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Kirrily Pells

@kirrilypells.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Childhood, UCL. Child Rights | Childhood | Memory | Violence Against Children | Rwanda www.nkwihoreze.org

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Kirrily Pells@kirrilypells.bsky.social · 12mo ago

‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focused as an academic in Gaza www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focused as an academic in Gaza

It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matter

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Will Wilson@2wsphotography.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Book Launch Announcement! 🐦📘 I’m thrilled to announce the release of my second book — Following the Birds of Rwanda — a photographic celebration of Rwanda’s vibrant birdlife and their fascinating behaviours. 📍 Available in shops across Kigali and online via Komezart from 1st July. #Birds 🪶

Front cover of my second book - Following the Birds of Rwanda - a Rwenzori Turaco in flight. 📣 Book Launch Announcement! 🐦📘 I’m thrilled to announce the release of my second book — Following the Birds of Rwanda — a photographic celebration of Rwanda’s vibrant birdlife and their fascinating behaviours. This coffee table-style book is a visual journey through forests, wetlands, and skies, capturing the moments that make Rwanda an avian paradise. 📍 Available in shops across Kigali and online via Komezart from 1st July. Whether you’re a nature lover, photographer, or simply appreciate the beauty of wildlife, this book is for you. Thank you for supporting local art, nature, and storytelling!
Human Rights Education Review@hrer.bsky.social · last yr.

☑️Early childhood educators are invited to check out this article by @carmelward.bsky.social @queensuniv.bsky.social ☑️research explores how insights from young children can contribute to a #pedagogy of #HumanRights ☑️ #OpenAccess - free to download! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Emotions and human rights education in early childhood: insights from young children in Rwanda

Human rights education in early childhood should be relevant to children’s experiences, however there is a tendency to avoid the subject. This paper draws from a participatory study undertaken in R...

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Carla Denyer@carladenyer.bsky.social · last yr.

This "debate" about who should use what toilet doesn’t benefit anyone. It doesn’t fix the underfunding of women's refuges, NHS waiting lists leaving women in terrible pain, mums skipping meals to feed their kids. How about we get on with tackling the real issues affecting women?

UCL Institute of Education@ioe.bsky.social · last yr.

What does it mean to listen to children's stories, narratives and ideas? Come along to this double book launch on 1 April with IOE authors and explore children's perspectives of school and their practical suggestions to strengthen wellbeing and learning within schooling. bit.ly/4hTxRWn

IAS Book Launch: Children's Life-Histories | Revisiting Childhood

Join the the IAS and the Critical Childhood Studies Centre in welcoming authors Eleanore Hargreaves, Denise Buchanan, Laura Quick and Wendy Sims-Schouten for this joint book launch.

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Jeremy Corbyn@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · last yr.

Since Labour took office, 10,000 more children have been plunged into poverty by the refusal to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Increasing military spending while millions of children go hungry is not a tough decision. It’s the wrong decision.