Welcome
The Mission of Global Student Forum is to enable school students to critically explore contemporary development issues and their role as global citizens.
In doing so we expect that there will be changes in their knowledge, attitudes and actions and that they will be empowered to work towards a more just and sustainable world for everyone.
GSF conferences are open to sixth form students from partner schools. Delegates return to their schools with support and resources to educate their peers on the issues they have explored – and take action for a more just and sustainable world. Any secondary school with a sixth form, and any sixth form college can become a GSF Partner School.
GSF2012 - Hungry for Justice
The GSF2012 National Sixth Form Conference will take place in Westminster, London on Tuesday 26th June 2012. GSF2012 will explore why, in a world which has enough food for everyone, one in seven people are hungry - and what students can do to help tackle hunger, under-nutrition and food insecurity.
Download a booking form and brochure
GSF2011 - Dying for Life
GSF2011 conferences took place in England as follows:
Newcastle upon Tyne - 17th November 2011
We also collaborated with the Vine Trust to run a GSF2011 Scotland conference in Edinburgh on 8th September 2011.
The following video shows highlights of the GSF2011 conference in London:
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You can download photos of the events via our GSF photographs page.
Our GSF2011 learning objectives (for conferences and subsequent peer education undertaken by GSF students) are:
1. Why does a mother die from pregnancy-related complications nearly every minute? Students will discover why 99% of maternal deaths occur in the
developing world (with complications in pregnancy and childbirth being
the leading cause of deaths for girls aged 15-19 in developing
countries) and that this is the greatest health inequity of the 21st
century
2. Why is maternal health so important to families and communities? Students will discover the psychological, social and economic
impact on families, communities and countries when mothers die
3. What are the barriers to achieving the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG5)? Students will explore the social, cultural, economic and political
barriers to reducing the maternal mortality ratio by 75% and achieving
universal access to reproductive health
4. How can we act globally and locally towards MDG5? Students will be empowered to advance equality in maternal and reproductive health
The Department for International Development is sponsoring GSF2011 and our featured charity is The White Ribbon
Alliance for Safe Motherhood.
GSF2010 - Education Beats Poverty
Sixth form students in many schoools and colleges are continuing to share their learning from GSF2010 national and regional conferences, which focused on the challenge of achieving universal access to primary education (the second Millennium Development Goal). See our GSF2010 pages for more details.
Latest news: A charity DVD featuring the One Goal music video created by Hanham High School students with Ben Okafor (and several bonus features) is now available.
Visit our One Goal page to preview the song and find out how to obtain your copy.GSF2012: Book now
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The White Ribbon Alliance aims to ensure that pregnancy and childbirth are safe for all women and newborns in every country.
