What constitutes ‘success’ if you have land in the A1 land reform areas in Zimbabwe? This is the question we have been asking of local residents across our study sites in Mazowe, Gutu, Masvingo and ...

As we navigate a deeply uncertain global environment, the stakes have never been higher for taking an evidence-informed ...

Researcher calls for scaled up investment in tax systems ahead of the major Fundraising for Development conference in Spain.

Stuart Gillespie exposes how malnutrition is enmeshed with other crises and what we can all do to turn things around.

Calls to urgently invest in maternal healthcare in Afghanistan, as it is one of the most dangerous places in the world to ...

To conclude this series and give a flavour of some of the themes explored across the previous nine blogs, this post presents a series of five cases offering in-depth reflections on how livelihoods are ...

Egypt has a rich history of feminist activism, but progress on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and more (LGBTQI+) rights and women’s rights ‘remains elusive, characterized by ...

The Institute of Development Studies is pleased to announce the official launch of the new HeatNexus website — a central ...

Anti-feminist discourse has long been present among groups across the political spectrum in Türkiye. Erdoğan has explicitly stated that he is against gender equality, that abortion is murder, and that ...

South Africa’s Constitution offers protection, and formal recognition as equal citizens, to women and to LGBTQI+ people. It also positions South Africa as an important regional place of refuge for ...

Feminist and LGBT+ movements in the Philippines face mounting challenges that are deeply rooted in cultural, religious, and political dynamics. Machismo culture ...

Ongoing political and economic turmoil has deepened existing gendered inequities and compounded rollback in Pakistan. Increasing political polarisation has led to greater restrictions on civil and ...