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 …

‘Friends of the Earth’:Mining For Smartphones: Film 1 – The Tin Mines of Bangka Island
Monday, 3 Dec, 2012 – 16:10 | No Comment

Mining For Smartphones – “The Tin Mines of Bangka Island”
The first episode of a new three part documentary series produced by Friends of the Earth showing the environmental impact of tin mining on Bangka Island.
Friends …

Pre Xmas Network & Development Meeting – Planning for the New Year
Monday, 26 Nov, 2012 – 15:54 | No Comment
Pre Xmas Network & Development Meeting – Planning for the New Year

To register for this event GlobalNet21Events
We would like to invite you to our next informal networking event where members of our network can meet, share ideas, and suggest events and activities for the future. …

House Meeting – The Age of Collaboration
Friday, 23 Nov, 2012 – 17:15 | No Comment
House Meeting – The Age of Collaboration

To register for this event: GlobalNet21Events
This is a House Meeting where we will explore together the value of collaboration in a very practical way.
At this meeting we are going to discuss how collaboration can …

What Will Remain of the ‘Voluntary Sector’
Monday, 12 Nov, 2012 – 9:19 | No Comment
What Will Remain of the ‘Voluntary Sector’

NatCAN and umbrella organization for community activists have published this letter from a number of voluntary national organisations .  They are worried about what will remain of the ’Voluntary Sector’ of any consequence to the …

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 …

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 …

Meeting: The Sharing Economy
Thursday, 25 Oct, 2012 – 12:51 | No Comment
Meeting: The Sharing Economy

Caroline Lucas MP has agreed to host a meeting in the House of Commons on The Sharing Economy. We will be running this meeting in partnership with “The People Who Share.”
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 …

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 …

Uprise Anti- Racism Festival London-2012
Friday, 21 Sep, 2012 – 10:56 | No Comment
Uprise Anti- Racism Festival London-2012

UpRise is a pro-equality / anti-discrimination movement bringing the community together using the arts and good old fashioned conversation.
We believe change can only happen if we sit down and talk in open and honest dialogue …

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 …

House Meeting – The Successful Community
Wednesday, 19 Sep, 2012 – 12:18 | No Comment
House Meeting – The Successful Community

Monday October 1st, 2012, 7pm: In this House Meeting Sarah Lonton will lead us in discussing the question – “What does A Successful Community Look Like” and also “What would it take for our …

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 …

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 …

Migration, Vulnerable Communities and Exploitation meetup
Wednesday, 5 Sep, 2012 – 13:13 | No Comment
Migration, Vulnerable Communities and Exploitation meetup

Snippet of speakers at the GlobalNet21 meetup on Migration, Vulnerable Communities and Exploitation. Recorded and edited by Rachel McAthy.

Disability: Equality, Freedom and Dignity
Wednesday, 29 Aug, 2012 – 15:31 | No Comment
Disability: Equality, Freedom and Dignity

The International Disability & Human Rights Network tells us in their website,
The right to be born equal in freedom and dignity, the right to personal integrity and self-determination: Human Rights are fundamental. …

Collaborative Businesses
Wednesday, 29 Aug, 2012 – 13:11 | No Comment
Collaborative Businesses

Pam McLean is a member of the GlobalNet21 network and at a recent meeting she voiced the view that business must change in a world where collaboration is becoming more important than competition.

Collaborate Through Our Twitter Rooms
Monday, 27 Aug, 2012 – 8:21 | No Comment
Collaborate Through Our Twitter Rooms

We have have set up several twitter rooms through twubs. It is a great for following a theme and idea for developing, connecting and collaboration. We can also organise through it some twitter chats on …

Network & Development Meeting Discussion
Saturday, 25 Aug, 2012 – 7:49 | No Comment

At the Network and Development meeting of GlobalNet21 this last week members of the network discussed ways forward to develop the work done and to create a collaborate frame work through which members can further …