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December 18, 2020
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Presentation of Gold Medal for Human Rights to Midnight Oil
Photo courtesy of Peter Dowson, Digital Storytellers. We were delighted to award the Gold Medal for Human Rights to Midnight Oil on 26 November via a digital event. This award was in recognition of their relentless focus on human rights, and
October 14, 2020
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Events, Gold Medal for Human Rights, News, Peace Blog
Midnight Oil win Sydney Peace Foundation’s gold medal for human rights
This article first appeared in the The Guardian on 14 October. Tickets for the November events in Sydney are available via http://tix.yt/midnight-oil-gold-medal Australian band Midnight Oil will be awarded the gold medal for human rights by the Sydney Peace Foundation for its “commitment
June 24, 2020
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2017 Black Lives Matter, News, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates
Black Lives Matter Network: Interview with Rodney Diverlus
In 2017, the Black Lives Matter Global Network received the Sydney Peace Prize for building a powerful movement for racial equality and courageously reigniting a global conversation. We recently caught up with Rodney Diverlus who accepted the Prize in 2017
March 13, 2020
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2014 Julan Burnside, Events, General Coverage of SPF, Gold Medal for Human Rights, Media, News, Peace Blog
Presentation of the Gold Medal for Human Rights to Christiana Figuers
We were so honoured to award the Gold Medal for Human Rights to Christiana Figueres on 12 March in the Lord Mayor's Reception Room at the Sydney Town Hall. Christiana gave an impassioned speech about the need for urgent action
March 12, 2020
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General Coverage of SPF, Gold Medal for Human Rights, News, Peace Blog
Climate action is the most pressing peace work of our time
What a difference four years make. December 12, 2019: Scott Morrison was having a so-so day. He had faced international criticism of the Government’s response to climate change. Bushfires were raging up and down the coast of NSW, and Sydney had
March 5, 2020
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2019 The Me Too movement, General Coverage of SPF, News, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates, Peace Blog, Sydney Peace Prize
Podcast: TARANA BURKE ON ME TOO & BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE
During her time in Australia to accept the 2019 Sydney Peace Prize on behalf of the Me Too movement, Tarana Burke spoke with Vogue Australia's Clare Press about the origins of Me Too, the viral hashtag, and how work to
February 27, 2020
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General Coverage of SPF, Gold Medal for Human Rights, News, Peace Blog
World’s top climate negotiator condemns Australian response to climate change
The leader of the Paris Climate Agreement talks says she is "deeply pained" by the attitude of the Australian Government to climate change in the wake of this summer's unprecedented bushfires. Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres became the United Nations' top
February 26, 2020
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2018 Joseph Stiglitz, General Coverage of SPF, News, Peace Blog
Joseph Stiglitz: “The climate crisis is our third world war. It needs a bold response.”
Advocates of the Green New Deal say there is great urgency in dealing with the climate crisis and highlight the scale and scope of what is required to combat it. They are right. They use the term “New Deal” to
February 25, 2020
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General Coverage of SPF, Gold Medal for Human Rights, News, Peace Blog
10 Things You Can Do About Climate Change, According To The Shepherds Of The Paris Agreement
Christiana Figueres once credited the Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh with helping her shepherd 192 countries from blaming to collaborating, from paralysis to empowerment in the Paris Agreement. Now Figueres and her strategic advisor, former Buddhist monk Tom Rivett-Carnac, have penned a book