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  • Research in Action
    SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Information and Communication

    Artificial intelligence for development

    IDRC-supported research is ensuring that the benefits of AI are used to advance development, reduce social inequality, and foster greater gender parity.
    Published date
    Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 13:30
  • Research in Action
    GOVERNANCE PRIVACY PROTECTION INTERNET SECURITY SOCIAL POLICY

    Improving the governance of cyberspace in the Global South

    Digital tools are improving people’s ability to innovate, organize, document, and share online, but they also enable broad surveillance, tracking, censorship and, in some cases, repression.
    Published date
    Friday, April 13, 2018 - 13:30
  • Research in Action
    MAPPING WOMEN Gender

    Mapping sexual harassment in Egypt

    More than 95 per cent of women in Egypt have experienced sexual harassment at least once, but many citizens there turn a blind eye when it happens. The HarassMap project is aiming to change that attitude at home and abroad, empowering women and changing the attitudes of men in the process.
    Published date
    Wednesday, February 22, 2017 - 17:00
  • Research in Action
    ACCESS TO INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND NETWORKING

    Defusing the rumour mill, digitally

    The text-messaging technology that’s helping quash misinformation and save lives in Kenya.
    Published date
    Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 09:00
  • Research in Action
    CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION Innovative applications

    Adapting to a new environmental reality in Morocco

    How an IDRC-funded project is helping a part of the North African country innovate to weather the effects of a changing climate.
    Published date
    Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - 16:00
  • Research in Action
    Networking Access to ICT Food security

    Online community source of new knowledge, practices for Africa's small-scale farmers

    For many rural Africans, radio is a key channel to news, information, and knowledge. For small-scale farmers who have limited or no access to other media such as newspapers, television, or the Internet, radio is an essential part of their daily lives.
    Published date
    Monday, July 7, 2014 - 16:00
  • Research in Action
    Digital commons

    Highlight: Canadian and Caribbean parliamentarians discuss open data

    On April 27 and 28, the International Development Research Centre co-hosted a two-day meeting on open data and open parliaments with the Canada Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
    Published date
    Monday, April 27, 2015 - 20:00