Women in South Asia have struggled for many decades to improve their lives within their families, in their communities, for securing their livelihoods and in getting their voices heard as citizens by the state, with women's movements being critical in advancing their rights. However,...
This major international ESRC-funded project aims to explore how trust mediates the relationship between inequality and governance in settings where democratic institutions may be unstable or under threat.
Generating practical policy options for states and citizens so they can better address and mitigate violence in both rural and urban settings.
This project aims to establish a long-term partnership between the IDS, Save the Children UK (SCUK) and Save the Children International Rwanda (SCI-R) to analyse, evaluate and scale-up (in partnership with the Government of Rwanda) a unique holistic programme (First Steps) that supports families...
A new IDS-led project working with BRAC (Bangladesh), IDEAS (Pakistan), ISST (India) and CARE (Nepal), will be identifying and analysing cases where women’s struggles and movements have been successful in protecting and progressing the gains they have made despite social and political backlash.
5 March 2020
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
Self-determination (SD) disputes are some of the most common conflicts in the world. While the literature has mainly focused on the most violent conflicts, such as civil wars, recent studies have acknowledged the diversity of strategies adopted by groups within SD movements, and the need for...
Failure to support healthy brain development can result in life-long consequences. With training, parents can become even more effective providers of the care and stimulation that babies and young children need to develop properly. Launched today, research conducted in Ngororero District,...
10 June 2019
Advancing knowledge, shaping policy and inspiring practice on digital development is critical to achieving the our vision of a more equitable and sustainable world, where people everywhere can live their lives free from poverty and injustice. The digital revolution has ushered in...