Events
Previous Events
Event: ESRC-DFID Raising Learning Outcomes in Education Systems Research Programme Annual Workshop 2019
January 30th, 2019 to January 31st, 2019
The ESRC-DFID Raising Learning Outcomes in Education Systems (RLO) Programme aims to provide critical evidence on how education systems might work better to overcome the global learning crisis. At the fourth Annual Programme Workshop, the Programme Research Lead and Impact Initiative look forward to highlighting the early achievements of the programme and celebrating its unique features.
Oxford, UK
Power of partnership: Research to alleviate poverty
December 3rd, 2018 to December 5th, 2018
‘Power of Partnership: Research to Alleviate Poverty’ focused on the ESRC-DFID Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation Research as it approaches its final phase. Over 100 researchers - funded through the Joint Fund - attended, together with policy actors and practitioners, to look at how the evidence cohers around key policy issues and the role of partnerships in achieving impact.
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New Delhi, India
Picturing change: Oil development in rural northern Kenya
November 9th, 2018
This photographic exhibition tells the story of changing lives and livelihoods in Lokichar, a small town in Turkana County, and surrounding villages that are at the centre of northern Kenya’s oil frontier.
Institute of Development Studies, Library Road, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE
How can we improve life choices for women? Round table discussion followed by a debate on demystifying menstruation UK - Uganda
November 7th, 2018
The event is free, and open to the public. It will start at 17:00 and participants are welcome to come to one part, or all of it. Please register on Eventbrite for your free ticket.
Institute of Development Studies, Library Road, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE
Blood bricks exhibition: untold stories of modern slavery and climate change from Cambodia
October 17th, 2018 to October 31st, 2018
Cambodia is in the midst of a construction boom. The building of high-rise office blocks and housing is pushing the capital city upwards but the country’s vertical drive into the skies and status as one of Asia’s fastest growing economies hides a darker side to Phnom Penh’s ascent. Building projects demand bricks in large quantities and there is a profitable domestic brick production industry using multigenerational workforces of debt-bonded adults and children to supply them.
The Building Centre,
26 Store Street
London
WC13 7BT
UK
Making Universal Health Coverage a reality by 2030: evidence of what works
October 8th, 2018
The Impact Initiative will be hosting the satellite session: 'Making Universal Health Coverage a reality by 2030: evidence of what works' at the Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2018) on 8 October at 9am. This session is open to individuals who have registered to attend the HSR2018 Symposium taking place in Liverpool, UK between 8-12 October 2018.
ACC in Liverpool
Room 48
Event: Accountability for health equity
October 5th, 2018
Accountability for Health Equity: Galvanising a Movement for Universal Health Coverage
This seminar will discuss the main themes of the recently published IDS Bulletin 49.2, ‘Accountability for Health Equity: Galvanising a Movement for Universal Health Coverage’.
This seminar will be live-streamed via Facebook.
The themes this seminar will talk about are:
Room 100, IDS Building
Event: ‘Raising Learning Outcomes’ Africa Symposium
September 12th, 2018 to September 14th, 2018
In September 2018, researchers from nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa gathered in Johannesburg to participate in the ‘Raising Learning Outcomes in Education Systems’ Africa Symposium, organised by RLO Programme Research Lead Team. The aim was to explore Africa-focussed research across the Programme, identifying factors which enable or constrain learning outcomes, and potential policy avenues for ensuring effectiveness, equity and quality in the delivery of education in Africa.
Event: Global Disability Summit 2018
July 24th, 2018
On 24th July 2018, DFID, alongside the Government of Kenya and the International Disability Alliance (IDA) hosts the first Global Disability Summit in London. With Government Ministers, high level Private Sector and UN Officials, as well as a range of Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) and disability rights activists in attendance, it is hoped the Summit will raise global attention on disability inclusion and mobilise new global and national commitments, ensuring the rights, freedoms, dignity and inclusion for all persons with disabilities.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, UK
Panel Session at the 62nd UN Commission for the Status of Women: How can we improve the life choices for women in rural Africa?
March 20th, 2018
Women and girls are often expected to fulfil roles that limit their ability to make strategic and empowering life choices, this is particularly true in rural settings. A panel of researchers and NGOs will propose policies ideas based on research and evidence on the shame of poverty, social mobility, economic empowerment and educational aspiration.
United Nations Headquarters in New York
Venue: Salvation Army
Room: Downstairs