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

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

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

In this blog, IDS student Riya Behl, (who studies MA Poverty & Development ) uses photographs of restroom signs to explore ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

In recent years, Ghana has faced significant pushback against LGBTQI+ rights, marked by stricter legal restrictions and widespread societal opposition.

Indonesia is experiencing significant democratic backsliding, threatening the freedoms and rights of women and of LGBT+ communities.

Deq (Arabic: دەق) or xal (Kurdish: خاڵ) are the Arabic and Kurdish words for tattoo respectively. Traditional Deq (tattoo) or ...

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

The UN human rights treaties separate rights into categories, misrepresenting the reality of some discrimination cases. Do we need a new structure?