Adam Baird
@adsbaird.bsky.social
Researcher @ 🇺🇳
Masculinities, gangs, armed violence.
LatAm & Caribe.
New book on gangs in Belize City!!!👆 👆👆
Guatemala 🇬🇹 current 🏠
Masculinities, gangs, armed violence.
LatAm & Caribe.
New book on gangs in Belize City!!!👆 👆👆
Guatemala 🇬🇹 current 🏠
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Adam Baird
@adsbaird.bsky.social
· Apr 1
On Spotify later today!
Common Ground podcast with Sonja Wolf.
Gangs, vulnerability and violence in Belize City.
#gangs #belize #masculinities #urbanviolence
Common Ground podcast with Sonja Wolf.
Gangs, vulnerability and violence in Belize City.
#gangs #belize #masculinities #urbanviolence
Launched my book on gangs in Belize and had a great time on Jules Vasquez’s show “Uncut” 👉👉👉
youtube.com/live/yQpiKqF...
youtube.com/live/yQpiKqF...
Uncut...
YouTube video by 7News Belize
youtube.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Launched my book on gangs in Belize and had a great time on Jules Vasquez’s show “Uncut” 👉👉👉
youtube.com/live/yQpiKqF...
youtube.com/live/yQpiKqF...
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Is gang-related violence becoming worse in small islands?
In a new episode of the #SmallIslandsBigPicture podcast, we’re exploring this urgent question – and why investing in young people, communities and regional collaboration must be part of the solution.
Listen now: bit.ly/SIBPEp16 🎙️
In a new episode of the #SmallIslandsBigPicture podcast, we’re exploring this urgent question – and why investing in young people, communities and regional collaboration must be part of the solution.
Listen now: bit.ly/SIBPEp16 🎙️
May 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Is gang-related violence becoming worse in small islands?
In a new episode of the #SmallIslandsBigPicture podcast, we’re exploring this urgent question – and why investing in young people, communities and regional collaboration must be part of the solution.
Listen now: bit.ly/SIBPEp16 🎙️
In a new episode of the #SmallIslandsBigPicture podcast, we’re exploring this urgent question – and why investing in young people, communities and regional collaboration must be part of the solution.
Listen now: bit.ly/SIBPEp16 🎙️
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Coventry University are trying to sack hundreds of staff and introduce fire and rehire for hundreds more.
Yet their billboards boast of job creation in the area.
This from John Latham, a Vice Chancellor paid £320,000 plus an £80,000 ‘bonus’ for overseeing this shambles.
Yet their billboards boast of job creation in the area.
This from John Latham, a Vice Chancellor paid £320,000 plus an £80,000 ‘bonus’ for overseeing this shambles.
March 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Coventry University are trying to sack hundreds of staff and introduce fire and rehire for hundreds more.
Yet their billboards boast of job creation in the area.
This from John Latham, a Vice Chancellor paid £320,000 plus an £80,000 ‘bonus’ for overseeing this shambles.
Yet their billboards boast of job creation in the area.
This from John Latham, a Vice Chancellor paid £320,000 plus an £80,000 ‘bonus’ for overseeing this shambles.
Reposted by Adam Baird
Universities' existential crisis latest: Coventry University lost £60m last year and its auditors now question its ability to continue in being. Stop this madness now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Future of Coventry University 'uncertain', auditors say
Independent auditors are questioning the university's
www.bbc.co.uk
April 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Universities' existential crisis latest: Coventry University lost £60m last year and its auditors now question its ability to continue in being. Stop this madness now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Adam Baird
MAÑANA EN SPOTIFY Y YOUTUBE
La #violencia del Estado en la guerra contra el #narcotráfico en #México
En este episodio, Jacobo Dayán (@jacobodayan.bsky.social) explica los patrones de impunidad en casos de homicidios y desapariciones cometidos por las fuerzas federales.
#CommonGroundWithSonjaWolf
La #violencia del Estado en la guerra contra el #narcotráfico en #México
En este episodio, Jacobo Dayán (@jacobodayan.bsky.social) explica los patrones de impunidad en casos de homicidios y desapariciones cometidos por las fuerzas federales.
#CommonGroundWithSonjaWolf
April 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
MAÑANA EN SPOTIFY Y YOUTUBE
La #violencia del Estado en la guerra contra el #narcotráfico en #México
En este episodio, Jacobo Dayán (@jacobodayan.bsky.social) explica los patrones de impunidad en casos de homicidios y desapariciones cometidos por las fuerzas federales.
#CommonGroundWithSonjaWolf
La #violencia del Estado en la guerra contra el #narcotráfico en #México
En este episodio, Jacobo Dayán (@jacobodayan.bsky.social) explica los patrones de impunidad en casos de homicidios y desapariciones cometidos por las fuerzas federales.
#CommonGroundWithSonjaWolf
Reposted by Adam Baird
Who are the Bloods and Crips? How did chronic vulnerability and #masculinity contribute to these gangs' development in #Belize City?
