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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...
UN House Scotland
Apr 6, 20203 min read
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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....
UN House Scotland
Apr 3, 20201 min read
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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...
UNHScotland
Nov 21, 20191 min read
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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...
UNA St Andrews
Nov 4, 20191 min read
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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...
Tammy Puryicky and Luke Padfield
Oct 31, 20191 min read
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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...
Katie Birrell
Oct 15, 20192 min read
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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...
Wojciech Krakowiak
Oct 3, 20192 min read
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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...
Esther Jourdan
Sep 27, 20193 min read
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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...
Chris Toward
Sep 10, 20194 min read
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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...
Hana Shono
Sep 2, 20193 min read
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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...
Thao Le
Aug 6, 20194 min read
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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...
Eilidh Murrin
Jul 30, 20193 min read
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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...
Jessica Craig
Jul 24, 20193 min read
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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...
Thao Le
Jul 23, 20193 min read
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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...
Thao Le
Jul 15, 20193 min read
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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...
Yumi Tsang
Jun 12, 20191 min read
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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...
Linnea Sjögren
Oct 10, 20184 min read
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'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...
UNH Scotland
Mar 22, 20171 min read
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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...
Lydia Moore
May 8, 20162 min read
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