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ProjectNo relevant topicsTransforming vulnerability into resilience: assessing and addressing vulnerability in climate-displaced populations through the housing ecosystemIn South Asia, an estimated 700,000 rural settlements are at risk of displacement due to the climate crisis.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsResistance and resilience: collaborative responses to online attacks on environmental defendersThe use of technology to attack environmental defenders ─ including Indigenous leaders and women ─ is part of a continuum of violence online and on the ground that uses targeted disinformation and smear tactics, surveillance and death threats to silence defenders.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsStrengthening knowledge, evidence use and leadership in the Global South on forced displacement: Focus on Anglophone West AfricaWest Africa has witnessed growing levels of conflicts, political violence, the proliferation of armed groups and extreme weather events that have put the lives of millions of people at risk of further displacement in the region.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsStrategies for climate defenders and Indigenous peoples’ rights in the AmazonThe impacts of climate change are, and will continue to be, disproportionately experienced by marginalized and vulnerable groups.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsLegal empowerment to promote citizen participation and social justice in Rio’s favelasThis project aims to identify solutions to justice and development challenges in three informal settlements (“favelas” or “periferias”) in and around Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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ProjectNo relevant topics#Recognize-Resist-Remedy: A research project to combat gender-based hate speech against women in Brazil and IndiaNeither India nor Brazil have laws that effectively respond to sexism in online hate speech, in part because hate speech classifications in the law fail to comprehensively cover sexist speech.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsNew methodologies to assess challenges and learnings on youth civic engagement in Rio de JaneiroThroughout the developing world, young men and women face high unemployment coupled with strong feelings of dissatisfaction with their quality of life in contexts of weak governance and institutions, increased political instability, and growing state authoritarianism — factors that render societies vulnerable and play a role in radicalization.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsScaling access to justice research collaborationGlobally, the evidence to increase access to justice is sparse, especially compared to other essential services like education and health.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsStepping Stones: Engaging with youth in South Asia – PANOSThroughout the developing world, young men and women face high levels of unemployment coupled with strong feelings of dissatisfaction with their quality of life in contexts of weak governance and institutions, increased political instability, and growing state authoritarianism.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsScaling community land protection in the face of large-land investments in Sierra LeoneLike many West African countries, Sierra Leone has identified large-scale land investments as a key pathway for economic growth.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsFamily Law Reform to Challenge Gender-Based Violence: A Research and Knowledge-Based Advocacy ProjectAlthough gender-based violence (GBV) is endemic globally, some of the highest rates in the world are found in Muslim-majority countries where conservative interpretations of Islamic Family Law persist.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsThe Role of the Private Sector in Reducing Corruption in Latin AmericaThis project will study private sector efforts to promote better compliance with anticorruption laws in Latin America.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsFrom Global Rights to Local Practices: Constitutional Reform and Participation in Latin AmericaThis project aims to study the impacts of reforms to increase participation rights in five Latin American countries at the local level.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsExploring the Political Economy of Violence in the Border Regions of Latin AmericaThis project will propose concrete recommendations, based on applied research that will help Latin America's border regions tackle illicit drug activity.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsBringing Women's Voices into the Mainstream: A Media Research Fellowship on Militarization and Women in South AsiaSouth Asia is the most densely populated region of the world, second only to sub-Saharan Africa in poverty indicators.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsBuilding sustainable peace agreements in West AfricaIn West Africa, peace agreements have generally proven fragile and volatile (on average, they do not last more than five years).
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ProjectNo relevant topicsHybrid Security Arrangements in Africa: Exploring the Implications for State-buildingIn the aftermath of war and conflict, state security forces and institutions are often severely weakened or decimated.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsReframing State-building and Peacebuilding Narratives in AfricaTo date, more than 40 countries have signed the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States, which places peacebuilding and state-building as two central and mutually reinforcing goals to promote development in fragile and conflict-affected states.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsSexual Violence and Impunity in South AsiaSilence around the topic of sexual violence has increased in South Asian countries of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, even as its incidence has also increased in recent conflicts.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsInsider Peace Builders in Societies in TransitionDespite several decades of impressive economic growth, the South and Southeast Asia region continues to be marred by ethnic conflicts, sectarian violence, and the entrenched impunity of security forces for war crimes and sexual violence.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsThe Justice Project in South AsiaAs countries in South Asia move toward greater economic integration, a range of interconnected challenges to constitutional and human rights guarantees are emerging.