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Access to Justice for Indigenous and Peasant Women in Colombia and Guatemala

Despite the widespread nature of abuse facing women in contexts of armed conflict and transition, there is little documentation on how such women experience injustice and how they exercise their agenc

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Participation reduces health inequities in rural Guatemala

A long history of discrimination and 36 years of armed conflict in Guatemala have created unequal power relations and a lack of trust between indigenous citizens and public organizations. Rebuilding trust between the state and its citizens presents...

News

Pratap Bhanu Mehta wins 2011 Infosys Prize

21/02/2012

Former IDRC governor Pratap Bhanu Mehta has received the prestigious 2011 Infosys Prize for Social Sciences – Political Science in recognition of his contributions to Indian public policy and international relations. Dr Mehta served on IDRC’s Board...

AAAS symposium: The Atlas of Islamic World Science and Innovation

10/02/2012

Three researchers supported through the Atlas of Islamic-World Science and Innovation project will present their findings at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), to be held February 16-20 in...

Events

One Year After: Where is the Arab World Heading?

07/02/2012

Mr. Malley will reflect on the situation in the Arab world a year after the popular uprisings that began in Tunisia. Mr. Malley, who has just returned from Egypt, will discuss the new political landscape that is taking shape, including the new role...

Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World — IDRC book launch and panel discussion

09/01/2012

Over the past 40 years, views of security threats and conflict management needs have changed. The end of the Cold War has shifted attention from tracking superpower rivalry to civil wars and other forms of internal upheaval on nearly every...

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Access to Justice for Indigenous and Peasant Women in Colombia and Guatemala

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Criminality and Violence in Latin America: a Comparative Perspective between Mexico, Colombia and Brazil

This project will examine the dynamics of crime, violence and drug trafficking in urban centres in three Latin American countries: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro); Colombia (Medellín and Bogotá); and Mexico (

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Latin American Security, Drugs and Democracy (LASDD) Fellowship Program

This grant will support a program of fellowships and workshops on the link between security, organized crime, drugs and democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The program is expected to h

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Citizen-based Strategies to Improve Community Security: Working with Vulnerable Populations to Address Urban Violence in Medellin

This project aims to understand the security situation faced by vulnerable populations in the violence-affected communities in the city of Medellín, Colombia, from the perspective of those living with

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Strengthening Research Capacity for Governance and Security in sub-Saharan Africa

African research has yet to recover from the structural adjustment programs of the 1980s and 1990s, when budget cuts dramatically reduced the capacity of universities to invest in research and develop

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Participation reduces health inequities in rural Guatemala

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Protecting youth's privacy in Latin America

Mexico and Uruguay have adopted a memorandum of agreement to protect youth's privacy and personal data on social networks. The document – the result of IDRC-supported research – has also become a key reference document for many Latin American...

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Media piracy rampant in developing countries

In a landmark report, Media piracy in emerging economies, authors and researchers argue that media piracy in emerging economies results from a combination of high prices for media goods, low incomes, and cheap digital technologies. CDs, DVDs...

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