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Coming from India, I was gladdened to see plenty of rainbow flags flying everywhere in Copenhagen during the just concluded Worldpride 2021. Never in my mind had I imagined a pride parade drawing in such a large crowd. From kids to oldies, people cheered for the LGBTI+ communities by painting rainbows on their faces and wrapping themselves in rainbow flags. Promising inclusivity, the events marked their support for the LGBTI+ communities in Copenhagen and the world over.

Do you want to sharpen your skills as a science journalist working with the Sustainable Development Goals? Danish Development Research Network (DDRN) is currently mapping research on sustainable development by researchers from the Global South studying and working in Denmark, and by their Danish host institutions. DDRN research communication performs critical reviews, encourage open access, and supports knowledge networking.

Sofie Mortensen, an EU TALENT PhD fellow at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, is currently researching how conflict, rural development and resource struggles in Myanmar contribute to the migration of Burmese youths to Thailand. She wants to know how the migrants decided to leave Myanmar and understand their wellbeing and dreams for the future.

The Swedish Development Research Network (SWEDEV) was launched recently, and its first bi-annual assembly will be held on 17 June 2021 as a side-event to the online DevRes 2021 conference scheduled for 14-16 June 2021. The formation of the SWEDEV follows a national survey among 578 development researchers and research managers.

The corona pandemic is like a magnifying glass making visible a range of problems. Vulnerable groups are becoming even more vulnerable, in Denmark and in the Global South. The pandemic points to inequalities within both societies, and this could be a first step in doing something about the situation.

In Chile, Ollas Communas serve food to people, who have lost their job during the Corona pandemic. In FællesSkabet’s fridge in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, Denmark, people can collect the surplus food of others. Both initiatives of solidarity make people join during a time when we are encouraged to keep to ourselves.

Women and girls fleeing from conflict or crisis areas mostly experience or witness crimes and violence in their home country as well as during the transit stage of their demanding journey to other countries. However, many of them are at increased risk of violence, particularly sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) in the receiving country too, as this type of violence is an ever-present danger in any humanitarian crises. Hereby, especially the female refugees are at high risk of multiple discriminations ascribing the theory of intersectionality.

Covid-19 is the single biggest challenge which has confronted the planet since the second world war and its effect has been nothing short of devastating. Millions upon millions have lost their lives, Livelihoods have been shattered as the global economy...

On a quiet Friday evening in March, Miriam Ajak, 23, stoops over the traditional three-stone stove in front of her hut in Lawiyeadul village, Laliya Parish, on the outskirts of Gulu City in northern Uganda, to prepare dinner for her extended family. As she pushes in the firewood, smoke slowly rises above the sooty stones and pans to shroud her entire body. Some of it enters her eyes. She grimaces in pain, picks up a makeshift fun and flaps it up and down to add more pressure to the fire. But the wood can hardly burn because it is highly moist. The more smoke it spews, the more she breathers into her lungs.

Tirsdag 27.april 16.00-17.30 Tilmelding på Zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpcOiprjkiHtz7gxqNzFjaxUHvE0dCr7S1 16:00-16:05 DDRN University Intern Mia Pedersen byder deltagerne velkommen, gennemgår webinarets program og giver praktiske råd om webinarets forløb. 16:05-16:20 Leder Malene Muusholm fortæller om 'Reden's indsats for handlede kvinder på Vesterbro og...