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Pía Riggirozzi

@piariggirozzi.bsky.social
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Professor of Global Politics, currently Head of Department in PAIR at University of Southampton |Latin American political economy, rights & development | Regional governance, gender & migration | www.politics.soton.ac.uk/profile/pi…

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Migration Policy Institute @migrationpolicy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
There are fewer migrants crossing into North America. But that does not mean a less complex migration reality for Central America @piariggirozzi.bsky.social & @cintranatalia.bsky.social examine what is changing: bit.ly/3RgyVvX
Many migrants have returned to Central America, whether through deportation, voluntarily out of fear of possible deportation or in response to more punitive government postures, after abandoning ....
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Politics at Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We're at @lasabluesky.bsky.social #lasa2026 next week! Our colleagues are presenting new work on topics including clientelism (@marianaborges.bsky.social), irregular migration (@vchengm.bsky.social), regional governance @piariggirozzi.bsky.social) and participatory budgeting @pspada.bsky.social).
This is a list of presentations at LASA by our colleagues from the department of politics and international relations at the University of Southampton:

Wednesday 27 May
10.15-11.45, Paris Marriott Rive Gauche, Loft H
Mariana Borges Martins da Silva: ‘Embodied Politics: Rethinking Clientelism in Polarized Brazil’

12.00-13.30, FIAP-Jean Monnet Hall
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno: ‘Rootedness and Irregular Migration in Latin America’

Friday 29 May
13.45-15.15, Paris Marriott Rive Gauche, Scène D
Pía Riggirozzi: ‘Regional Governance and Gender-Responsive Approaches to Forced Migration in Latin America’

15.30-17.00, FIAP-Java (Sumatra+Bali)
Paolo Spada: ‘The Phoenix Rises Again, but Transformed: The Resurgence and Technocratic Turn of Participatory Budgeting in Brazil’
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Politics at Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Estaremos en @lasabluesky.bsky.social #lasa2026 la proxima semana! Nuestros colegas presentarán trabajos sobre el clientelismo @marianaborges.bsky.social, la migración irregular @vchengm.bsky.social, la gobernanza regional @piariggirozzi.bsky.social y el presupuesto participativo @pspada.bsky.social
Esta una lista de presentaciones:

miercoles 27 mayo
10.15-11.45, Paris Marriott Rive Gauche, Loft H
Mariana Borges Martins da Silva: ‘Embodied Politics: Rethinking Clientelism in Polarized Brazil’

12.00-13.30, FIAP-Jean Monnet Hall
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno: ‘Rootedness and Irregular Migration in Latin America’

viernes 29 mayo
13.45-15.15, Paris Marriott Rive Gauche, Scène D
Pía Riggirozzi: ‘Regional Governance and Gender-Responsive Approaches to Forced Migration in Latin America’