In the latest episode of Common Ground with Sonja Wolf, researcher Adam Baird (@adsbaird.bsky.social) answers these and other questions.
In the latest episode of Common Ground with Sonja Wolf, researcher Adam Baird (@adsbaird.bsky.social) answers these and other questions.
April 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Who are the Bloods and Crips? How did chronic vulnerability and #masculinity contribute to these gangs' development in #Belize City?
In the latest episode of Common Ground with Sonja Wolf, researcher Adam Baird (@adsbaird.bsky.social) answers these and other questions.
In the latest episode of Common Ground with Sonja Wolf, researcher Adam Baird (@adsbaird.bsky.social) answers these and other questions.
Reposted by Adam Baird
On Spotify later today!
Common Ground podcast with Sonja Wolf.
Gangs, vulnerability and violence in Belize City.
#gangs #belize #masculinities #urbanviolence
Common Ground podcast with Sonja Wolf.
Gangs, vulnerability and violence in Belize City.
#gangs #belize #masculinities #urbanviolence
April 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
On Spotify later today!
Common Ground podcast with Sonja Wolf.
Gangs, vulnerability and violence in Belize City.
#gangs #belize #masculinities #urbanviolence
Common Ground podcast with Sonja Wolf.
Gangs, vulnerability and violence in Belize City.
#gangs #belize #masculinities #urbanviolence
On Spotify later today!
Common Ground podcast with Sonja Wolf.
Gangs, vulnerability and violence in Belize City.
#gangs #belize #masculinities #urbanviolence
Common Ground podcast with Sonja Wolf.
Gangs, vulnerability and violence in Belize City.
#gangs #belize #masculinities #urbanviolence
April 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
On Spotify later today!
Common Ground podcast with Sonja Wolf.
Gangs, vulnerability and violence in Belize City.
#gangs #belize #masculinities #urbanviolence
Common Ground podcast with Sonja Wolf.
Gangs, vulnerability and violence in Belize City.
#gangs #belize #masculinities #urbanviolence
Book spotted in the wild! Trust me, it’s there somewhere 😛#Belize airport …
March 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Book spotted in the wild! Trust me, it’s there somewhere 😛#Belize airport …
"When we talk about homicide rates in any country, we don’t mention that it’s 90% men killing men. So why are we not speaking about this from a gender perspective?"
...my interview with #InSightCrime
insightcrime.org/news/intervi...
...my interview with #InSightCrime
insightcrime.org/news/intervi...
How a Gender Perspective Can Help Reduce Male Armed Violence
A conversation with Adam Baird about his new research examining how social constructions of masculinity fuel violence in Latin America.
insightcrime.org
March 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"When we talk about homicide rates in any country, we don’t mention that it’s 90% men killing men. So why are we not speaking about this from a gender perspective?"
...my interview with #InSightCrime
insightcrime.org/news/intervi...
...my interview with #InSightCrime
insightcrime.org/news/intervi...
Reposted by Adam Baird
Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes
“We need a new solution to the global crisis of armed violence.”
Time to focus on men and masculinities.
Here is my new UNIDIR report: unidir.org/publication/...
Time to focus on men and masculinities.
Here is my new UNIDIR report: unidir.org/publication/...
No man’s land? Focusing on men to reduce global armed violence → UNIDIR
Globally, 90% of firearms homicides are committed by men, and men also make up the vast majority of the victims. The highest rates of homicide are mainly found in cities in the Americas, including the...
unidir.org
February 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“We need a new solution to the global crisis of armed violence.”
Time to focus on men and masculinities.
Here is my new UNIDIR report: unidir.org/publication/...
Time to focus on men and masculinities.
Here is my new UNIDIR report: unidir.org/publication/...
Reposted by Adam Baird
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Tyler Hamilton on Substack
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
‘I want more joy, less killing’: Jamaicans say police alone cannot quell gang crime
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
‘I want more joy, less killing’: Jamaicans say police alone cannot quell gang crime
Experts, and children in violence-torn areas, see factors such as education and land ownership as keys to progress
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
‘I want more joy, less killing’: Jamaicans say police alone cannot quell gang crime
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Reposted by Adam Baird
🔴 Two of humanity's biggest challenges, corruption and the climate crisis, are deeply connected. Explore their impact and implications in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index. #CPI2024
CPI 2024: Highlights and insights - News
The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public-sector corruption. How does your country measure…
www.transparency.org
February 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
🔴 Two of humanity's biggest challenges, corruption and the climate crisis, are deeply connected. Explore their impact and implications in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index. #CPI2024
This is a brilliant show
My interview of Mo Amer for @salonnewsroom.bsky.social about the critically acclaimed second season of "Mo" on Netflix. If you haven't seen series, go right now and watch it. There has never been a show the depicted the humanity of Palestinians and immigrants like this: www.salon.com/2025/02/11/s...
