Opinion

Cultural rights are human rights: reviving Assyrian traditions in Iraq

Cultural heritage is fundamental to human dignity and identity. As part of the IDS-led CREID programme the rights of religious communities to practice and preserve their heritage is being recognised through an initiative to collect and document oral heritage in Iraq and Syria. On Human Rights...

Sofya Shahab & 2 others

We need high ambitions for climate justice

Global leaders need to ensure that commitments to reduce emissions are achieved in a way that is fair and inclusive for the communities already suffering the worst impacts of climate change. This weekend (12 December) the UN, UK and France convene a Climate Ambition Summit to coincide with the...

Shilpi Srivastava & 2 others

We need trust in our politics to overcome vaccine hesitancy

As the global community celebrates the first person in the world receiving the Pfizer vaccine, we must not lose sight of the task ahead. While this news rightly represents the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, those of us who have studied the political dynamics of the pandemic would...

Megan Schmidt-Sane & 2 others

Unequal land, unequal societies

Ian Scoones

Genome editing in post-Brexit agriculture: Which way for the UK?

In less than a month’s time, the UK’s relationship with the European Union will change dramatically. Agriculture and food will be among the biggest areas affected – from production methods and supply routes to labelling and product standards. A lot will depend on the outcomes of trade...

Dominic Glover & 2 others

Achieving climate justice in India’s Sundarbans

Women on the frontline of climate change in India have been making their voices heard and demanding climate justice, with help from a research partnership including the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and led by Noragric, NMBU and funded by the Research Council of Norway. Communities in...

Disability, religion, and caste: intersecting inequalities in India

Today we celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which promotes the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development, and aims to increase awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social,...

Brigitte Rohwerder

Stephen Thompson

Pluralising Heritage Voices in Iraq and Syria

As part of the IDS-led Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID),  we are working with religious minority communities in Iraq and Syria to pluralise heritage voices by undertaking oral histories that document the heritage that they deem valuable. As part of an upcoming...

Sofya Shahab

Making progress towards inclusive sanitation and hygiene for sexual and gender minorities

Alice Webb

The Covid-19 recovery: whose evidence will count?

The Covid-19 Pandemic has highlighted the contested nature of research and the politics of knowledge. As we start the journey to recovery, there are important lessons for how we better connect evidence to policy. Coinciding with news of a successful Covid-19 vaccine trial, IDS announced two...

James Georgalakis

Global challenges require multilateral response: insight from the UK China Development Forum

It was with great pleasure that I joined the fifth UK-China Development Forum co-hosted by the FCDO and the Chinese State Council’s Development Research Centre (DRC). The annual event brings together senior government officials and development experts from the UK, China and the wider...

Melissa Leach

Covid-19 and pastoralism: Reflections from three continents

Giulia Simula & 6 others