In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, hosts Hana and Hannah speak with Dr Oluwole Oluwaniyi – a medical doctor and public health specialist – to talk about the importance of mental health awareness following mental health awareness week in the UK (mental health awareness month in the US). Mental health has become increasingly acknowledged by both society and governments across the world and has been especially highlighted since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information about the topics discussed in this episode, please visit: https://www.mentalhealth.o ..read more

In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, hosts Hannah and Jess speak with Nathalie Balabhadra – an economics and politics student at the University of Edinburgh and an intern at the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy – to provide an introduction to the broad and critical campaign that is nuclear disarmament. On the 22nd of January 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force. It is the first international agreement prohibiting States Parties from the use of nuclear weapons. It crucially illustrates a framework for the elimination of these ..read more

In this special news episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, hosts Jess and Hannah speak about the life-threatening malaria disease, prevention, and hope for a vaccine. For more information about the topics discussed in this episode, please visit: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria https://www.who.int/malaria/areas/elimination/e2020/en/ https://www.who.int/initiatives/malaria-vaccine-implementation-programme Contact us via email at podcast@unhscotland.org.uk. Twitter: @UNHouseScotland Instagram: @UNHouseScotland LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/compan ..read more

In this episode of the UN House Scotland Podcast, hosts Jess and Hannah speak with Paul Bradley (SCVO and SDG Network Scotland) about the implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in Scotland, and on an international level. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals were set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, and include No Poverty (1), Zero Hunger (2), Reduced Inequalities (10), Climate Action (13) and Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions (16). For more information about the Sustainable Development Goals, please visit: https://sdgs.un.org/goals https://globalgoals ..read more

In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, Georgie McLeman speaks to Lori Mihalich-Levin, best selling author, healthcare lawyer and CEO and founder of Mindful return. They spoke about unpaid care and productive conversations that can lead to better divisions of household labour. For more information about Lori’s work and story, please visit the following links: Mindful return website: https://www.mindfulreturn.com/about-lori-mihalich-levin/ Her book: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16483376.Lori_K_Mihalich_Levin Her podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p ..read more

[Content Warning: this episode contains references to violence against women and girls, including reference to sexual violence and rape.] In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, Hannah Lawrence speaks to Madeleine Black, best-selling author, international public speaker, and survivor of sexual violence. For more information about Madeleine’s work and story, please visit the following links: Her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/ Her book: https://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-Journey-Shattered-Violence-Survival/dp/1786062763 https://www.bookdepository.com/Unbroken-Madel ..read more

In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, Jess speaks to Varsha Thebo, the Hillary Rodham Clinton Research Fellow (2020-2021) at Georgetown Institute of Women Peace and Security about the Women, Peace and Security Agenda at the United Nations. For more information about the work of Varsha and her colleagues at the Georgetown Institute of Women Peace and Security, visit their website: https://giwps.georgetown.edu/. They also produce an interesting e-newsletter which you can sign up to on the website. Find out more about the GIWPS Women Peace and Security Index 2021-22 here ..read more

[Content Warning: this episode contains references to violence against women and girls, including reference to sexual violence, rape and female genital mutilation/cutting.] In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, Jess speaks to Pat Black, advocacy advisor for Soroptimist International, about gender equality, women’s rights and the role of the UN in supporting and empowering women. For more information on the topics discussed in this episode, please visit the below links which Pat has kindly provided for your reference: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the ..read more

In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, host Hannah speaks with Prof Sir Geoff Palmer on his life experiences moving from Kingston, Jamaica to the UK and addresses historical black representation in England and Scotland. For more information about the topics discussed in this episode, please visit: https://www.eis.org.uk/Anti-Racism/BHM19 https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/for-journalists/graduation-ceremonies-1/summer-2016/orations/oration-for-professor-sir-godfrey-palme http://www.elrec.org.uk https://www.abertay.ac.uk/news/2020/professor-sir-geoff-palmer-scotlands-c ..read more

In this episode of the United Nations House Scotland Podcast, host Hana speaks with young social entrepreneurs Alexander Taylor (founder and president of Artem NextGen), Madhavi Shankar (co-founder and CEO of SpaceBasic), and Siya Tayal (founder of Bee Nifty) as they share their experiences and give advice to aspiring social entrepreneurs. For more information about the topics discussed in this episode, please visit: https://www.artemleaders.com https://www.spacebasic.com https://www.1m2030.org https://www.instagram.com/project.i.am.enough/?hl=en Episode Error: Please note that Siya is NOT ..read more