14 December 2018
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Opinion
Student insights into doing an IDS master’s degree in Development Studies
Rebecca Webb joined IDS this September to study an MA in Development Studies. In this candid interview she tells us how she came to be here, what it’s like to study at IDS, and her hopes for the future. Watch a short video excerpt of Rebecca's interview or read the interview in full...
14 December 2018
11 December 2018
11 December 2018
Opinion
Brexit’s silver lining? Negotiating more inclusive trade with the East Africa Community
After Brexit, the UK may be in a position to revise the EU’s existing Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the East Africa Community (EAC) to compete with the current contentious offering. But would granting the EAC’s desire to focus more on industrialisation be the correct path to...
6 December 2018
6 December 2018
Opinion
Pro-life or pro-choice? Pro-rights
With the recent passing of an abortion bill in the state of Ohio’s House of Representatives, and the imposition of the Global Gag Rule in 2017 which stopped funding for services providing abortion advice and care overseas, the US is undermining women’s rights both at home and abroad. Debates...
5 December 2018
Opinion
We must address digital inequalities, if we are to ‘leave no-one behind’
Since the World Wide Web was launched in 1991, mobile and internet technologies have spread further and faster than any technology in history. The number of people using the internet worldwide has quadrupled to four billion in just 13 years. Two thirds of the world’s population now own a...
5 December 2018
Opinion
Tackling online gender-based violence
Technologies such as mobile phones can exacerbate and magnify acts of violence against women and girls, and lead to a silencing of women’s voices online. To address this issue we must hold social media companies to account. Online gender-based violence (GBV) takes many forms including...
3 December 2018
Opinion
When farmers owe their souls to the landlords they call friends
In Nepal, the impact of bonded labour as a result of borrowing for labour migration often leads farmers and their families into spirals of debt. With an increase in migration from one community to another, new research from The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) reveals the complex...
30 November 2018
Opinion
Dowries, education and girl brides – the perverse incentives perpetuating child marriage in Nepal
Despite the average age of brides increasing in Nepal, child marriage is still prevalent. Whilst many campaigns have focused on the sexual health threats and the need to keep girls in school, new research from the Institute of Development Studies highlights the complex financial dependencies...
30 November 2018
30 November 2018