“It's excruciating”: Mo Amer explains that his tearful acting scenes in "Mo" were real
The Palestinian-American comedian describes the painful, cathartic process of making Netflix's "Mo" while his family endured turmoil in the West Bank
www.salon.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is a brilliant show
Reposted by Adam Baird
OUT NOW! We analysed 180 countries to see how they scored in the fight against corruption. Check out your country’s score! #CPI2024
Corruption Perceptions Index 2024
The Corruption Perceptions Index 2024 ranks 180 countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. Find out the scores and read our analysis.
www.transparency.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
OUT NOW! We analysed 180 countries to see how they scored in the fight against corruption. Check out your country’s score! #CPI2024
Mexico City is a giant buffet as far as I can tell.
February 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Mexico City is a giant buffet as far as I can tell.
Reposted by Adam Baird
Excited to share that El Faro English is now live on Bluesky! You can find independent and intrepid reporting from Central America at elfaro.net/en and here, at @elfaroenglish.bsky.social 👇
In the genocide trial in #Guatemala against Benedicto Lucas García, expected to end three weeks ago, the defense has attempted to recuse the court to delay sentencing. A judge is now on medical leave and AG Consuelo Porras removed five prosecutors from the case. elfaro.net/en/202411/ce...
Defense Strategy and Guatemalan AG’s Decisions Reduce Odds of Genocide Conviction
<p>In the genocide trial against retired military commander Benedicto Lucas García, initially expected to end three weeks ago, the defense has attempted to recuse the court to delay sentencing. Last-m...
elfaro.net
November 28, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Excited to share that El Faro English is now live on Bluesky! You can find independent and intrepid reporting from Central America at elfaro.net/en and here, at @elfaroenglish.bsky.social 👇
What's in a title? Quite a lot it seems!
"“Breaking bad”? Gangs, masculinities, and murder..."
Our most read article with the great 👉 @rumagin.bsky.social @matthewlbishop.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"“Breaking bad”? Gangs, masculinities, and murder..."
Our most read article with the great 👉 @rumagin.bsky.social @matthewlbishop.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Breaking bad”? Gangs, masculinities, and murder in Trinidad
The murder rate in Port of Spain, Trinidad, rose dramatically around the turn of the millennium, driven overwhelmingly by young men in gangs in the city’s poor neighborhoods. The literature frequen...
www.tandfonline.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What's in a title? Quite a lot it seems!
"“Breaking bad”? Gangs, masculinities, and murder..."
Our most read article with the great 👉 @rumagin.bsky.social @matthewlbishop.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"“Breaking bad”? Gangs, masculinities, and murder..."
Our most read article with the great 👉 @rumagin.bsky.social @matthewlbishop.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Adam Baird
Brilliant report by a brilliant fella on why violence research and policy needs to take masculinities seriously 👇🏻
'No Man's Land' report OUT TODAY!
If 90% of global homicide perpetrators and victims are men, why aren’t we taking about the role of gender in this violence? ...we ignore the role of masculinities in armed violence at our peril.
The debate starts here 👉
unidir.org/publication/...
If 90% of global homicide perpetrators and victims are men, why aren’t we taking about the role of gender in this violence? ...we ignore the role of masculinities in armed violence at our peril.
The debate starts here 👉
unidir.org/publication/...
January 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Brilliant report by a brilliant fella on why violence research and policy needs to take masculinities seriously 👇🏻
Reposted by Adam Baird
60% of murdered women are killed by their men but the great freedom-loving chainsaw-addicted bro in charge of Argentina is offended by the legal concept of femicide - and is erasing it from the statutes. The manosphere, fascism & austerity are on the march, hand-in-hand.
January 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
60% of murdered women are killed by their men but the great freedom-loving chainsaw-addicted bro in charge of Argentina is offended by the legal concept of femicide - and is erasing it from the statutes. The manosphere, fascism & austerity are on the march, hand-in-hand.
'No Man's Land' report OUT TODAY!
If 90% of global homicide perpetrators and victims are men, why aren’t we taking about the role of gender in this violence? ...we ignore the role of masculinities in armed violence at our peril.
The debate starts here 👉
unidir.org/publication/...
If 90% of global homicide perpetrators and victims are men, why aren’t we taking about the role of gender in this violence? ...we ignore the role of masculinities in armed violence at our peril.
The debate starts here 👉
unidir.org/publication/...
January 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
'No Man's Land' report OUT TODAY!
If 90% of global homicide perpetrators and victims are men, why aren’t we taking about the role of gender in this violence? ...we ignore the role of masculinities in armed violence at our peril.
The debate starts here 👉
unidir.org/publication/...
If 90% of global homicide perpetrators and victims are men, why aren’t we taking about the role of gender in this violence? ...we ignore the role of masculinities in armed violence at our peril.
The debate starts here 👉
unidir.org/publication/...