Important piece pointing to the unsuitability of direct provision (and emergency accommodation arrangements) and to the power that staff in these settings have vis a vis parents. Most staff do not have suitable qualifications for this kind of work.

Looking forward to building capacity to provide trauma informed support and investigations for those experiencing sexual harassment or violence in HEIs. UCD Sutherland School of Law UCDSocialPolWorkJust UCD Gender Studies M Ní Raghallaigh UCD Social Sciences Dr Mary McAuliffe MARIE

This is sad and shocking. As a recent immigrant to Ireland this is terrifying for me and my family. Ireland felt like a welcoming place. But the recent rise in right wing anti-immigrant rhetoric, the fear of 'others' and 'outsiders' is polarising the society and it will benefit…

Not on this app much any more, but hoping to publicise widely - PhD scholarship at UCD for a project on some aspect of the conflict-hunger nexus. 4 years covering fees, €25k stipend and research expenses, all in an outstanding and welcoming School. Deadline 24 April, info below!

Elderly refugees in South Africa.
How do they cope?
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The very best of luck to our founder Graham Clifford as he takes on the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris this Sunday!

Graham is raising funds for the Irish Refugee Council and you can support him gofund.me/15722eb3

Not all rough sleeping asylum seekers at IPO got offers of temporary accommodation for #StormKathleen - only those on a priority IPAS accommodation list are being emailed offers of spaces in military tents for 3 nights. This evening I met some who got an email but more who didn’t

The Department of Integration has offered 'temporary shelter' to unaccommodated International Protection applicants who are rough sleeping this weekend in response to Storm Kathleen rte.ie/news/2024/0405…

eeeek, excited to be in Dublin next week presenting my research ! thanks again to the Geary Institute for awarding me a BICS visiting academic scholarship (and to Dr Maebh Harding!). see you all soon ! 🥳

Find out our recent #research activities in this month's School Research Highlights Bulletin (No. 24). The featured researcher this month is Dr Dr Sophie van der Valk. ucd.ie/socialpolicywo… #SocialPolicy #SocialWork #SocialJustice #LoveIrishResearch  HEA

The Annual Equality Studies UCD Centre lecture takes place on the 16th of April from 6-7.30 pm at MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland.
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Jo Littler, Professor Media, Communications and Cultural Studies who will speak about 'Ideologies of Inequality'. Jo Littler
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Applications to the MSW sponsorship programme close on April 26th. Delighted to announce that awarding of sponsorship will not affect your SUSI grant. Please see tusla.ie/msw

“These are the heroes of WCK. These 7 beautiful souls were killed by the IDF in a strike as they were returning from a full day's mission. Their smiles, laughter, and voices are forever embedded in our memories.” - Erin Gore, CEO. Read more: wck.org/news/honoring-…

There needs to be humanitarian protection force at Rafah border to let aid in & let people out.

Extortionate fees for only travel service (see all crowd funders we are supporting individually) need replacing with state sponsored action on scale of Ukraine, internationally. NOW

🥇 New Publication 🥇
Check our new article focusing on the risk and protective factors of commercial sexual exploitation of children in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Happy Easter and happy Bach's birthday! Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach, born March 31st 1685

I'll be hosting a free online meditation session tomorrow morning, Sunday 31st March at 10am (Irish Time). If you want to join just send me your email address and I'll send you the link early tomorrow morning.

A beautiful morning in Dublin

South Sudanese returnees - who first fled their country’s civil war, then Sudan’s - waiting to board boats in Renk last week. 100s get on each boat, then stay on for the 2+ days to Malakal. Sudan’s war has triggered the world’s largest displacement crisis. #KeepEyesOnSudan