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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…
Drug Fight Malawi: Taking Action Against Substance Abuse
Drug Fight Malawi (DFM) is a project that works with young people, particularly secondary school pupils, in Malawi. It has been endorsed by the Ministry of Education which has provided them with credentials that enable DFM to interact with school…
The Weaponisation of Violence Against Women as a feature of Conflict: The Case of Manipur
“Your men have raped our women, now we will do the same.” The Indian state of Manipur lies in the north-east of India. Like other northeastern states, it is largely isolated from the rest of India. It tragically rose to…
LIDC Director Shares Her Summer Reading Recommendations
Summer holidays are here, and what better way to spend the days than reading some books that allow you to see the world through different lenses. Whether you spend your holidays at the beach or in the park, books can…
LIDC Director Shares Her Summer Podcast Picks
We’re well into the summer season – a great time to gain enlightenment and inspiration. We think this is the perfect time to embark on a journey of knowledge and understanding. Join our Director, Professor Claire Heffernan, shown here, as…
Punching Down: the UK Government’s response to irregular migration
Suella Braverman, the UK Home Secretary, has recently doubled down on her efforts to turn away small boats carrying people desperately attempting to make the notoriously difficult and dangerous crossing of the English Channel, and to remove those refugees and…
Combatting Malnutrition: India’s Silent Emergency
By Neelmani Singh, Sanjeev Kumar & Anand Kumar Malnourishment has long been silent emergency in India. Evidence suggests that there are several factors, working independently or combined, that are responsible for poor nutritional status among the women in…
Türkiye, Syria & the Kurds post-Quake: Is Discrimination an added Disaster?
by Hasan Karrdilo (SOAS) On the night of 6 February, southern and central regions of Türkiye and Syria’s north-western regions were hit by two devastating earthquakes. The first struck with a record-breaking magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, while…
When Words Are Weapons
The fate of those seeking sanctuary from poverty, conflict and injustice – including climate injustice – is all too often informed by constructions of ‘race’, influenced variously by either judicious or disingenuous use of language. Witness how loaded the term…
Coral Warriors: On a Mission to Save Mumbai’s Marine Life
Meet Vidhi Bubna, Founder of Coral Warriors, India’s first scuba diving project. We met Scuba Diver and City, University of London student Vidhi recently. We were impressed and inspired to learn about the work she is doing to…