by pennyurquhart | Mar 21, 2018 | climate change, climate justice, Uncategorized
Today is Human Rights Day in South Africa. With this in the back of my mind over the past couple of days, two pieces of news triggered resounding bleeps on my ‘high relevancy’ radar. The first bleep made itself known when I read that the United Nations Special...
by pennyurquhart | Apr 6, 2016 | climate change and health, climate justice, Uncategorized
Image: Earth Hour 2016 Was it any coincidence that Human Rights Day in South Africa fell on the same day as World Poetry Day – 21st March? Not if you consider how a number of South African poets shone a light on the injustices of the apartheid era – think of Ingrid...
by pennyurquhart | Mar 24, 2013 | climate justice
Thursday was Human Rights Day in South Africa. We had a lot to think about. Like, how much progress can we truly say we have made in the country since 1994, when violence towards women continues at horrific levels? When lesbians are raped and murdered as...
