Watch now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgw2B1ErNwk Understanding how we achieve equitable wellbeing for all can be daunting in a world of rapidly shifting geopolitics, democratic systems failures, and gaping wealth inequalities. In this event we introduce the NOURISH initiative which...
Women and youth face systemic barriers to accessing clean energy opportunities. This panel explores evidence-based policies and business strategies from Africa and MENA to ensure a gender-inclusive energy transition. Experts will discuss skills development, finance, and social policies needed to...
What can we learn from African feminists about how to navigate a world in meta-crisis? Join us for a dynamic conversation exploring how African feminists have organized over generations for collective thriving. Watch now https://youtu.be/pvNQjE3XoO8 So much of the story of African...
This event will highlight key insights from the forthcoming publication, co-produced by the World Bank and IDS-based International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), on tax identification numbers.
The very ideas – let alone the possibilities – of gender and social justice are under attack the world over. These attacks are becoming increasingly acute, multi-layered, and globally resonant, seeking to erase language, movements, legal frameworks, and even entire communities. Watch...
In the face of escalating attacks on women’s rights globally, what is it that feminists can learn from women’s struggles in South Asia? Watch now https://youtu.be/gvHTCnnZpaQ 2024 was a big year politically for Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, with women’s movements in some...
Significant progress on gender equality has been made in past decades, but in recent years gender and sexual rights have become increasingly under threat from a global wave of backlash. In this special podcast to celebrate International Women’s Day, IDS Fellow Deepta Chopra is in...
This Sussex Development Lecture by Dr Kathryn Moeller, is part of the series on Power, Politics and Hope. The lecture will examine the political economy of schooling during Covid-19. It draws from a co-authored chapter from the forthcoming manuscript, Silicon Futures: How Silicon Valley...
The IDS Ghana hub is pleased to invite you to a panel event entitled ‘Pathways to Sustainable Agriculture in Ghana’, held in collaboration with University of Ghana and University of Sussex. This event will involve two panels, one on Innovations and one on Agricultural Markets for...
China and Global Development Seminar Series
This talk will review the dilemma of establishing the development subjectivity of aid recipients that lies within international development research. Recently, a series of explorations based on China's overseas development cooperation practices have fostered some potential pathways to build up...
The Arab region is a focus of world politics, with authoritarian regimes, significant fossil fuel reserves and histories of colonialism and imperialism. It is also the site of potentially immense green energy resources. Watch now https://youtu.be/c01qaIGWrLE?si=kFteDlXz5XoNR6kV&t=69 In this...
China and Global Development Seminar Series
Four young researchers will share their perspectives on China and the Global South, presenting research that explores economics, education, international cooperation, and environmental governance. Speakers Dr. Muhammad Shahid, PhD graduate of the University of International Economics and...
