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Share, Show, Shout for Climate Justice

March 25, 2021 By Jubilee Scotland Leave a Comment

This year, we learned a lot about the social costs of the pandemic, such as health disparities between social groups, the vastly different experiences of COVID and the impact of lockdown by class, gender, and ethnicity, and what society might look like after the pandemic. Issues that have long been the focus of sociologists and […]

Internship Opportunity, Autumn 2021

February 12, 2021 By Jubilee Scotland Leave a Comment

Jubilee Scotland has an exciting internship for a talented student to join us for the Autumn semester of 2021. This is a placement opportunity for students who undertake work experiences as part of their MSc degree.  About the internship  At Jubilee Scotland you will take part in the preparations for the UN Climate Summit in […]

Financing Climate Justice : Scotland at COP26

October 27, 2020 By Jubilee Scotland Leave a Comment

Financing Climate Justice: Scotland at COP26 At Jubilee Scotland we have been part of many campaigns calling for debt relief and the cancellation of unjust debt in the global south. Adding to the unjust sovereign debt that many nations need relief for financially, there is another type of debt that needs to be addressed by […]

To help people through the COVID-19 recession, we need to reduce the stigma around household debt

August 19, 2020 By Jubilee Scotland Leave a Comment

Household debt is an issue many are hesitant to talk about.  80% of people who owe money don’t seek help, instead hiding their financial problems from fiends and family. The concept of household debt is a consumer’s total debt within a home, which can include debt through credit cards, student loans, leases, mortgages, and business […]

A Just and Green Recovery for Scotland

June 1, 2020 By Jubilee Scotland Leave a Comment

Jubilee Scotland is part of a new campaign to Build Back Better. As we begin to recover from the devastating impacts of Coronavirus, we have a chance to transform our society for the better. The outbreak of COVID-19 has reminded us what is really important – looking after each other and our communities, our health […]

A call for a new Debt Jubilee

May 5, 2020 By Jubilee Scotland Leave a Comment

We need to assess the public health crisis that is about to explode in the Global South if debt is not outright cancelled. While most Northern countries are in the midst of fighting against the virus, the heaviest impact caused by the pandemic will be on countries in Africa, South & Latin America and Southeast […]

British aid money should not be spent on building Bridge private schools

April 27, 2020 By Jubilee Scotland 1 Comment

This past week has been a big win for people working to improve education in countries that have been plagued by Private-for-profit schools, such as Kenya, India, Ghana, Uganda and Liberia. The World Bank Group announced that its private sector division, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) would be reforming how they approach lending policy, their […]

Jubilee Scotland signs on to new debt jubilee to tackle COVID-19 in the Global South.

April 7, 2020 By Jubilee Scotland Leave a Comment

Jubilee Scotland has signed up today to a new debt jubilee to tackle the Covid-19 health and economic crisis facing hundreds of millions of people. This World Health Day, more than 150 organisations and networks have called for debt in the global south to be cancelled to fight to COVID-19 outbreak. Some of the world’s […]

The economic history of PFI – as a guide on how to end it

February 25, 2020 By Jubilee Scotland Leave a Comment

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At our report launch last month, one of our key speakers was Helen Mercer, whose expertise on Private Finance Initiative schemes made a huge contribution to our research. She talked to us about how we got into this mess and why this is a systemic problem caused by our governments, that can only be solved […]

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Share, Show, Shout for Climate Justice

This year, we learned a lot about the social costs of the pandemic, such as health disparities between social groups, the vastly different experiences of COVID and the impact of lockdown by class, gender, and ethnicity, and what society might look like after the pandemic. Issues that have long been the focus of sociologists and […]

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