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UN House Scotland
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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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