Event Archive

2012

November

• African Film Series 2012 - Darwin's Nightmare

  20 November 2012, 18:00 - 19:22

  Darwin's Nightmare (2004) deals with the environmental and social effects of the fishing industry around Lake Victoria in Tanzania.

• Oral evidence Post 2015 MDGs

  20 November 2012, 11:00 - 13:00

  This is the final evidence session for the inquiry on post 2015 development goals. The Committee will question the Secretary of State on various issues pertaining to the post 2015 agenda, including the role of the Prime Minister as co-Chair of the UN High Level Panel.

• World Toilet Day

  19 November 2012

  World Toilet Day will be observed internationally on the 19th November.

• International Day for Tolerance

  16 November 2012, 22:18

  Tolerance does not mean indifference or a grudging acceptance of others. It is a way of life based on mutual understanding and respect for others, and on the belief that global diversity is to be embraced, not feared." Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

• The Geopolitics of Water: China and the Lancang-Mekong River

  16 November 2012, 14:00 - 17:00

  Part of the Global Economic Governance programme at University College, Oxford.

• African Film Series 2012 - Black Gold

  13 November 2012, 18:00 - 21:30

  Black Gold 2011 film about coffee farmers in Ethiopia.

• Understanding and Responding to Civil Conflict in the Current Era

  09 November 2012, 14:00 - 17:00

  Part of the Global Economic Governance programme at University College, Oxford.

• Sharing what works in international development

  09 November 2012, 09:30 - 13:45

  An event for development professionals, academics and policymakers to discuss how to ensure international development activities are based on sound evidence from social science and from experience of implementation, delivery and evaluation.

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  Changing Patterns of Migration and Implications for Health

  07 November 2012, 17:20

  Manuel Carballo is an epidemiologist and is currently Executive Director of the International Centre for Migration, Health and Development and Professor of Clinical Public Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, in New York. He is a specialist on health issues of migrants and refugees (particularly reproductive...

• African Film Series - Sometimes in April

  06 November 2012, 18:00 - 21:17

  Sometimes in April is a 2005 historical drama television film about the Rwandan Genocide of 1994.