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SUSTAINBILITY
Videos:
Quick overview of history of UN and the green economy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5lBwrJcUOk

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Case Study: East Timor

Websites:
Fantastic resource for constantly updates news on sustainability in development;
Case Study: Papua New Guinea

PNG has been subject to rapid deforestation

in the last several decades thanks to unsustainable practices and rampant illegal logging

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s /sustainable_development/index.html

Tara Bandu is an East Timor tradition, a customary law that we recognize as traditional ecological wisdom. It involves a kind of agreement within a community to protect a special area for a period of time. During the occupation this practice was prohibited, so we are trying to revive it, to remind people about it Having had their cultural traditions repressed by Indonesian authorities during their enforced rule of Timor-Leste, the widespread poverty has meant dangerous and short term methods of slash and burn and deforestation have been utilised

PNGs biodiversity is remarkable and many

species found here can not be found anywhere else

Another great collection of insights into environmental co concerns in development;

http://www.iied.org/

Indigenous people in forested areas have

been confronted with loss of their ancestral lands and no legal recourse thanks to multinational companies unethical practices

Articles:
Womens role in sustainable development:
http://www.bu.edu/pardee/files/2010/04/UNsdkp003fsingl e.pdf

Lets talk. DISABILITY

Videos:

Case Study: East Timor

These traditional beliefs assign blame to an individual with a disability, rather than seeking to understand the ways society creates obstacles to his or her full participation.

AusAIDs work in the role of disabilities in development;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzIpUO6c5t8&playnext =1&list=PLC82E8A60307C796F&feature=results_main

Websites:
Case Study: Cambodia

Resource collection for disability in development;

http://www.iddcconsortium.net/joomla/

In Timor-Leste, like many other countries including Australia people with disabilities are stigmatized and have trouble with employment and respect.

In Timor-Leste there is a generally held

sentiment in traditional belief systems that those with disabilities have broken a cultural taboo and have been punished by spirits with their impairment.

A limited number of special schools and classes exist as a few community-based initiatives. Collectively these services are provided to a fraction of children with disabilities in Cambodia, and are concentrated mainly in urban areas catering almost exclusively for children with physical disabilities and sensory impairments. Children with disabilities are denied access to education, only furthering the risk of being caught in poverty, with those in Cambodia with disabilities overwhelmingly represented in the poorest sections of society.

Articles:
UN Factsheet on basic facts about disability;
http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=18

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[AusAID]
Criticisms of AusAID: Prioritises Australian commercial Interests Promotes specific economic and trade policies with a neo liberal agenda

In late 2010, the Australian government announced a review of all its development and aid policies, the first in ten years In mid 2011, the committee released their findings, looking to how future aid policies should be shaped. Oaktree contributed to this review, making a submission on their views to how the government should shape their new development policies. AusAIDs new direction AusAID overview video;

Lacks transparency Funds misused i.e. detention of asylum seekers

www.youtube.com/watc h?v=XrYsQHK-_yw

Achievements of AusAID: Eradicated polio from the Pacific Basic infrastructure like bridges Measles immunisations provided to 1.5 million children

COOPERATIONAid was administered through a variety of different government departments with different evaluations of what measured success. The report stressed the need for SCOPINGThe rise in partnerships and contractors means that evaluating existing partnerships and scoping new ones is crucial CONSOLIDATIONIn 2005, AusAID operated in 69 countries. By 2010, this had risen to 88 countries. The review concluded consolidating resources in a smaller pool of countries would ultimately mean better results

Lets talk.[IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS IN DEVELOPMENT]

MICRO FINANCE HUMAN RIGHTS HEALTH Microfinance provides financial resources to those with little or no access to traditional means of accessing financial services. Securing the freedom, wellbeing and dignity of people everywhere. By incorporating legal frameworks concerning human rights into development approaches, individual dignity is prioritised.

Healthy populations live longer, are more productive, and save more.

The main focus of microfinance is relationship focused services with a personal approach Loans can be made to individuals or groups with reasonable interest rates.

By including human rights in development work, the worst inequalities and discrimination are tackled. Marginalised communities who most often suffer human rights abuses are included.

Healthy populations are those that live in environments that encompass basic human need, allow for proper sanitation and dont exacerbate health concerns.

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[MDGs]

Articles:
Why are the MDGs important?
http://www.raleighinternational.org/amb assadors/millennium-developmentgoals/why-are-mdgs-important

ASIA PACIFIC AND THE MDGs:

Between 1990 and 2009 the Asia-Pacific region reduced the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 per day from 50 to 22 per cent. Despite the reduction, the proportion of the population living below the $1.25-per-day poverty level rate ranges from country to country, as low as 0 per cent in Malaysia to as high as 55 per cent in Nepal. At the present rate of progress, the region as a whole is unlikely to meet MDGs related to eradicating hunger, reducing child mortality and improving maternal health. The number of people without access to safe drinking water in the region fell from 856 million to 466 million between 1990 and 2008. Fourteen off-track Asia-Pacific countries need to accelerate progress by less than 2 percentage points annually to reach the target of halving the proportion of underweight children by 2015.

Extreme poverty and the MDGs;

http://www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/globa l/shared/documents/publications/2005/r educingpoverty_mdg.pdf

Videos:
Crowd sourcing the MDGs;
https://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/jami e_drummond_how_to_set_goals_for_the _world.html

Websites:
Official website for MDGs;
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/h ome/mdgoverview.html

Australias role in achieving the MDGs;

http://ausaid.gov.au/aidissues/mdg/Page s/home.aspx

Lets talk.[MDGs in East Timor, PNG and Cambodia]

PNG: Focus on rural health
monitoring is crucial to any success, disappointing progress thus far. PNG: No sign of stabilisation, with very vague national targets for success. Cambodia: All key indicators on track. Good progress! East Timor: Risky sex practices and little use of contraception remain huge concern.

Cambodia: All key indicators

on track. Good progress!

East Timor: Poor progress.

Skilled roles were taken by Indonesians up until 1999, resulting in lack of skills and institutional knowledge of PNG: basic medical issues. Maternal mortality still incredibly high urgent attention required

Cambodia: Off track: maternal mortality still high, and access to contraception and emergency obstetric care require attention East Timor: Strong government commitment but huge need for more skilled staff to assist maternal matters

PNG: Disappointing progress thus far Cambodia: No targets set, so difficult to

monitor progress

East Timor: Huge need for engaging youth in

productive behaviour

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[GENDER]
Case Study: Cambodia

Videos:
Sheryl DuWann discusses global gender oppression;
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/sheryl_wudunn_our_century_s_greate st_injustice.html

Websites:
Thematic issues concerning gender equality;
Case Study: Papua New Guinea

The penis makes a man incapable of doing onerous gardening and tending the crops of edible sweet potatoes.
As a whole, PNG society is very maledominated. There is a general view that women are objects on par with other items of value pigs and gardens. Daily life is gendered, with women expected to carry out tasks that men cannot do so

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/directory/critical_areas_of_concern_30. htm

Defining sex and gender;

http://www.who.int/gender/whatisgender/en/

Articles:
So what about boys? Including men in development;
http://plan-international.org/files/global/publications/campaigns/BIAAGReport-2011.pdf

Domestic violence is a huge problem in Cambodia with many Cambodians believing it is a private matter that should be tolerated and rationalised.
22.5% of married Cambodian women experienced violence at home in 2009 80% of women surveyed said they knew a husband who used physical violence with his wife

The intersections of gender equality and technology;

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/16/opinion/a-cellphone-for-everywoman.html?_r=1