in reducing air pollution. Click to...

Katie Birrell

Oct 15, 20192 min read

Conference on Women's Mental Health

On Wednesday the 9th of October United Nations House Scotland (UNHS) co-hosted a conference with Soroptimist International at the Albany...

Wojciech Krakowiak

Oct 3, 20192 min read

Looking forward: Men’s Mental Health

With World Mental Health Day and the Conference on Women’s Mental Health on the 9th of October approaching, UNHS already wants to look...

Esther Jourdan

Sep 27, 20193 min read

Oral Contraceptives and Mental Health

In the second of our series of blogs on women's mental health in connection with our upcoming conference, our intern Esther explores the...

Mongolia Report - Reflections on Mongolia’s Air Pollution Problem

Chris Toward

Sep 10, 20194 min read

Mongolia Report - Reflections on Mongolia’s Air Pollution Problem

Mongolia. The vast and mysterious expanse of land enclosed between China to the South and Russia to the North seems to have changed very...

Is the U.S. undergoing a recycling crisis?

Hana Shono

Sep 2, 20193 min read

Is the U.S. undergoing a recycling crisis?

Source: Huffington Post: Why Southeast Asia is flooded with Trash from America and other wealthy nations - https://www.huffpost.com/entry...

Is the civil society doing enough to tackle water scarcity in the UK?

Thao Le

Aug 6, 20194 min read

Is the civil society doing enough to tackle water scarcity in the UK?

It is evident that water scarcity is increasingly problematic as climate change emerges, yet little has its scope been acknowledged in...

Why the UK (and Europe) should offer sanctuary to more refugees

Eilidh Murrin

Jul 30, 20193 min read

Why the UK (and Europe) should offer sanctuary to more refugees

Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages In light of calls from faith leaders for...

New WHO data suggests that mental health problems in conflict are far more widespread than previousl

Jessica Craig

Jul 24, 20193 min read

New WHO data suggests that mental health problems in conflict are far more widespread than previousl

New data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveals that one in five people in conflict-affected areas experience mental health...

How are gender populations imbalanced in STEM-related industries of developing and developed nations

Thao Le

Jul 23, 20193 min read

How are gender populations imbalanced in STEM-related industries of developing and developed nations

Gender inequality (SDG5) is an issue that’s been raised more in the media now than ever before since it ultimately determines our...

Are SDGs successfully implemented in Vietnam?

Thao Le

Jul 15, 20193 min read

Are SDGs successfully implemented in Vietnam?

Vietnam, my home country, is hardly known to Western public other than its war with the US, despite the subordinate’s important...

Yumi Tsang

Jun 12, 20191 min read

UNHS Work Experience Placement: Yumi

Check out this new article from our work experience Student, Yumi! Yumi joined UNHS for a week in May and wrote this piece based on her...

The Importance of World Mental Health Day

Linnea Sjögren

Oct 10, 20184 min read

The Importance of World Mental Health Day

It is the 10th of October 2018 and it is world mental health day. Today is a day to focus on the third SDG: ‘Good health and well-being...

UNH Scotland

Mar 22, 20171 min read

'Syria': A Pathways To Peace Seminar

On 16 September, 2016, SCISA and UN House Scotland Hosted a seminar dedicated to understanding the necessary components to a peaceful...

Paving the path to a brighter future - Mzungu! How are you?!

Lydia Moore

May 8, 20162 min read

Paving the path to a brighter future - Mzungu! How are you?!

From the moment I entered the dusty, red, rural town of Ndhiwa, the word ‘Mzungu’ has been my personal cheer-leading chant. Roughly...