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  • Research in Action
    VIOLENCE Poverty SOCIAL INEQUALITY Gender CONFLICTS GENDER ANALYSIS URBAN PLANNING URBANIZATION

    Women, mobility, and public space in Guwahati

    While it is the largest city in India’s northeastern state of Assam, Guwahati’s sprawling development pattern and limited transportation options seriously constrain women’s mobility.
    Published date
    Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 11:00
  • Research in Action
    VIOLENCE Poverty SOCIAL INEQUALITY Gender CONFLICTS GENDER ANALYSIS URBAN PLANNING URBANIZATION

    Designing safe and inclusive streets in India

    Safe streets play a crucial role in enabling livelihoods, mobility, and access to services. In fast-growing Indian cities such as Ahmedabad, streets are also the site of conflict. With incomes and vehicle ownership on the rise, traffic has replaced people as the central point of street design. Vehicle-focused street design is limiting space for vendors, children, the elderly, and the disabled, while instances of violence against women are partly linked to land use and street design.
    Published date
    Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 10:30
  • Research in Action
    VIOLENCE Poverty LOW INCOME GROUPS GENDER ANALYSIS URBAN YOUTH WOMEN

    Understanding the links between gender, vulnerability, and violence in urban Pakistan

    This report by the Institute for Business Administration Karachi is the culmination of three years of research on gender roles and how they contribute to violence in 12 working class neighborhoods in two of Pakistan’s largest cities: Karachi and Rawalpindi-Islamabad. It highlights the role of frustrated gendered expectations in driving various types of violence, and how these dynamics can be tackled.
    Published date
    Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 09:00
  • Research in Action
    VIOLENCE SOCIAL CONFLICTS SOCIAL INEQUALITY Poverty Gender MEN URBAN WOMEN URBAN YOUTH

    Life and death in the city: Lessons from Venezuela

    Cities of Life and Death presents findings from research led by Laboratorio de Ciencias Sociales (LACSO) in four cities: Caracas, Ciudad Guayana, San Cristobal, and San Antonio del Táchira.
    Published date
    Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 08:00
  • Research in Action
    VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WOMEN’S STRUGGLE SOCIAL JUSTICE WOMEN Gender

    Shattering the silence: IDRC-Zubaan research speaks out on sexual violence against women

    The silence surrounding sexual violence in South Asia has been shattered. The Zubaan Series on Sexual Violence and Impunity in South Asia, formally launched in New Delhi on May 21, 2016, presents severe statements about criminal justice systems in South Asia that turn their back on sexual violence, leaving survivors little recourse for justice.
    Published date
    Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 08:30
  • Research in Action
    Development Social Policy Governance Gender

    Women and militarization in South Asia: Media Research Fellowships

    Panos South Asia and IDRC are working together on “Bringing Women’s Voices into the Mainstream: A Media Research Fellowship on Women and Militarization in South Asia.”
    Published date
    Friday, March 27, 2015 - 20:00
  • Research in Action
    WOMEN'S NETWORKS INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT Gender

    Empowering women-owned businesses in India

    IDRC-supported initiative helps female entrepreneurs connect to global supply chains
    Published date
    Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 14:00