15.30-17.00, FIAP-Java (Sumatra+Bali)
Paolo Spada: ‘The Phoenix Rises Again, but Transformed: The Resurgence and Technocratic Turn of Participatory Budgeting in Brazil’
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Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
#PSA26 It was lovely to meet members and participants at our panels hosted by the @psalatinamerica.bsky.social at Oxford yesterday! We hope to continue growing our network in future events. @piariggirozzi.bsky.social @marianaborges.bsky.social
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
New article 👇 We challenge dominant access-based approaches to food insecurity in forced migration, showing that instability and utilisation are key and deeply shaped by power relations, structuring health outcomes and coping strategies, especially for women and girls in transit and first reception👇
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Latinoamérica21 @latinoamerica21.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
@piariggirozzi.bsky.social y @cintranatalia.bsky.social latinoamerica21.com/es/migracion...
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Migración, género y liderazgo global: ¿desafío u oportunidad para Brasil? - Latinoamérica 21
Análisis L21 | Brasil emerge como actor clave. Migración, género y liderazgo global: ¿desafío u oportunidad para Brasil?
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Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Latin American Politics SG has 2 panels at #PSA26 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social 👉 Parties, Public Opinion and the New Right: The state of Democracy in Latin America 👉 Bureaucracy, Territory, and Belonging in Latin America @marianaborges.bsky.social @piariggirozzi.bsky.social Néstor Castañeda
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Politics at Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
See you at #psa26 soon! We're also highlighting PAIR co-authors: @piariggirozzi.bsky.social w/@vchengm.bsky.social on Wed, @viktorv.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social w/@drjennings.bsky.social on Tue, @jydenham.bsky.social on 'The UK Accounting Officer system: time for change?' (15.30 on Mon)
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
New article announcement! Latin American migration governance: the politics of ambiguity and adhocracy - and it is open access too -> academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
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Latin American migration governance: the politics of ambiguity and adhocracy
In the context of Latin American migration governance, there has been a clear shift away from regional human rights-based commitments towards discretionary
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
America's withdrawal to the next level
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Great to write w my brilliant friend Cintia Quiliconi @flacsoecuador.bsky.social about Latin American regional migration governance and its shift from human-rights frameworks towards more discretionary, security-driven approaches- and what it means for protection and policy. doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
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Latin American migration governance: the politics of ambiguity and adhocracy
In the context of Latin American migration governance, there has been a clear shift away from regional human rights-based commitments towards discretionary
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Not to mention how interventions displace people, affect lives, and turn the populations into collateral damage
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This is against international law and part of the destruction of multilateralism. A very worrying return to the Cold War in the current geopolitical context. It evokes a past of interventionism and now capturing a leader by force? Waiting for the regional statement from Latin American leaders?
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
A very worrying return to the Cold War in the current geopolitical context. It evokes a past of interventionism: from Guatemala in 1954 to Caracas today, the historical echoes of bombings and external pressure as tools of political and economic control in Latin America are still present.
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Muy preocupante retorno a la Guerra Fría en clave geopolítica actual. Reminiscencia de un pasado de intervencionismo: de Guatemala 1954 a Caracas hoy son los ecos históricos de bombardeos y presión externa como herramientas de disciplinamiento político económico en América Latina.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/01/2026
Venezuela accuses US after explosions and low-flying aircraft reported in Caracas – live
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Venezuela accuses US after explosions and low-flying aircraft reported in Caracas – live
Multiple loud explosions were reported in Caracas at about 2am on Saturday Venezuela’s authoritarian government has accused the US of risking plunging Latin America into chaos with “an extremely serious” act of “imperial aggression” after Donald Trump reportedly ordered strikes against the South American country. Explosions, loud noises and low-flying aircraft were heard in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas in the early hours of Saturday amid reports that Trump had ordered the attack. In a statement, Venezuela’s government confirmed that Caracas had come under attack, as well as three other states: Miranda, La Guaira and Aragua. Continue reading...
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Such a fab group of scholars in one place and ready to set a great agenda. Thanks for organising.
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
COP30 will test regional action in LatAm -and whether countries address climate change impact on women who see increasing care burdens, threatening livelihoods, further violence, limited access to basic services; all of which most likely will force them to flee latinoamerica21.com/en/toward-co...
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Toward COP30: Climate change and forced migration in Latin America - Latinoamérica 21
Analysis L21 | A driver of human displacement. Toward COP30: Climate change and forced migration in Latin America.
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
habra acción regional en la COP30 respecto de mujeres migrantes? Mientras, por el cambio climático muchas mujeres ven aumentar las cargas de cuidado, mas riesgo a medios de vida, mas violencia, y limitado acceso a servicios básicos-con toda probabilidad, obligándolas a desplazarse.
