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Democracy in crisis? Democratic innovations and the future of politics
Democracy is under stress throughout the world. Trust in elected leaders is declining in key countries and remains too low in others. In...
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17 December 2018
Challenging Binaries to Promote Women’s Equality
Published by: Warwick University
In this special issue of Feminist Dissent, we are calling for a new interpretive framework that recognises the multiple genealogies that...
Journal Article
27 November 2018
Binary Framings, Islam and Struggle for Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh
Published by: Warwick University
In this paper, I investigate how binary framings of women’s identity have influenced struggles for women’s rights and the...
Journal Article
10 August 2018
Climate Change and Food Security
Published by: IDS
We live in a highly food insecure world. Although global food supplies are more than adequate, the latest United Nations ‘Report on...
News
17 May 2018
Call for Papers: IDS Bulletin on Sexual Harassment and Accountability
This is a call for papers for a special issue of the IDS Bulletin which will be looking at how accountability for addressing sexual harassment actually works on the ground. This call is open to scholars, practitioners, policy experts and activists, and we welcome contributions from around the world, and are particularly interested a focus in difficult, challenging contexts. This IDS Bulletin is being produced as part of the Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) programme.
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The Turn to Resilience in Humanitarian Aid
Although some aspects of aid never seem to change, the author maintains that we are currently experiencing a significant turn in humanitarian aid. Whereas some changes are enabled by technological innovations, such as the use of digital payment systems or drones.
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Working on Gender Equality in Fragile Contexts: what does it mean for our work?
This event will take the launch of the special issue of Gender & Development, entitled Working on Gender Equality in Fragile Contexts, as a an opportunity to discuss (and debate) what a gendered lens onto fragility looks like.
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20 May 2016
Transforming Care
IDS, IDRC and Oxfam invite you to be part of process to galvanise discussion around transforming the dynamics in the care economy.
Journal Article
29 April 2016
Gender, Sexuality and Development: Revisiting and Reflecting
This article looks at how the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has participated in, contributed to, and been shaped by debates...
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Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA)
Action for Empowerment and Accountability is an international research programme which explores how social and political action can contribute to empowerment and accountability in fragile, conflict, and violent settings, with a particular focus on Egypt, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan.