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Food Sovereignty and Inequality: Gender and Agriculture in Latin America
Gender inequality and global hunger are interconnected. Not only does hunger reduce school attendance more for girls than boys, but 60% of undernourished people are women or girls. Additionally, undernourished women often give birth to low-weight children, which perpetuate the cycle of undernourishment and poverty. Food sovereignty and gender are also linked. Food sovereignty describes…
Read MoreAugust Featured Member – Charlotte Al-Khalili
FEATURED MEMBER CHARLOTTE AL-KHALILI is a social anthropologist researching revolutionary politics and subjects, religious imagination and migratory aspirations with a special focus on Syria, Turkey and Lebanon. Her research explores the effects of the 2011 revolution and its aftermaths on displaced Syrians’ lifeworlds and examines Syrians’ evolving understandings, imagination and conceptualisations of revolution and displacement.…
Read MoreUnlock Your Future: free course to ‘Transform access to doctoral studies in the UK’
“Is a PhD Right for Me?” is a free, three-week course on FutureLearn, a digital education platform. Created by the Bloomsbury Learning Exchange (BLE), this course provides a comprehensive guide for individuals considering, applying for, and beginning doctoral studies in the UK, aiming to overcome barriers and promote wider participation. The course addresses real barriers…
Read MoreLIDC WEBINAR ON THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AMONG CHILDREN IN PALESTINE
On Wednesday 3 July the London International Development Centre (LIDC) hosted a webinar titled “Children in Palestine: Mental Health Crisis and Actions for Trauma Recovery”. Chaired by Dr. Saleyha Ahsan, experts from Queen Mary University of London, Oxfam, and War Child Alliance discussed the mental health challenges faced by children in Gaza and the West…
Read MoreJuly Featured Member – Dixon Chibanda
FEATURED MEMBER Dixon Chibanda, a psychiatrist specializing in public health, directs the African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI), focusing on fostering leadership, training, and scientific excellence across Africa. His research is centred on community-oriented mental health solutions aimed at addressing inequalities in mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in the Global South. His pioneering work includes the…
Read MoreTogether for a Period Friendly World
By Belen Torondel-Lopez, Associate Professor LSHTM In a #PeriodFriendlyWorld, the stigma and taboos surrounding menstruation are history. It is a world where everyone can access the products, period education and period-friendly infrastructure they need Approximately 500 million women and girls experience period poverty globally due to a scarcity of resources and the existing…
Read MoreTACKLING DECOLONISATION IN DIGITAL EDUCATION: EXPERIENCES FROM STUDENTS
The London International Development Centre (LIDC) joined forces again with the Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE) and the Bloomsbury Learning Exchange (BLE) to extend the conversation around the decolonisation of digital education, which started last year with our first joint webinar. On 17 April we held a webinar focused on distance and online…
Read MoreSDGs in Asia: mind the widening gap
By: Ranjit Devraj – SciDev.Net [NEW DELHI] With Asia Pacific seriously lagging on all 17 of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) there are doubts if the region will ever catch up. The latest progress report shows the region is set to miss the 2030 target by a staggering 32 years with the key SDG…
Read MoreNew Drug Combo Tackles Malaria in HIV+ Mums
Science journalist Dann Okoth of LIDC member insitution SciDevNet recently reported on research conducted by a collaborative team from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, and Malawi University of Science and Technology. Their study introduces a new combination of medications aimed at combating resistance to common…
Read MoreAI: A ‘potent remedy’ for Africa’s health challenges?
Writing in the science journal SciDevNet (an LIDC member organisation, Jackie Opara asserts that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could emerge as a potent remedy for long-standing challenges in Africa’s health care sector if innovators, researchers and policymakers collaborated and invested in the technology, an online discussion heard. Opara describes a recent panel discussion on the development and adoption of locally…
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