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Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team News - May 2013
24 May 13 Welcome to the latest News updates from the VPR Team More details Prestigious Fulbright scholarship awarded for social activist to study at IDS
23 May 13 Scholarship awarded to social activist to study at IDS More details
Risky jobs, hunger rations and domestic violence: new IDS research reveals the 'hidden' social costs of today's high food prices
23 May 13 New IDS-Oxfam research reveals how the failure of wages to keep pace with five years of food price rises is squeezing the lives of poor people. More details New at IDS - May 2013
22 May 13 New at IDS - The latest news, publications, event and research from the Institute of Development Studies. More details
Nutrition champion awards 2013
20 May 13 The research consortium Transform Nutrition, in which IDS is a partner, has teamed up with the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement to launch a new initiative to find the 'unsung heroes' of nutrition at national or local levels. More details
New briefing on Islam, sexual diversity and access to health services launched on International Day Against Homophobia
17 May 13 A new publication examines ways of bridging the gap between Islamic scripture and the lived realities of men who have sex with men (MSM). More details
A new scholarship fund has been announced that will assist students from poorer backgrounds
17 May 13 IDS launches new scholarship fund to ensure most talented students are able to study at IDS irrespective of financial circumstances. More details
CSP Newsletter 24 - May 2013
16 May 13 The CSP is a global network of academics, policy-makers, NGOs and others who are working together to mainstream social protection in development policy and build social protection systems and instruments throughout the developing world that are national, comprehensive, long-term, sustainable, and benefit the poor. More details
Making All Voices Count: supporting innovations for social change
13 May 13 IDS is delighted to announce that, together with HIVOS and Ushahidi, we will be managing the Making All Voices Count fund. More details
Local Accountabilities in Fragile Contexts: Experiences from Nepal, Bangladesh and Mozambique
29 Apr 13 Newly published research by IDS and Helvetas on local accountabilities in fragile contexts reveals there is still much to learn about accountability in its many forms. More details
UNDP Director, Khalid Malik reflects on emerging economies and development
26 Apr 13 Listen to Khalid Malik's seminar on China's growth and interview with Richard Jolly on what the rise of emerging economies means for development. More details
A New Deal for peace and stability in fragile states
22 Apr 13 Ahead of the 3rd Global Meeting of the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding, IDS's Jeremy Allouche interviewed the Dialogue’s co-Chair, Minister Christian Friis Bach about his hopes for the meeting. More details
How do you like our improved website?
22 Apr 13 Tell us what you think of the improved website and your feedback could help further improve it for the future. More details
Tackling climate change must be about people and politics not just science
22 Apr 13 IDS debate asks whether efforts to tackle climate change are too focused on science, and overlook what we already know about reducing vulnerabilities. More details
Creating climate justice - three challenges
16 Apr 13 The Dublin conference on hunger, nutrition and climate justice, currently underway, aims to inspire innovative thinking and solutions, by bringing together global development leaders with people at the receiving end of the effects of climate change and food and nutrition insecurity. More details Climate Change update - April 2013
15 Apr 13 All the latest Climate Change news from IDS. More details
Video: Climate knowledge exchange
15 Apr 13 In March, the Climate Change Team held a knowledge exchange. Some of the participants shared their experience in these video interviews. More details
From farm to fork: placing nutrition at the heart of agricultural planning
15 Apr 13 New field tool analyses and enhances the nutritional quality of food through agriculture. It was designed by John Humphrey and Spencer Henson from Globalisation, in partnership with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). More details