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A man on the phone outside a small orange hut. A nearby sign advertises prices for mobile phone air-time.
How the digital divide threatens the success and legitimacy of the COP26 talks
… it really is no laughing matter. The digital divide was a central theme at an online event on 27 October discussing how to close the digital gender gap . Wright was among the panellists Read seven things we …
Insight, 08 October 2021
Buenos Aires, Argentina: luxury skyscrapers contrast with a shanty town of small brick dwellings with aluminium roofs. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the city's population lives in informal settlements (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
Facing an increasingly urban world
… at the launch , was at Habitats I and II. Picking up on a common theme from the E&U articles, he observed that the impact of the first … noted that the language of Habitat returns incessantly to the theme of 'inclusion', but fails to consider the drivers of urban … in which Habitat III's agenda might yield transformative change in gender power and in the situations of women and girls. She concluded …
Insight, 13 May 2016
A man buying fresh fruit at a market stall.
How COVID-19 is impacting and changing East Africa’s agri-food systems
… and local authorities should strive for more socially inclusive and gender-responsive approaches. Greater policy recognition is needed of …
Article, 07 August 2020
CBA5 participants visited Char Kukri-Mukri island on the southeast coast. Here women tend mangrove seedlings destined to provide a barrier against erosion (Photo: B. Koelle)
5th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA5)
… to solve the problems cause by climate change." The conference theme was "Scaling up: beyond pilots", emphasising the need to spread … conference below: [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp3noaYRPl0] Blogs about the CBA5 field trips Our CBA5 coverage included numerous guest blogs about the field trips to projects around Bangladesh: Adapting to …
Article, 13 April 2011
The Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation secures houses, sanitation and land rights for members. Communication and participation are central to the way it works (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), Creative Commons via Flickr)
Do you have the power to influence your own life?
… caring and protected by a trade union and in a society that professes gender equality.   But for many, particularly the world's three billion … experiences of marginalised voices and will run a series of guest blogs on key themes before the event – we would welcome your engagement … people round the table legitimacy, that recognise culture, language, gender, age. We also know that spaces for dialogue and exchange need to …
Insight, 06 March 2015
Urban-rural linkages have been 'beefed up' in the latest draft of the UN's Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals
OWG 'zero draft' is a huge step forward: now let's get practical
… a concise set of priority, cross-cutting actions. Continuing on the theme of implementation, I notice that some of the goals (e.g. that on … forests and marine resources , and agriculture and food systems Gender equality Access to energy for not only basic household needs but … first posted on www.IRF2015.org , which will be running a series of blogs by IIED experts examining the implications of the SDGs 'zero …
Insight, 20 June 2014
A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… pet themes – food security, water and sanitation, energy, health, gender and so on. It will gradually boil down into a handful of pithy …
Insight, 20 December 2013
Mary Robinson addresses the Development and Climate Days, with (from left to right), Katharine Mach, IPCC; Claudia Martinez, CDKN; Janos Pasztor, UN (Photo: Climate Centre, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mary Robinson: global solidarity needed to confront climate crisis
Insight, 09 December 2015
Street scene, Karachi, Pakistan. Photo by Fareena Chanda
Can we change the goals of development without changing the implementers?
… will be. Most of those who comment on the SDGs come with a particular theme they want included or strengthened that relates to their interest … availability of high-quality and timely data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, disability, geographic location….” Text …
Insight, 09 July 2014