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US researchers working on health justice are under attack.

In response, IDS launches the new Sanctuary for Health Justice initiative, offering the opportunity to temporarily relocate to the UK.

Apply now!

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IDS offers sanctuary to US health researchers amid academic restrictions - Institute of Development Studies
American academics facing threats to their work on health equities can apply to temporarily relocate to the UK to continue their research, in a new initiative announced today. The Sanctuary for Health Justice, set up by the Institute of Development Studies, provides US researchers with an open and w...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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lylamehta.bsky.social
Indian development at a crossroads. Join us for this in-person and online event on Friday Oct 3 that explores authoritarian top-down models of development in India and how these are challenged from below.
www.ids.ac.uk/events/india...
#India #Development #Authoritarianism
Poster of event on Oct 3 - Indian development at a crossroads
October 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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ids.ac.uk
Around 200 instances of internet shutdowns recorded in Africa since 2016. Who ordered them and what was the motivation?

Listen to Felicia Anthonio, #KeepitOn global campaign manager on the scale and impact of shutdowns 👇

@phatcontroller.bsky.social @accessnow.org
September 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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ids.ac.uk
IDS research fellow @philipproudfoot.bsky.social is speaking at @newhumanitarian.bsky.social event on Monday 15 Sept, to discuss What should humanitarian actors do to stop the genocide in Gaza?

For more info and to register, visit 👇

https://thenewhumanitarian.pulse.ly/12w8dksdqi
What should humanitarian actors do to stop the genocide in Gaza?
This event will bring together humanitarian leaders, legal experts, and Palestinian voices to reflect on the urgent question: What should humanitarian actors do to stop the genocide in Gaza? The discussion will examine the limits and responsibilities of humanitarian action, what humanitarian efficac...
thenewhumanitarian.pulse.ly
September 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
jigyasa.bsky.social
We need to stop this disturbing form of gender based violence and put systems in place where women of all faith can live and love without fear.
ids.ac.uk Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · Sep 8
In a disturbing form of gender-based violence, women from religious minorities are groomed for sexual exploitation and coerced religious conversion. Researchers call for urgent action so women, regardless of faith, can live, love, and believe freely 👇

https://ids.pulse.ly/jgavod71b5
Women from religious minorities groomed for sexual exploitation and conversion - Institute of Development Studies
Women from religious minority communities in Asia and Africa are groomed for sexual exploitation and coerced religious conversion.
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September 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Famine in Gaza City has been officially confirmed today by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).

IDS researcher Philip Proudfoot calls for the international system to act, and for “immediate, full, and unfettered” humanitarian access.

https://ids.pulse.ly/p9qlfxex8g
Famine declared as the international system continues to fail Gaza - Institute of Development Studies
Famine has been declared in Gaza City but the international system still fails to act, according to IDS researcher Philip Proudfoot.
ids.pulse.ly
August 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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ids.ac.uk
The big ⬇️ in funding for global health means that countries need to change the way global health is organised 🌎💊

New commentary from IDS researchers Gerry Bloom and Lewis Husain, with Minghui Ren from Peking University, China

👇

https://sciencedirect.pulse.ly/cfu1zm0vh1
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July 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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ids.ac.uk
Earlier this June, IDS Honorary Associate and former UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths alongside IDS researcher @philipproudfoot.bsky.social also called for humanitarian law to be enforced to halt genocide and other atrocities in Gaza. 👇

www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/it-...
It is genocide: Humanitarian law must be enforced in Gaza - Institute of Development Studies
On 30 May 2025, IDS Honorary Associate and former UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths described the situation in Gaza as genocide. Alongside IDS Research Fellow Philip Proudfoot, here he calls for ...
www.ids.ac.uk
July 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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July 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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newseye.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.

They are out of energy and they are starving to death.

I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.

