UK prison reform

(16-Jul-2010)

This week Britain's prime minister backed justice secretary Ken Clarke's proposal to reduce the number of shorter prison sentences in exchange for community punishments and rehabilitation measures.

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Sportsmanship and the World Cup

(25-Jun-2010)

The World Cup tournament has brought 736 players and 373,000 fans to South Africa; each match is being watched by over 100 million people worldwide, and staging the tournament has cost the host nation $8.6 billion.

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Gaza flotilla: no way to peace

(11-Jun-2010)

Last week's interception of six ships in the "Gaza flotilla" by Israeli security forces led to a pitched battle and the deaths of nine people. One disturbing aspect of this event is the blurring of distinctions

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Relationships Global is a network of people and organisations who recognise the importance of relationships to human wellbeing, and seek to combat the causes of relational poverty and build a better world.

 

“Relationships are the missing piece of the political puzzle.  As we struggle to adapt to the domination of the bottom line and to constant economic, social and technological change, the factor invariably omitted from the equation is human relationships.”  Lindsay Tanner, Australian MP and cabinet minister.

 

"Happiness and well being do not come from our freedom to break free of bonds but instead to commit ourselves to relationships. Our sense of identity does not simply come from within – what we want to be – but from our interconnectedness and interdependence." Charles Leadbeater, author and consultant







Towards a conceptual framework for family proofing policy (Relationships Foundation 2010)
The executive summary of a research paper introducing the 3D7L model (3 key domains, 7 critical levers of influence), which helps to analyse the effects of policy on family relationships and also families' ability to contribute to the key goals of that policy.
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