18 September 2020
Recent work
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Opinion
“We just want our daughter back”: Saneha’s parents speak out
Saneha Kinza Iqbal is a 16-year-old Christian girl who was abducted last month by a Muslim man nearly twice her age in Pakistan. Below is an exclusive interview with her parents, undertaken by the IDS-led CREID programme. This blog is part of CREID's overall work to shine an international...
18 September 2020
Impact Story
Hate speech monitoring helps raise alarm for Ahmadis in Pakistan
Members of the IDS-led Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) identified a spike in online hate speech towards Pakistan's Ahmadiyya community in April and May this year and rapidly mobilised to raise the alarm with international stakeholders, including the UN Special...
17 September 2020
Impact Story
Reforming religious education curricula in Iraq
The Al-Khoei Foundation, a founding member of the IDS-led Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID), has successfully engaged with religious leaders, teachers, headteachers and local education departments to initiate reforms to religious education in Iraq and address the...
17 September 2020
17 September 2020
Opinion
Time for development to ‘get real’ about business partnerships
Since at least the dawn of the 21st century, there has been growing academic interest and practitioner engagement with cross-sector partnerships for development, especially between private businesses and the public sector. I have also been a contributor to this field. Most recently, this...
17 September 2020
Opinion
Report highlights devastating social impacts of Covid-19 in low and middle-income countries
The Covid-19 pandemic and responses to it have triggered a global crisis that extends beyond health impacts to all aspects of life. The pandemic poses a threat to sustainable development and implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The impacts of the crisis are harshest for those...
14 September 2020
Opinion
The impact of Covid-19 on people with disabilities – emerging findings
Emerging evidence suggests that people with disabilities are amongst the groups most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in all aspects of their lives, but more systematic evidence is needed to fully understand how and why this has occurred. To this end, we have conducted narrative interviews with...
14 September 2020
11 September 2020
Opinion
Young Africans need more and better jobs, not more training
When the world rebuilds after the Covid-19 crisis, Africa will have a unique challenge to face: bringing its overwhelmingly young workforce into decent, productive, and secure jobs. Africa has the world’s youngest population, a fact that some hope will mean fewer deaths and serious cases,...
10 September 2020
Impact Story
Improving the lives of Haiti’s women and children
Collaborative work between IDS and Fonkoze has helped improve the wellbeing of Haiti’s women and children and contributed to a global move to pay closer attention to the issue of child-sensitive impacts of development programming. The partnership has strengthened research, programming and...
10 September 2020
10 September 2020