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Expecting Argentina’s recovery to hinge on Trump or Milei’s consideration of ‘whatever it takes’ commitment is bad news for the people, and of course dangerous. Unsure as well about what the Financial Times means by ‘national commitment’ -by whom/ to what?! Unsurprisingly biased on.ft.com/4nhn2jA
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The hard task of exiting the populist trap
Javier Milei’s plight in Argentina demonstrates how difficult it can be to rescue economies
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
my piece @theconversation.com on Nobel peace prize winner Maria Corina Machado: Venezuelan opposition leader. In a region where democracy is being eroded, the Prize to María Corina Machado (as well as democracy and peace) is both a tribute and a test. theconversation.com/nobel-peace-...
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Nobel peace prize winner Maria Corina Machado: Venezuelan opposition leader forced into hiding after taking on Maduro
The Venezuelan opposition leader was forced to go into hiding in 2024 after being banned form standing in that year’s election.
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Milei vetó lo aprobado en el Congreso: aumento a jubilaciones (afectadas x cortes en servicios sociales y públicos); reactivación de moratoria previsional (acceso al esquema jubilatorio) y la emergencia en discapacidad (necesito explicar?!). La democracia corroída... www.infobae.com/politica/202...
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Milei vetó las leyes de aumento a jubilados y emergencia en discapacidad y el lunes se publicará en el Boletín Oficial
El Presidente firmó los decretos este sábado, según confirmaron fuentes oficiales a Infobae. El Gobierno cree que tiene los votos para defenderlos en la Cámara baja
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
El Salvador just fast-tracked itself into liberal authoritarianism, pushing through a constitutional reform to allow indefinite re-election, extend the presidential term, and eliminate runoffs. And just to kill regional cooperation, quit Parlacen too. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Opposition leaders say ‘democracy in El Salvador has died’ after scrapping of presidential term limits
Legislation allows rightwing president Nayib Bukele to seek unlimited terms, sparking fears of dictatorship
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Women’s bodies are war zones in Sudan, DRC, Haiti and beyond. Yet just 10% of funding to support survivors is provided. Sexual violence in conflict is not invisible - it is ignored. Our plea to donors: don’t cut money for survivors of these cowardly, pathetic men.
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The closure of UN offices and humanitarian programmes that support migration and refugee undermines protection & the human rights infrastructure that support it. It leaves millions without essential aid amidst violence and poverty. This are root causes, and will create not reduce the need to flee.
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What Will Closing Four U.N. Offices Mean for Migrants? – Inter-American Dialogue
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts' views on four U.N. refugee agency offices closing in Mexico.
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
A week in El Salvador for excellent work w @cintranatalia.bsky.social Visited shelters, borders areas, and humanitarian actors x interviews & presented a report on new migration flows and challenges of regional protection. Impressed with what was said and equally inspired by what was not said.
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
New publication in Migration Studies! Can humanitarianism truly protect displaced women—or does it sustain the very structures that make them vulnerable? Find out here and open access of course academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
@cintranatalia.bsky.social be por este también
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
New publication announcement! here we challenge prevailing assumptions re humanitarian governance by exposing how gender-blind and gender-sensitive protection regimes often reinforce, rather than resolve, vulnerabilities faced by forcibly displaced women. academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/04/2025
President Trump and right-wing politicians in Europe have railed against trans rights. Britain’s Supreme Court has now added its voice to the discussion, ruling on Wednesday that the legal definition of a woman under the country’s equality legislation is based on biological sex.
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U.K. Court Ruling on Trans Women Is Part of Wider Debate on Sex and Gender
President Trump and right-wing politicians in Europe have railed against trans rights. Britain’s top court has now added its voice to the discussion.
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Excellent work and presence of @sotonpolitics.bsky.social convening. Thank you and sorry I missed it this year.
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
📣New in the The Lancet Regional Health–Americas! We show how Venezuelan women flee because they are mothers, driven by hunger, violence & health needs. But transnational motherhood, precarity & trauma erode health. Migration policy must centre on and redress this www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Determinants of self-rated health among Venezuelan migrant women in Brazil: a cross-sectional study
Venezuelan migrant women report better self-assessed health upon arrival in Brazil, likely due to improved access to essential services and safety. However, this perception declines due to stressors s...
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Our new article is out @thelancet.bsky.social! We show how Venezuelan women flee because they are mothers, driven by hunger, violence & health needs. But transnational motherhood, precarity & trauma erode health. Migration policy must centre on and redress this. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Determinants of self-rated health among Venezuelan migrant women in Brazil: a cross-sectional study
Migration between countries in the Global South remains under-researched, with even less focus on the intersections of migration, transnational mother…
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Memoria, activa y presente. MADRES, siempre. Dictadura NUNCA MÁS. No estuve en la plaza pero desde este lado también presente. SON 30000. Argentina sigamos sosteniendo la memoria contra el negacionismo
