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From Homeless to Nobel Prize Winner: A Conversation with Dr. Mario Capecchi.

30th March 2020 · Articles & Interviews by: Vikas Shah MBE

Dr. Mario Capecchi has had a remarkable life. At four-and-a-half years old, during World War II, his mother was sent to Dachau concentration camp leading-eventually- to Mario living as a street child for nearly four years, coming in and out of orphanages and almost dying of malnutrition. From this hugely challenging start in life, Mario went on to flourish eventually becoming joint recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery “of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells.” In this exclusive interview, I spoke to Dr. Capecchi about his life, his struggles through the war, and what he’s learned about life from his incredible journey.

30-03-2020 17:37:14

Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

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Equality

18th December 2018 · Articles & Interviews by: Vikas Shah MBE

In this exclusive series of interviews from 2015-today, I spoke with the world’s foremost experts on inequality: Kate Gilmore (United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights), The Rt. Hon. The Lord Bird MBE (Founder & Editor in Chief, The Big Issue), Harry Leslie Smith (1923-2018 Activist, Survivor of the Great Depression and WWII RAF Veteran), Professor Sir Anthony Atkinson (1944-2017, Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford), Professor David Hulme (Executive Director of the University of Manchester Global Development Institute) , Professor Sir Michael Marmot (Director of the Institute of Health Equity, University College London), Baroness Onora O’Neill (Former Chair of the Equality and Human rights Commission) and Prof. Richard Wilkinson (Co-Founder of the Equality Trust). We discuss the fundamental question of why inequality exists in our society, the impact it has on our world, and what we can do to fight it

Posted in austerity · Big Issue · Big Issue Invest · Development · Equality · global issues · Governance · Government · great depression · health economics · health equity · human rights · Inequality · ohchr · poverty · UN · United Nations · wealth · WWII

24-08-2020 19:55:56

Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

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Poverty in the UK – A Conversation with Darren “Loki” McGarvey

18th September 2018 · Articles & Interviews by: Vikas Shah MBE

By any measure, the United Kingdom is a rich country. We are a nation with over £10 trillion in assets (£6 trillion of which is privately held), and depending on your measure – we are the 5th or 9th largest economy in the world. From the outside, we are a success story; with booming sectors ranging from technology to finance, a seat at the table of global diplomacy, and cultural power internationally. It is perhaps because of this success that we should be surprised, ashamed and appalled by the fact that 21% of our population, some 14.2 million people, are living in poverty. I caught up with the author, artist & social commentator, Darren McGarvey aka LOKI to learn more about the realities of poverty in the UK.

Posted in darren mcgarvey · economy · Equality · homeless · homelessness · Inequality · justice · Policy · Politics · poverty · poverty safari · social mobility

18-09-2018 19:52:10

Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

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The Plight and Promise of the World’s Children

3rd November 2016 · Articles & Interviews by: Vikas Shah MBE

In these exclusive interviews, we speak to Kailash Satyarthi (Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Human Rights Activist), Carolyn Miles (President and CEO of Save the Children), Dr. Jean Zermatten (Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child) and Georgette Mulheir (CEO of LUMOS). We look at the plight of children worldwide- discussing issues ranging from poverty to exploitation, health to education, climate change to conflict, the media and more. We also look at the fundamental role of children in human progress, and why they are key to the future of our society.

Posted in Bachpan Bachao Andolan · BBA · child rights · childhood · conflict · Economics · education · Global Campaign for Education · Global March · Global March Against Child Labour · Goodweave · human progress · ILO · institutionalisation · J K Rowling · LUMOS · nobel laureate · nobel prize · orphanage · orphanages · Policy · poverty · Save the Childhood Movement · save the children · UN · war

03-11-2016 12:33:59

Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

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Hunger

17th August 2012 · Articles & Interviews by: Vikas Shah MBE

In this exclusive series of interviews, we speak to Ertharin Cousin (Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme), Prof. Jeffrey Sachs (Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University) and Carlos Pérez del Castillo (Chair of the Board of the CGIAR Consortium). We look at the true scale and nature of global hunger, exploring issues ranging from poverty to climate change, conflict to politics, economics to education and more. We discuss the realities of hunger in our world and how we can end it.

Posted in CGIAR · Climate Change · Earth · Ecology · Economics · Food · Hunger · Inequality · poverty · UN · World Food Programme

03-06-2015 9:17:24

Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

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The True Scale of Global Crime

1st April 2012 · Articles & Interviews by: Vikas Shah MBE

In this exclusive interview, we speak to Yury Fedotov (Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC). We discuss the scale of global crime looking at issues ranging from drugs and drug trafficking to money laundering, corruption, violence and even the illegal trade in human beings themselves.

Posted in Crime · Equality · human rights · Inequality · justice · law · Narcotics · poverty · terrorism · Trafficking · UNODC

03-06-2015 9:19:54

Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

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