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LIDC 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…
TACKLING 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…
SDGs 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…
Blog posts
Unlock 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…
Together 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…
The Power of Communication: How sign language connected a father to his deaf son
Deaf Child Worldwide (DCW) is the international arm of the National Deaf Children’s Society,the UK’s leading international charity for deaf children in developing countries. DCW works with partners in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), enabling deaf children and young people…
Podcasts
LIDC Future Leaders: Episode 2 – Eniola John-Phillips
For the second in our ‘Future Leaders’ series, we spoke to Eniola John Philips. Eniola is currently based in Nairobi, Kenya, where she works with Shelter Afrique. We met Eniola through LIDC’s Communication and Digital Media internship programme which she…
How smallholder farmers are helping to make fruit & vegetables more accessible to consumers in neglected markets
2021 is the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s ‘International Year of Fruit and Vegetables’ so we were delighted to have this chance to discuss interventions and technologies that can both assist smallholder farmers to gain access to markets and help…
De-colonising Global Health: Vaccine Equity, and why the world’s media looks away from Africa’s success stories
In this episode, we had the pleasure of talking to the accomplished and dynamic Dr. Ifeanyi M. Nsofor, Senior New Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute and Senior Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity at George Washington University. He’s also a…