Will I gain enough in terms of knowledge and understanding that I can drive a positive change back home in order to offset my footprint of this trip and all the flight trips I have taken?
OECD Forum delegate Anna Goble featured on Stuff
Today our OECD Forum delegate Anna was featured on Stuff! Read their article here to find out about what she sees as the biggest challenges to be discussed at the conference, and how she feels being the only Southlander on the team.
Ihlara McIndoe: Confidence in Menstruation - A Marathon of an Effort.
Menstruation is not a new, outrageous, unheard of concept - women have been doing it since...well...forever. But a stigma around menstruation and the discussion of it still exists, and has extremely negative impacts on women and girls worldwide. It is vital for the feminist cause that society loses the stigma surrounding menstruation, as it creates shame about femininity. We need to be able to talk about menstruation without feeling embarrassed or ashamed. We need to identify access to menstrual products as a basic human right for all girls and women. And we need to be proud of the bleedin’ cool things women’s bodies can do.
Deborah Tan: A Better World
How do we move from a world where there is so much injustice, to a world where things are right?
Eleanor Parkes: Trash Landing
How much waste does one person produce on an average international flight? Where does accountability lie for this waste? How can we get around strict government regulations for deplaned waste?
Suzy McKinney: Growing up Helen
The message that, “girls can do anything” was certainly a very enduring and persuasive component of my childhood – but I think all the more powerful reality was that I actually got to see a woman really doing it. It wasn’t just a message, it was a reality that I could see depicted in the newspaper each day. It wore red blazers.
Emily Rushton: How to integrate science into policy: NZ scientist opens UN forum
New Zealand had the honour of Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Scientific advisor to Prime Minister John Key and Chair of International Network for Governmental Scientific Advice, being the keynote speaker at the opening of the United Nations Environment Assembly 2 (UNEA2) Science and Policy Forum.
Emily Rushton: ‘Science is negotiable’
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) Science and Policy forum is currently under way in Nairobi, Kenya.