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Follow the Eldis Climate Change Resource guide on social media

The Eldis Resource Guide on Climate Change, produced with support from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN),  focuses on adaptation, mitigation and development.

The guide has recently ventured into the world of social media. We will be posting highlights of our recent document additions, as well as interesting commentary and events information.

Islam, sexual diversity and access to health services

While Islam allows for difference of opinion, and the religious leaders disagree on many social issues, most orthodox Muslim scholars are vehemently opposed to homosexuality. However there are many progressive Muslim scholars with varied positive opinions about gender and sexual orientation. This discussion paper, from Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM), urges human rights organisations and policy makers to create a database of progressive religious leaders and lobby for their support.

The Open Book

The OKFestival, the first ever Open Knowledge Festival, was held in Helsinki, Finland in September 2012. With the theme of Open Knowledge in Action, it looked at the value that can be generated by opening up knowledge and the impacts that transparency can have in our societies. 

Hunger and undernutrition: What do we know? The video

Globally, levels of hunger and undernutrition are unacceptably high. One in eight people do not get enough food to be healthy and lead an active life. One in every four children under five years of age are undernourished, this contributes to 2.6 million deaths of children under five each year - one third of the global total.

Diverse Voices

The latest Diverse Voices global debate on Facebook and Twitter is asking "Do you think that public services respect the dignity of the most vulnerable citizens?"

HIV prevention and MSM with HIV

New policy brief argues that it is time to start moving towards a 'shared responsibility’ framework.HIV prevention programmes have mostly ignored the prevention needs of men who have sex with men (MSM) who are living with HIV. This policy brief, from the Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health and Knowledge Services at IDS in the UK, argues that it is time to start moving towards a 'shared responsibility’ framework, to encompass a wider view of the role that MSM+ plays in HIV prevention.

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