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Q&A | Walk Sew Good travelled 3500km in search of positive fashion stories

For the last year, Australians Megan O’Malley and Gab Murphy – who together run the Walk Sew Good project – have been slowly walking across Southeast Asia telling “good” stories about ethical fashion. For someone who claims to be inspired by their trip, starting to follow their social media this week, as Hannah did, is almost too late. Instagram is where they’ve been sharing daily updates of life on the road. That means those Insta stories, which stay online for just 24 hours, are long gone. Oops, missed that, says Hannah:

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Q&A | Cathy Wilcock on tackling inequality with Manchester Migration Lab

Manchester Migration Lab brings together 70+ migration researchers, alongside non-academic and civil society partners, policymakers and politicians to inform debates on international inequalities and migration issues. Run jointly by the University of Manchester’s Humanitarian and Conflict Response Unit and Global Development Institute, the multidisciplinary hub prioritises sharing its work with the public in creative, accessible ways, and is currently collaborating with Take Back Theatre on a performance piece titled ‘Be // Longing’.

Sarah interviewed the Lab’s Coordinator, Dr Cathy Wilcock to find out more.

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