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Redefining Water Security through Social Reproduction: Lessons Learned from Rajasthan’s ‘Ocean of Sand’

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

One of the most urgent challenges facing the world today is ensuring local water security under rapid climate variability and...

Moving Towards a Post-2015 Development Agenda – Lessons from Malawi: An Interview with Her Excellency Madam Joyce Banda, President of Malawi

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

President Joyce Banda’s perspective on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is informed by her diverse experience in national and...

Infrastructure Deficit, Financing Needs and the Post-2015 MDG Framework in Africa

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This article examines the infrastructure deficit and financing needs in Africa within the context of the Post‐2015 Development...

Homophobia and Patriarchy in Nicaragua: A Few Ideas to Start a Debate

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Reflecting on a 25‐year‐old study on cultural constructions of same‐sex sexual relations between men in Nicaragua, which described...

Male Engagement in Deconstructing Institutional Violence in Kenya

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

As violence is a power issue, there is a need to understand the root causes and the manifestations of power relations in all spheres of...

The HIV Blind Spot: Men and HIV Testing, Treatment and Care in Sub-Saharan Africa

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Evidence shows that men are significantly underrepresented in HIV and AIDS testing and treatment services – both in sub-Saharan Africa...

A Radical Agenda for Men’s Caregiving

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

The gender equality agenda has long discussed the unequal burden of care work for women and girls. But this debate has seldom focused on...

Has Patriarchy been Stealing the Feminists’ Clothes? Conflict-related Sexual Violence and UN Security Council Resolutions

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

The UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2106, in June 2013, and the declaration on preventing sexual violence in conflict adopted by...

Reflecting on the Oppressor in the Mirror

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Drawing extensively from personal experience, the author explores what it is like to experience patriarchy from the perspective of a...

The Male Order Development Encounter

In order to more helpfully take the men and masculinities field forward within international development, we must reveal deep...