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Sans intervention immédiate, les derniers reporters de Gaza vont mourir 21 juillet 2025 L'AFP travaille avec une pigiste texte, trois photographes et six pigistes vidéo dans la Bande de Gaza depuis le départ de ses journalistes staff courant 2024. Avec quelques autres, ils sont aujourd'hui les seuls à rapporter ce qu'il se passe dans la Bande de Gaza. La presse internationale est interdite d'entrer dans ce territoire depuis près de deux ans. Nous refusons de les voir mourir. L'un deux, Bashar, collabore pour l'AFP depuis 2010, d'abord comme fixeur, ensuite comme photographe pigiste, et depuis 2024 comme principal photographe. Samedi 19 juillet, il est parvenu à poster un message sur Facebook: « Je n'ai plus la force de travailler pour les médias. Mon corps est maigre et je ne peux plus travailler ». Bashar, 30 ans, travaille et vit dans des conditions égales à celles de tous les Gazaouis, allant d'un camp de réfugiés à un autre camp au gré des bombardements israéliens. Depuis plus d'un an il vit dans le dénuement le plus total et travaille en prenant d'énormes risques pour sa vie. L'hygiène est pour lui un problème majeur, avec des périodes de maladies intestinales sévères. Bashar vit depuis février dans les ruines de sa maison de Gaza City avec sa mère, ses quatre frères et sœurs et la famille d'un de ses frères. Leur maison est vide de tout aménagement et confort, à part quelques coussins. Dimanche matin, il a rapporté que son frère aîné était « tombé, à cause de la faim ». Même si ces journalistes reçoivent un salaire mensuel de l'AFP, il n'y a rien à acheter ou alors à des prix totalement exorbitants. Le système bancaire a disparu, et ceux qui pratiquent le change entre les comptes bancaires en ligne et l'argent liquide prennent une commission de près de 40%. L'AFP n'a plus la possibilité d'avoir un véhicule et encore moins de l'essence pour permettre à ses journalistes de se déplacer pour leurs reportages. Circuler en voiture équivaut de toutes les façons à pre…
July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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thehindu.com
The Israeli military published new evacuation warnings for areas of central Gaza, in one of the few areas where the military has rarely operated with ground troops.
www.thehindu.com/news/interna...
Israel orders evacuations in central Gaza as ceasefire talks stall, military offensive widens
Evacuation order in Gaza disrupts aid distribution, intensifies conflict between Israel and Hamas, causing humanitarian crisis.
www.thehindu.com
July 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
jigyasa.bsky.social
So glad to have been able to listen to this important discussion hosted by @petertaylor-uk.bsky.social at @ids.ac.uk and planned fantastically by @sophierobinson.bsky.social
ids.ac.uk Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · Jul 18
We were delighted to welcome @chriswardmp.bsky.social and Baroness Chapman, Minister for International Development, to IDS today! It was an opportunity to demonstrate the breadth of development expertise that exists in the Brighton area, contribute ideas and have some v constructive discussions.
Baroness Chapman and Peter Taylor in discussion while sitting at a desk. A coffee cup is in the foreground. A banner behind them says Institute of Development Studies www.ids.ac.uk One woman on the left and three men standing indoors in front of a dark red banner that says Institute of Development Studies.
July 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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nltimes.nl
At least 20,000 Dutch men sexually abuse children abroad every year: study
At least 20,000 Dutch men per year are guilty of child sexual abuse abroad, according to researchers’ estimates on behalf of the Scientific Research and Data Center (WODC).
dlvr.it
July 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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stevemetcalfe.bsky.social
Huge changes taking place in development right now - declines in civic space and freedoms, emergence of polycrises, failures of multilateralism and cuts in funding. What should a development-focused research and teaching institute prioritise?

Please share your thoughts - survey is very quick ⬇️
ids.ac.uk Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · Jul 1
📣IDS Survey!

What should our strategic priorities be over the next decade? Please give us 5-10 minutes of your time to help us develop our new strategy.

➡️https://office.pulse.ly/rbgw63qfoj
July 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
jigyasa.bsky.social
All is done for votes, always. Not for welfare, you fools!
June 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
jigyasa.bsky.social
A new report by CFMM concludes that the BBC is systematically biased against Palestinians in Gaza war coverage.

cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
June 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
jigyasa.bsky.social
It is high time that the world sees what's happening in Gaza for what it is!

www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/it-...
June 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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ids.ac.uk
The government's anti-immigration stance will make it harder to tackle challenges at home + abroad says @petertaylor-uk.bsky.social

https://researchprofessionalnews.pulse.ly/1zv7yr07qd @resprofnews.bsky.social
Migration crackdown will cut off the UK from global knowledge - Research Professional News
Government’s rhetoric undermines the ability to tackle challenges at home and abroad, says Peter Taylor
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May 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
jigyasa.bsky.social
"Postgraduate development studies for students of one nation would be a nonsense."

IDS Director @petertaylor-uk.bsky.social talks about the discriminatory anti-immigration rules introduced by the Starmer government. 👇

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Migration crackdown will cut off the UK from global knowledge - Research Professional News
Government’s rhetoric undermines the ability to tackle challenges at home and abroad, says Peter Taylor
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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ids.ac.uk
On the 77th anniversary of the #Nakba, Gaza is facing famine and mass displacement. IDS researchers warn of a deliberate humanitarian collapse and call for urgent global action. 👇

https://ac.pulse.ly/iyefxkvygt
IDS researchers denounce Gaza catastrophe and urge urgent global response - Institute of Development Studies
As Palestinians today mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba – the expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from their homeland in 1948
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May 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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stevemetcalfe.bsky.social
Brilliant analysis by my colleague @jigyasa.bsky.social on how the Indian government weaponised gender norms to help justify military strikes against Pakistan @ids.ac.uk
jigyasa.bsky.social Jigyasa @jigyasa.bsky.social · May 9
The use of feminist liberal language has become a new tool by right wing governments to morally justify military actions.

#operationsindoor

www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/the...
May 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
jigyasa.bsky.social
The use of feminist liberal language has become a new tool by right wing governments to morally justify military actions.

#operationsindoor

www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/the...
May 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
jigyasa.bsky.social
@ids.ac.uk Director @petertaylor-uk.bsky.social joined today's Prime Time show on India Today with Rajdeep Sardesai to discuss Trump's war on #tariffs 👇

www.youtube.com/live/wIW4hVk...
News Today with Rajdeep Sardesai: Donald Trump Begins Trade War | China's Counter Act On US' Tarrifs
YouTube video by India Today
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April 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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lylamehta.bsky.social
What dystopian times. War criminal #Netanyahu's main allies in Europe are far-right (& antisemitic) leaders like #Orban

Yet no condemnation from @ec.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu.

#Hungary is still officially part of the #ICC despite 'intention to exit'

www.reuters.com/world/hungar...
Hungary says it is withdrawing from ICC as Israeli leader visits
Hungary's government has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, told state news agency MTI on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM