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This IKD Gender and Social Policy forum is organised in celebration of International Women’s Day, 2023, highlighting the nature of pervasive, persistent and deeply-entrenched gender inequalities that characterise the state of the world today. The title of the forum, “Health and care at the crossroads: evidencing gender impacts, campaigning for equality”, speaks to a strong current in social and economic policy – that of the devalorisation of care in all its forms, its lasting legacies, and ways in which it is being addressed through research, campaigning and policy-making ..read more
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1y ago
Like many cities in the DRC, a walk through Goma’s streets reveals children employing various coping strategies for survival ..read more
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1y ago
What impact do Burundian norms have on teenagers’ sex education ..read more
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1y ago
Leaders of the AgroEcos project in Brazil describe how the COVID-19 pandemic led them to adjust their research methodology through innovative measures, alongside the agri-food groups ..read more
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1y ago
Nadine Nigibira explores the link between political conflicts in Burundi and the emergence of the Burundian diaspora ..read more
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1y ago
This event focused on gender and social policy postgraduate research from three disciplines across the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies ..read more
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1y ago
After gaining his MSc in Development Management with the OU, Craig Walker went on to became a full-time researcher in Development Policy and Practice ..read more
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1y ago
This blog is written by Dr Md Shajedur Rahman from the OU. He outlines his research and shares his exciting news, having just been awarded a £118,000 ESRC Fellowship ..read more
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1y ago
Explore the outcomes of the second IKD Gender & Social Policy workshop of the academic year. ..read more
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1y ago
of September, China’s state-owned enterprise, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, rocket from the Wenchang spaceport on Hainan Island. The rocket transferred the Zhongxing-1E(ChinaSat-1E) satellite into geostationary transfer orbit, making it China’s 38 orbital launch in 2022. ..read more