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Reflection on the UK’s VNR
“The Voluntary National Review process has brought the spotlight from what we do abroad to what we do at home. We have made progress. On...
Chris Toward
Oct 10, 20193 min read


Friends of Earth Scotland: Plastic and the Climate Emergency
In Friends of Earth Scotland's new blog post they seek to explore the lessor known effects of plastics on climate change. They discuss...
UNH Scotland
Oct 7, 20191 min read


UN House Scotland Mental Health Awareness Event
UN House Scotland and Soroptomist International will be hosting an afternoon of talks and expert-led discussion on Women’s Mental Health...
Katie Birrell
Oct 7, 20192 min read


Opposing Pro War Policies and Modern Day Threats such as Climate Change
The Scottish Peace Network is hosting the event entitled "Opposing Pro War Policies and Modern Day Threats such as Climate Change" this...
UNH Scotland
Oct 7, 20191 min read


Climate Change Meets Politics
Please join lecturer David Warrilow, President of the Royal Meteorological Society on “Climate Change Meets Politics” at 6 p.m. on Friday...
UNH Scotland
Oct 7, 20191 min read


Mental Health and Single-Parenthood
The final blog post in our series on women's mental health, ahead of our upcoming conference, is from our intern Esther, and looks at the...
Esther Jourdan
Oct 7, 20193 min read


Looking forward: Men’s Mental Health
With World Mental Health Day and the Conference on Women’s Mental Health on the 9th of October approaching, UNHS already wants to look...
Wojciech Krakowiak
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...
Shannon McCracken
Oct 3, 20192 min read


ICAN: UN General Assembly First Committee Starting Next Week
As you may be aware, the UN General Assembly First Committee starts next week on Monday, October 7 and runs through November 8. Delegates...
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...
UNHScotland
Oct 2, 20191 min read


Oral Contraceptives and Mental Health
In the second of our series of blogs on women's mental health in connection with our upcoming conference, our intern Esther explores the...
Esther Jourdan
Sep 27, 20193 min read


Women's Mental Health and the Justice System
As we approach World Mental Health Day on the 10th of October and our upcoming mental health awareness conference, UN House Scotland has...
Shannon McCracken
Sep 25, 20192 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...
UNHScotland
Sep 23, 20191 min read


Don't Bank on the Bomb Media Report
Don't Bank on the Bomb*, a part of the ICAN partnership (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons), has published a report on...
UNHScotland
Sep 23, 20191 min read


UN International Day of Peace
Saturday 21 September was the UN International Day of Peace. It has been commemorated since 1981 and this year UN Secretary-General...
UNHScotland
Sep 23, 20191 min read


Mental Health Parliamentary One Pager
Our latest Parliamentary One Pager on Mental Health by Shannon and Esther is available to download here. It was produced in connection to...
Shannon McCracken and Esther Jourdan
Sep 23, 20191 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....
Hannah Barrett and Jessica Craig
Sep 23, 20192 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...
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...
UNHScotland
Sep 19, 20191 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...
UNHScotland
Sep 18, 20192 min read
