Collective11 hours ago5 minGender in DRR - Mainstreamed Into InvisibilityAuthors: Sara Bradshaw, Ksenia Chmutina, Jessica Field, Maureen Fordham, Virginie Le Masson, Hanna Ruszczyk & Olivia Walmsley Opening of...
Annesley NdondoMay 123 minMy Journey as a Male FeministAnnesley Ndondo shares the story of how he came to set-up the youth-led women's empowerment organisation, Mwanasikana Wanhasi (a GRRIPP...
Nadia Jackson & Louisa AcciariMay 109 minGRRIPP supports the midwifes of the AmazonGRRIPP-UCL team members Nadia Jackson (Due Diligence and Finance Manager) and Louisa Acciari (Global Network Coordinator), visited our...
Louisa AcciariApr 146 minAttacks on indigenous rights in Brazil Para a versão em português, ver abaixo By Dr. Louisa Acciari, Co-director of the Centre for Gender and Disaster – University College...
Jessica FieldApr 45 minRestrictions on girls’ education across South Asia highlights rising authoritarianismA few weeks ago, on 23rd March, the Taliban in Afghanistan announced a U-turn in their previous commitments to allow girl children to...
Vincent NyeroMar 293 minWomen’s empowerment through sharing informationThe power of women coming together to share information and express themselves to increase development. Photo by Duncan Kakumirizi. In...
Louisa Acciari & Mônica RibeiroMar 145 minRisk, Resilience and Gender in the Petrópolis tragedyOn 15 February, heavy rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods in the Brazilian city of Petrópolis. In a recent UCL IRDR blog post,...
Elizabeth KemigishaMar 85 minRethinking narratives on breastfeeding in public spacesEvery so often, there is an uproar about a mother who has been told to cover up or move away from a public area while they are...
GRRIPPMar 72 minGRRIPP Glossary: Palabras y frases del proyectos de GRRIPP LAC¿Qué hay en una palabra? Las palabras que decimos, o comunicamos en cualquier forma, facilitan el intercambio de conocimientos y valores,...
GRRIPPFeb 74 minThree GRRIPPers in the spotlightIn GRRIPP's January newsletter, we heard from some of the key people behind GRRIPP's work: Dr Kylah Forbes-Biggs (Monitoring & Evaluation...
Raisa Imran ChowdhuryNov 30, 20212 min"Engaging with the Feminist City" - Reflections from South AsiaAmid the exploratory series of 'Feminist City' virtual events from a range of geographical regions, the GRRIPP South Asia event was held...
vlemassonNov 17, 20214 minWhat feminists expected from COP26This article was originally published in French on 16 November by the Magazine de l'Egalite Femmes-Hommes and in collaboration with...
vlemassonOct 12, 20211 minEngaging with the Feminist City - Upcoming series of eventsHow does a feminist city present itself in different spaces and places? Join us as we engage in powerful discussions surrounding feminism...
Ruth Castel-Branco & Louisa AcciariAug 31, 20216 minThe impact of the pandemic crisis on domestic workers: a global overviewBy: Ruth Castel-Branco and Louisa Acciari This blog post was originally posted on A-id, Agenda for International Development. Reposted...
Hanna RuszczykAug 24, 20215 minFrom a focus on humanity to careHistorically, humanitarian issues have been intimately connected with natural hazard related disasters. Increasingly, humanitarianism is...
Jessica FieldJun 14, 20213 minUCL IRDR Humanitarian Summit: Inequalities and injustices at the centre of discussionsThis Wednesday, the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction at UCL will host its annual Humanitarian Summit, which is aimed at engaging...
Mahbuba NasreenMay 18, 20214 minWater security is not gender neutralProf. Mahbuba Nasreen writes about the gendered nature of water usage in an urban water system. In this research - presented at the 6th...
GRRIPPMay 10, 20211 minDisasters: Deconstructed features two GRRIPPers!Recently, Disasters: Deconstructed podcast hosted by Ksenia Chmutina and Jason von Meding, invited two of our GRRIPP partners to join...
Ksenia ChmutinaMar 30, 20216 minLost (and found?) in translationBy Ksenia Chmutina (with Jason von Meding, Neil Sadler and Amer Hamad Issa Abukhalaf). It comes as no surprise that during our GRRIPP...
Pablo Vega Centeno & Belen DesmaisonMar 22, 20213 minIntersectionality and Territory: Perspectives from the Latin America and Caribbean regionFor defining “intersectionality”, we propose to start from the definition of Mara Viveros, who understands that: “[L]a apuesta de la...