IRIN-Humanitarian News

I spend a lot of time reminding students that Africa is a diverse continent made up of many countries. IRIN has a detailed news and analysis hopefully makes that more clear.

Social Entrepreneurship

Let's get students to look at global and local issues in an innovative way.

Here's a good introductory program on The New Heroes

Ashoka can connect students with people in the field.

The Skoll Foundation is also has a wealth of information on getting involved.

Frontline/World has engaging stories of international entrepreneurs.

Online Newhour site for SE

Social Edge blog and wiki from the Skoll Foundation

More Interactive Governance Maps

The World Bank has their own aggregated governance map. It's highly detailed and provides a number of different ways to analyze countries for governance.

Aussie Version of Good Governance

I had to go to the southern hemisphere for this but it's worth losing a day in travel.

There's a nifty glossary of terms here (and links to the UN's good governance article I already blogged about)

Map O'Freedom

This is a great resource for measuring freedom around the world.

CFR Educators Page

Clearing house for CFR's educators central page. Some of the issues examined are really specific and some material is geared for college age students. Overall impressive collection of material from a legitimate policy powerhouse. You don't have to worry about the rigor or creditability of this stuff.

The Price of Silence

PRI's The World is great because they managed to get a url that says the world.
Also great is this music video marking the 60th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights.

Human Rights PSA

Want to get fired up about human rights? Watch 10 of these ads and lead the revolution.

Great as hooks into human rights or anything related to government or global studies.