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    Multilevel responses to sexual violence in schools in West Africa

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2020
    With growing recognition of sexual and gender‑based violence (SGBV) occurring in schools, the governments of Burkina Faso and Benin, partnered with non-governmental organisations (NGOs), have attempted to implement systems of response within the school environment.
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    Covid-19: Thinking differently about education research impact

    Impact Initiative, 2020
    This paper draws on lessons from a webinar organised by the Impact Initiative that explored how researchers need to think differently about impact for education policy and practice in the context of Covid-19. It provides insights from education policy actors and researchers on how they are adapting their thinking on the types of impact that can be achieved in the context of Covid-19.
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    ‘Me Too’ and the ‘List’ – power dynamics, shame, and accountability in Indian academia

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2020
    In October 2017, Raya Sarkar, a law student of Indian descent, posted a crowdsourced list on Facebook of male academics who allegedly harassed women. India’s academic world splintered and the #MeToo movement became a student movement emerging from campuses resisting a culture of widespread sexism, abuse, and violence which is rife in Indian academia.
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    Women politicians navigating the ‘Hostile Environment’ in Pakistan

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2020
    Women in Pakistan operate within highly patriarchal contexts that promote their exclusion from public spaces; but those working in politics, the most public of spaces, defy these prevailing gender norms. This article examines women’s experience of sexual harassment in the political ‘workspace’.
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    Fighting sexual harassment on campus: How local contexts of different universities affect the dynamics and outcome of these efforts

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2020
    In a context where sexual harassment and assault against women is widespread, this article examines the approach taken by three Egyptian universities to the issue. The article argues that the outcome of the universities’ efforts in combating sexual harassment is influenced by their local context and it is this context that can hinder the route to accountability.
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    Will COVID-19 change migration cooperation between European and African countries?

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2020
    This briefing note highlights six issues that European and African policymakers should consider when negotiating migration cooperation between countries in both continents in a post-COVID-19 setting. These focus on irregular migration, return migration, migration and development, mobility of migrant workers and students, legal pathways to migration, and diaspora engagement. 
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    European Centre for Development Policy Management

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    Collective struggles against sexual harassment: What we have learnt about pathways to accountability and their outcomes

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2020
    The #MeToo movement that spread across the internet in 2017 sparked a focus on sexual harassment as an issue; this article, however, highlights the grass-roots work that had been happening for years before this collective action against sexual harassment and which has been hidden by the spotlight on a (white) Western perspective.
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    Collective action for accountability on sexual harassment: Global perspectives

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2020
    The #MeToo movement that spread across the internet in 2017 sparked a focus on sexual harassment as an international issue. However, collective action against sexual harassment did not start with the #MeToo campaign. Grass-roots work that has been taking place for years against sexual harassment has been hidden by the more recent spotlight on a (white) Western perspective.
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    The impact of Covid-19 on climate change and disaster resilience funding: trends and signals

    Overseas Development Institute, 2020
    Prior to Covid-19, concerns were being raised that funding for climate and disaster resilience was insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework. Since the pandemic, initial signals are that the funding gap will widen.

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