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

In recent years, Ghana has faced significant pushback against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and more (LGBTQI+) rights, marked by stricter legal restrictions and widespread ...

Frequently, while proposing solutions for India’s vast skilling gap, we tend to miss the forest for the trees. Pradhan Mantri ...

In Kazakhstan, social tensions between the Soviet legacy and the country’s identity as an independent nation perpetuate deep-seated homophobia. Despite the decriminalisation of consensual same-sex ...

Ongoing political and economic turmoil, including rising inflation and the fallout from former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest in May 2023, has deepened existing gendered inequities and compounded ...

In this blog, IDS student Karan Shinghal ( MSc Climate Change, Development & Policy class of 24-25) explores the metrics ...

The cuts to ODA budgets have severe consequences for climate change projects around the world, warns experts at IDS.

Kenya’s socio-political environment presents significant challenges for women’s rights and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and more (LGBTQI+) rights. Conservative social ...

Indonesia is experiencing significant democratic backsliding, threatening the freedoms and rights of women and of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and more (LGBT+) communities. Civil society ...

Feminist and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and more (LGBT+) movements in the Philippines face mounting challenges that are deeply rooted in cultural, religious, and political dynamics. Machismo ...

Nigeria’s socio-political and economic environment presents significant challenges for women’s rights and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and more (LGBTQI+) rights. Women ...

Over the past decade, entrenched intersectional inequalities in India have been deepened by the shrinking space for civil society, the criminalisation of dissent and mass-incarceration of activists, ...