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03 May 12 Practice in Participation - developing a Southern knowledge portal
New Practice in Particpation portal for sharing and learning about cross-cutting participatory practices across South-East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Africa and Latin America.
19 Apr 12 IDS at the 12th AWID International Forum on Women’s Rights in Development
Find out how IDS and our partners are taking part at the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) Forum this week (19-22 April) in Istanbul, Turkey.
16 Apr 12 IDS takes part in key community-based adaptation conference
Researchers from IDS’ Climate Change, Teaching and Knowledge Services teams are presenting on ways to communicate better about climate change adaptation, in Hanoi this week.
16 Mar 12 Young people, farming and food: an international conference debates research findings and policy options
International conference on young people, farming and food examines research and policy perspectives how young people can engage with the agrifood sector in Africa, the implications of sector changes for them and alternative approaches to its development.
08 Mar 12 A focus on gender and climate change for International Women's Day 2012
On International Women's Day, Fatema Rajabali and Jenny Birchall blog on the gender dimensions of climate change and how community-based organisations in India and Colombia are tackling the issues head-on.
14 Feb 12 Contextualising gender knowledge for Latin American audiences - working in partnership with Uruguayan NGO CIEDUR
SendasAL is new web-space, hosting materials in Spanish from BRIDGE Cutting Edge Programmes and resources produced by Latin American organisations, governments and institutions on gender equality, poverty reduction and social justice.
08 Feb 12 Technical grants available for developers to reuse and repurpose Eldis and BRIDGE data
Technical grants available for developers to reuse and repurpose Eldis and BRIDGE data.
Application deadline is 13 February 2012
01 Feb 12 ‘If disasters are changing, why aren’t we?’ asks new disaster guide
A new step-by-step guide aims to promote joined-up thinking and action in disaster risk management and climate change adaptation.
20 Dec 11 What were the top moments in development research from 2011?
Watch IDS researchers share their key moments from 2011 and describe how they think these events and issues will impact on the development research community.
08 Dec 11 Download our latest resource on Gender and Climate Change
Latest thinking on gender and climate change is set out in the new Cutting Edge Pack, published by BRIDGE, IDS' gender advocacy and mainstreaming knowledge service.
02 Dec 11 Agricultural interventions to tackle malnutrition are not reaching the poorest and those most at risk to chronic hunger
The first issue of the 3ie-IDS brief Evidence Matters addresses the fundamental question of whether there is sufficient evidence to show that increased household income and better diets improve children’s nutritional status.
30 Nov 11 Improvements in the evidence base but where is the will to end AIDS?
Reflections on the advances and tragedies this year on the rocky path to becoming an AIDS-free generation.
25 Nov 11 What next for gender equality, women’s rights and aid effectiveness?
The Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4), which is taking place in Busan, South Korea, will look back at progress made in implementing the Paris and Accra agendas and forwards at a new or amended framework for delivering aid. The High-Level Forum represents a critical juncture in the global aid effectiveness and development co-operation agenda.
04 Nov 11 Measuring the impact of information literacy training in Africa
The British Library of Development Studies invites Information Literacy (IL) practitioners to take part in a survey whose results will contribute the development of a toolkit designed for IL trainers
19 Oct 11 Effective knowledge sharing for addressing development challenges in mountain communities in India and Nepal
Uttarakhand consultation plans for more effective and inclusive knowledge sharing to address development challenges for mountain communities
29 Sep 11 Supporting climate compatible development with climate planning tools
A new interactive users' guide to tools for climate and development planning has been launched by IDS and Ecofys
02 Sep 11 What do we know about social justice movements and gender equality?
BRIDGE launches new Cutting Edge Programme on gender and social movements and invites you to get involved
05 Aug 11 Understanding the Millennium Development Goals: new resources from the Guardian
New Guardian resources on the MDGs developed with support from IDS Knowledge Services
04 Aug 11 Gender-responsive strategies on climate change: recent progress and ways forward for donors
New IDS/BRIDGE report makes recommendations on how gender dimensions need to inform donors' climate change policy and programming.
28 Jul 11 Who is committing to reduce hunger? A new tool for tracking political commitments
A new IDS-led partnership is tracking the efforts of governments in wealthy and poor nations to tackle hunger.