by Global Development Institute | Jul 27, 2017 | Comment
By Geetika Dang, Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha One in three women throughout the world experience physical and/or sexual violence from a partner. In South Asia, the figure rises to nearly 40%. In India, the incidence of serious crimes against women, including...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 25, 2017 | Comment
by Anja Ruehlemann While I was doing my Masters in International Development at The University of Manchester my mentor Dr Joanne Jordan not only triggered my passion for climate change topics, but also laid the path to one of my most memorable experiences. The...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 21, 2017 | Comment
Amelia Olvera De la O, MSc Public Policy and Management ‘17, Nayaret Inaipil Leal, MSc Public Policy and Management ‘17 On a warm Friday evening in May, we joined 130 of our fellow postgraduate students on fieldwork from the Global Development Institute at our hotel...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 21, 2017 | Comment
Dr Tom Gillespie joined GDI in January 2017 as Lecturer in International Development, and holds a PhD from the University of Leeds. His research looks at urban development, and we chatted with him about how that research relates to global inequalities and his upcoming...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 14, 2017 | Comment
Dr Cathy Wilcock – Migration Lab Co-ordinator and Researcher This post originally appeared on the Migration Lab blog The Manchester International Festival 2017 is in full swing. The festival specialises in commissioning new creative work and each year Manchester...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 14, 2017 | Comment
By Nadine Suliman If I was told a year ago that I will be living in Bangladesh for a few months to research climate change and development issues, I wouldn’t have believed it. But then I was encouraged by my thesis supervisor, Dr Joanne Jordan, to apply to be a...
