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Recent Blogposts

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The Gendered Cost of Waiting for Justice

Irma Nugrahanti - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
In the field of feminist economics, cost extends beyond mere budgetary figures, market prices, or GDP metrics. It encompasses the often-invisible labour of social reproduction, the psychological stress of systemic inequality, and the burdens imposed by institutional delay, all of which disproportionately fall upon women due to patriarchal norms and power structures.
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The Two Blind Spots of the ‘Equitable Partnerships’ Debate

Eyob Balcha Gebremariam - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
There might be more than two, but I want to focus on these two blind spots, both in the scholarly debate and in the policy domains of “equitable partnerships”. The first is the dominance of the “development frame”. Unless we question the funding of research partnerships through development assistance, our efforts to achieve equity and justice will remain below par.
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Unlocking the Benefits from Conservation? Indigenous Youth and Entrepreneurship in Drakensberg Park

Jabulile Happyness Mzimela, Inocent Moyo - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The Natal Colonial government initiated the establishment of protected areas in the Drakensberg in 1903, drawing on Eurocentric conservation models that sidelined Indigenous knowledge systems and governance structures. These approaches laid the foundation for the exclusion of Indigenous communities from decision-making over lands they have inhabited for generations.
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