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Nepali children in the Worst Forms of Child Labour tell their own stories

From the loss of a parent to family financial problems and addiction - through participatory research children reveal what led them to harmful work in Kathmandu’s Adult Entertainment Sector. In the largest study of its kind, 400 children’s life stories were collected and then analysed by...

16 March 2023

News

The agony of the night: stories of neglect and stigma from scabies

Belsti, Merhatsedik and Hailemariam live in Gojjam, northwestern Ethiopia. They share a similar agony: at night, a constant itch that overwhelms them; in the day, widespread rashes and sores that lead them to be insulted and ignored by people around them.   Many people affected by scabies –...

15 March 2023

News

Experts call for new, people-centred strategy to prepare for next pandemic

Global health leaders must look beyond technological solutions says a new report published today by the Institute of Development Studies. Three years on from the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic, experts are warning the global health community to think beyond vaccines and lockdowns,...

10 March 2023

News

Call for applications for social science and humanitarian fellowship

The Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) is launching the next phase of its Fellowship Programme to begin in May 2023. Funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Wellcome Trust, SSHAP is looking for future leaders in social science to be able apply...

27 February 2023

Opinion

Opinion

Phases of Zimbabwe’s land reform: a shifting political economy

When many people make grand proclamations about Zimbabwe’s land reform, there is often very little specificity – both of where and when they are talking about. For the post-2000 land reform is not an event, but a process – with both a prehistory going back to the colonial era and a future...

21 March 2023

Opinion

Do not say the planet is dying

“The world is on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.” This was the opening statement from António Guterres, the UN Secretary General at COP27. There is no denying that the issue of climate change requires immediate action, but do proclamations such as this lead to...

Sumaiya Jawed

21 March 2023

Opinion

Decidim: why digital tools for democracy need to be developed democratically

New digital platforms for citizens' initiatives, such as Decidim, are becoming more popular. Adrian Smith and Pedro Prieto Martín argue that the technology itself should also be developed in a democratic way, thereby ensuring such instruments can establish themselves as tools for democracy in...

Adrian Smith

17 March 2023