We are thrilled to have had three gender and health specialists – Janice Cooper, Renu Khanna and Sally Theobald – joining us to guest edit the Health issue of G&D. Here, Janice, who is Senior Project Adviser for the Liberia Mental Health Initiative at The Carter Center, shares her thoughts on the experience. When I agreed to join a team …
As we launch our March 2021 issue on Health, we’re delighted to be sharing with you these ‘Visual Minutes’. Also known as a ‘graphic recording’, the minutes are a visual representation of some of the key themes and topics covered in the Health issue of the journal. We hope they inspire you to take a look at what’s inside this …
Liz Cooke, of G&D’s editorial team, introduces the March 2021 Health issue of the journal. There could scarcely be a more fitting time to be launching this latest issue of Gender & Development, which is focusing on health. As we were commissioning the issue this time last year, it was becoming clear that the COVID-19 outbreak – declared an international …
CALL NOW CLOSED In November 2021 we are publishing a special double issue on the theme of Feminist Protests and Politics in a World in Crisis. Closing date for ideas for articles is 2 March 2021. Call for Contributions: Feminist Protests and Politics in a World in Crisis The world is experiencing a multiplicity of crises. A climate catastrophe is looming, …
Co-editors Irene Dankelman and Kavita Naidu introduce the Climate Crisis issue of Gender & Development It cannot be ignored any longer: scientific studies on average temperature rises the warming of the oceans, and shrinking snow cover and melting glaciers bring us the message of a profound crisis in our global climate. In November 2020 alone, Central America experienced extremely dangerous Hurricane …
As the climate crisis deepens, in this podcast Gender & Development’s assistant editor Liz Cooke talks to the two co-editors of the Climate Crisis issue of the journal. The conversation takes in why the climate crisis is a gender issue, some of the ways it is affecting women in the Asia Pacific region, how a gender perspective is (or isn’t) …
2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark United Nation’s Fourth World Conference on Women, at which governments from around the world pledged to advance women’s rights and work towards full gender equality. In this podcast, Gender & Development’s assistant editor Liz Cooke is joined by four women’s rights activists who have written for the Beijing +25 issue of the journal. …
Lina Abou Habib, G&D editorial adviser and guest editor for our new issue, writes: It’s my pleasure to welcome you to this very special issue of Gender & Development, marking 25 years since the UN convened its milestone Fourth World Conference on Women at Beijing, China. Listen to the podcast on the issue here. Known to many of us, affectionately, …
Mary Ann Clements and Caroline Sweetman introduce the new issue… and invite you to listen back to the live launch, here…. Welcome to the Reimagining International Development issue, inspired by an online Conference titled Healing Solidarity: Re-imagining International Development, the brainchild of Mary Ann Clements, guest editor for this issue. This involved almost 2500 activists, practitioners and thinkers interested in re-imagining international development practice, reflecting …
You may have missed the live launch for the first issue of 2020, focusing on Re-imagining Development – but never fear, we recorded it and you can watch and listen to it here