Campaign: Tougher law’s on Parental Alienation
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When parents separate often the children remain with one parent as the main carer, with the other parent having a contact order. Often divorces can be bitter, and children used as pawns to hurt …

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Political Correctness: To Be Or Not To Be!
Wednesday, 16 Jan, 2013 – 2:57 | No Comment
Political Correctness: To Be Or Not To Be!

Monday, February 11, 2013
6:30 PM
To register for this event: GlobalNet21events
Published by: Christina Wiltshire.
Very few subjects get people hot under the collar more than political correctness. Some people believe that Political Correctness around the …

Hacked Off: working for and with victims of press abuse
Monday, 10 Dec, 2012 – 13:35 | No Comment
Hacked Off: working for and with victims of press abuse

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Hacked Off is working for and with victims of press abuse to ensure that the Leveson Inquiry leads to a free and fair press, and to encourage world-class journalism in the public interest.
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Holding Britain’s leaders to account for the wars with Afghanistan and Iraq and 3.5 million civilian casualties.
Thursday, 22 Nov, 2012 – 11:35 | No Comment
Holding Britain’s leaders to account for the wars with Afghanistan and Iraq and 3.5 million civilian casualties.

This week a group held a house meeting to discuss how we can hold governments to account when they go to war illegally. In one of their releases they argued,

“In the six years since …

Migrants Voice In The Public Square
Wednesday, 21 Nov, 2012 – 15:34 | No Comment
Migrants Voice In The Public Square

Yesterday The Migrants Resource Centre launched their Media4us project, which aims to

give greater exposure to migrant journalists and across Europe

Increase the visibility of migrants’ participation in and contributions to society

report more accurately on topics relating to …

Campaign: Restore the visa of banned journalist Leah McGrath Goodman
Friday, 16 Nov, 2012 – 15:19 | No Comment
Campaign: Restore the visa of banned journalist Leah McGrath Goodman

”Leah McGrath Goodman is an American investigative journalist, author and former UK resident who was banned from the UK after launching an investigation into the alleged mass abuse, torture and possible murder of …

War, Legality & Accountability
Friday, 16 Nov, 2012 – 9:35 | No Comment
War, Legality & Accountability

Next Tuesday we have a house meeting that will discuss how we can make governments accountable for the wars they take part in when they are highly questionable in international law. Wars in Iraq …

It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World – Mental WellBeing in the 21st©
Thursday, 8 Nov, 2012 – 14:09 | No Comment
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World – Mental WellBeing in the 21st©

GlobalNet21 meeting: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 6.30pm. Rigister for this meeting here GlobalNet21Events
Kevan Jones MP has agreed to host a meeting for us on mental wellbeing in the 21st century. He is one …

Housing Crisis or Green Shoots
Thursday, 8 Nov, 2012 – 11:55 | No Comment
Housing Crisis or Green Shoots

David Orr is chief executive of the National Housing Federation and recently former President of CECODHAS-Housing Europe. David spoke at our meeting on Housing Crisis or Green Shoots in the House of Commons this …

GlobalNet21 Meeting: War: Accountability & Legality.
Tuesday, 30 Oct, 2012 – 16:21 | No Comment
GlobalNet21 Meeting: War: Accountability & Legality.

War: Accountability & Legality. Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:00 PM: Join us @ GlobalNet21, along with Chris Coverdale for this meeting: GlobalNet21Events
This meeting will discuss how we can make governments accountable for the …

James Wolfensohn Address To Graduate Students At Stanford University.
Wednesday, 24 Oct, 2012 – 13:52 | No Comment
James Wolfensohn Address To Graduate Students At Stanford University.

The former president of the WORLD BANK, James Wolfensohn, makes stunning confessions as he makes an address to graduate students at Stanford University. He reveals the inside hand of world domination from past, to the …

The Great Euro Crash – 2012
Monday, 24 Sep, 2012 – 23:37 | No Comment
The Great Euro Crash – 2012

For more than two years Europe has teetered on the edge of an economic precipice – one of the factors that has pushed Britain back into recession. How exactly did Europe get itself into …

Fighting Faces of Asia: Photojournalism project by Kalle Larsson.
Wednesday, 19 Sep, 2012 – 22:12 | No Comment
Fighting Faces of Asia: Photojournalism project by Kalle Larsson.

About the project:
Behind every successful and male dominated social movement, union and political party there are the women. Often doing more than their share of organizing social change, and still bearing way more than …

INVESTING IN PREGNANT WOMEN NEEDS TO BE THE FOCUS OF FAMILY POLICY
Wednesday, 19 Sep, 2012 – 7:47 | No Comment
INVESTING IN PREGNANT WOMEN NEEDS TO BE THE FOCUS OF FAMILY POLICY

This Blog comes from Vicki Fitzgerald from Gateway Family Services and can be seen on their own Blog as well. You can visit it here ….
We have been working with pregnant women in Birmingham over a …

Report of Our Meeting on Community Justice and Transforming Conflict
Monday, 17 Sep, 2012 – 11:31 | No Comment
Report of Our Meeting on Community Justice and Transforming Conflict

This is a report of our meeting on Community Justice and Transforming Justice that we held last week and it is submitted by Fabian Reid from Christ Church University, Canterbury.
The debate was chaired by …

Trade vs Aid: Let Africa Trade With Africa
Sunday, 16 Sep, 2012 – 20:35 | No Comment
Trade vs Aid: Let Africa Trade With Africa

In Africa, non-tariff trade barriers raise transaction costs and limit the movement of goods, services, people and capital across borders. To further development, African governments must embrace regional integration, break down these barriers and help …

WEBINAR – Child Protection Or Child Snatching – The Story
Sunday, 16 Sep, 2012 – 20:34 | No Comment
WEBINAR – Child Protection Or Child Snatching – The Story

In this webinar, Sabine K McNeill will share her experiences of what Christopher Booker from the Telegraph calls “child snatching” but that the State calls child ‘protection’ These experiences comes from talking to parents …

Can & Should Government Change Behaviour?
Sunday, 16 Sep, 2012 – 12:16 | No Comment

Following our meeting on whether government can and should change behaviour we are holding a twitter chat follow up for people to collaborate further. Below is a slide show of the some of the …

Our Meeting On Reforming Justice
Saturday, 15 Sep, 2012 – 11:15 | No Comment
Our Meeting On Reforming Justice

Yasmin Qureshi MP hosted a meeting at House of Commons on how we should shape our attitudes to Justice in the 21st century.
We tend to have a strictly legal approach to justice where punishment …

Wangari Maathai: Money Alone Won’t Help Africa
Tuesday, 11 Sep, 2012 – 16:42 | No Comment
Wangari Maathai: Money Alone Won’t Help Africa

Trade or  Aid? Over the next several week’s we will be exploring the many complex issues of trade vs Aid.Please join in and leave your comments.
Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai argues that well-intentioned aid to …

Listening To Families & Family Policy
Monday, 10 Sep, 2012 – 19:39 | No Comment
Listening To Families & Family Policy

Many families are faced with difficulties in modern Britain and face poverty and exclusion. Governments desperately try to have a family policy but only too often they do not listen to families themselves.
The role …