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Shannon McCracken
Oct 3, 20192 min read
Women's Mental Health: Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse
As part of our blog series about women’s mental health for the upcoming conference on the 9th of October, UN House Scotland and...
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UNHScotland
Oct 2, 20191 min read
Conference on Women's Mental Health: Delegate Pack
As we quickly approach the date for our upcoming conference on the 9th of October, UN House Scotland and Soroptimist International...
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UNHScotland
Sep 23, 20191 min read
Photocall Scottish Parliament: Thursday 26 September
Join with ICAN Scottish Partner organisations and MSPs to attend a press and photocall outside the Scottish Parliament at 12.45 on...
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Hannah Barrett and Jessica Craig
Sep 23, 20192 min read
Green Court: The 'Spaceport' Case Report Now Available
The second UNHS Green Court event took place on Monday 26th August 2019, in the Moot Courtroom at Old College, University of Edinburgh....
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UNHScotland
Sep 19, 20191 min read
WILPF 2019 Autumn Seminar: Women Go Green for Peace
The UK section of the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) will be hosting its annual Autumn Seminar on Saturday, 23...
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UNHScotland
Sep 19, 20191 min read
Edinburgh World Justice Festival: Edinburgh CND
Edinburgh World Justice Festival 2019 runs from 28th September to 19th October. The Festival will include many events throughout the...
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UNHScotland
Sep 18, 20192 min read
Positive Action Training
Positive Action is offering an autumn training timetable for October to December 2019. They are offering a range of open courses on...
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UNHScotland
Sep 16, 20191 min read
PeaceBuilders: Facilitator Training for Primary Schools Event
Running since 2015, this Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre project works with schools teaching children how to take care of conflict...
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UNHScotland
Sep 16, 20191 min read
United Nations Association-Glasgow Event
UNA monthly meeting entitled Life Beneath Water will be featured at the University of Glasgow on Thursday 19th of September. The event...
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Jessica Craig
Sep 12, 20191 min read
The Illegality of Nuclear Weapons: Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Seminar
On Thursday 22nd August, UN House Masters Placement Intern Jana Riemslagh hosted a seminar entitled 'The Illegality of Nuclear Weapons:...
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Jessica Craig
Jul 31, 20191 min read
Secure Scotland Seminar Report Available Now
The Secure Scotland Seminar was held between the 16th and 18th April 2019 at Allanton Peace Sanctuary in Dumfries. The purpose of the...
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Iuliia Drobysh
Mar 19, 20193 min read
Commission on the Status of Women: Delegate Routine
7 am: Early wake-up call to rise and shine! We are excited to start another day, quickly eat some cereal and to head over to the UN...
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Iuliia Drobysh
Mar 15, 20192 min read
Commission on the Status of Women: Day Two and Three
In this blog post, I will share some ideas from the past two days of CSW: "It is not enough to promulgate laws: there should be...
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Iuliia Drobysh
Mar 12, 20194 min read
Commission on the Status of Women: Day One
Hi everyone! My name is Iuliia and I am an intern at the UN House Scotland. This year, I am humbled to represent UNA-UK at the 63rd...
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Laura Rutherford
Mar 6, 20191 min read
Scottish Women Make Voices Heard for UN Commission on the Status of Women
On 1 February 2019, UN House Scotland, Soroptimist International and Scottish Women's Convention held a conference in preparation for the...
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Simen Jordsmyr
Nov 19, 20182 min read
SCISA Seminar Series Presented at Scottish Interfaith Week
UN House Scotland and its work for promoting peace received much attention as the Scottish Interfaith Week was rounded off at an event in...
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UNH Scotland
Sep 3, 20181 min read
'See Me, Free Me' Report Available
Following the successful 'See Me, Free Me" Campaign and conference in March 2018, a comprehensive report on human trafficking is now...
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Erin Thomson
Jul 17, 20184 min read
Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East: the Creation of a WMDFZ
Former UNHS intern Samantha Ku presents on the state of WMDFZ. The attempt to create, and subsequently enforce, a WMDFZ (Weapons of Mass...
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UNHScotland
Jun 6, 20181 min read
Report: Scotland's Path to Climate Justice
Download the report. On the 27th of April 2018, UN House Scotland (UNHS)hosted the conference ‘Scotland’s Path to Climate Justice’ in the...
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Simen Jordsmyr
Jun 5, 20182 min read
UN House Scotland Launches Report on Football and Modern Slavery
After a long process of research and writing, UN House Scotland could finally launch its Football and Modern Slavery Report on 23 May....
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