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
New in Lancet Global Health! Making the case for regional cooperation to lead effective & equitable global health responses. But warns that geopolitical power imbalances, financial constraints, must be addressed for regional organisations to fulfill their potential. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Insightful new report on #Politics and #International_Relations Provision in UK from @britishacademy.bsky.social with input from PSA, @MYBISA buff.ly/3WtP3tC
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/03/2025
International aid is as vital as defence spending – cutting either undermines British security | Emily Darlington
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International aid is as vital as defence spending – cutting either undermines British security | Emily Darlington
When funding to support vulnerable countries is withdrawn, the risk of war and global destabilisation increases
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Glad this is out (and kudos to Afifah)! Very timely: it is argued that regional organisations can offer context-specific, equitable responses to global health emergencies ...but they must be better integrated into global governance to overcome multilateral limits. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Establishing the value of regional cooperation and a critical role for regional organisations in managing future health emergencies
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the failures of global, multilateral cooperation to respond and adapt to health emergencies while observing the principles of solidarity and equity. This response has ra...
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
🚨 Exciting News! 🚨The Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre is live at Southampton! 🎉 Join our interdisciplinary community. 📢 Launch Event: 📅 Tues 18 March | ⏰ 3-5PM | 📍 100/7013 💬 Challenges of Studying Gender & Inequalities—a roundtable for all, esp. PhDs! Reception & refreshments from 4pm!
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Excelente película que no es ficción sino realidad, no solo historia sino presente (como señala la actriz), es personal y colectivo a la vez y es sobre memoria de tantos. El ángulo de madre como memoria activa y activista es una genialidad - www.pagina12.com.ar/805251-se-es...
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Se estrena la película brasileña nominada al Oscar | "Aún estoy aquí", dirigida por Walter Salles
El nuevo largometraje del brasileño, su primera película de ficción en casi doce años, describe con rigor y nobleza un período negro en la historia de su país, al tomar el caso del ingeniero Rubens Pa...
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Have no mistake, the same wealthy extremists who helped propel Trump into the White House are pumping money into UK. All those who celebrated Trump discriminating against trans and non-binary individuals need to realise it's also women's rights they're coming for. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Prayer and prosecutions: the US ‘hate group’ waging war over Britain’s abortion clinic buffer zones
Anti-abortion campaigners cheer as JD Vance brands safe zones an attack on ‘liberties of religious Britons’
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 11/02/2025
“USAID built a vast array of programs to help families foresee and adjust to climate shocks without migrating,” I told the @nytimes.com. Ending those programs “leaves migration as the only viable way for many families in the Western Hemisphere region to cope.”
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U.S. Aid Agency’s Climate Programs Aimed to Curb Migration. Now They’re Gone.
Aid projects were designed to help Central Americans withstand extreme weather at home. Their end could undercut Trump’s goal of reducing migration.
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Deporting individuals just for irregular entry is illegal and undermines due process to determine refugee status, and international principle of non-refoulement. In Venezuela political repression, economic collapse, and human rights violations continue. Returning people places them at grave risk.
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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Have you seen the latest British Academy report on the provision of politics and international relations in UK Higher Education yet? If not, what are you waiting for? Check it out now at the link below!
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New British Academy Report on Politics and International Relations provision in UK Higher Education | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
Politics & IR remains popular as a degree with impressive employment outcomes for graduates, and punches above its weight in research A new British Academy report, produced in partnership with the…
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Natalia Cintra @cintranatalia.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
⚠️ New open access publication alert ⚠️ We reflect on the situation of Venezuela women in Brazil to reflect on gendered policies in humanitarian settings and whether they are able to protect displaced women. More below, and questions/comments are welcome
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Out now! A timely piece w brilliant colleagues. We offer a critique of humanitarian aid when delivered as paternalism, especially when tied to securitised migration. But recognise its role if protection centres on migrant women autonomy and meaningful inclusion journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
No es suma cero: el cierre de USAID es parte de una ofensiva más amplia: congelación de fondos, recorte de programas de salud globales, ataques y bloqueos a la comunidad de investigación e información científica. Esto afecta a millones en todo el mundo www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona...
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Gobiernos de la izquierda latinoamericana aplauden el ataque de Trump a la agencia USAID
La decisión de la Administración Trump de desmantelar gran parte de la agencia estadounidense de ayuda al desarrollo, USAID -bloqueado por un juez este viernes-, ha
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Yanina Welp @welpita.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
En Argentina, una mayoría cree que el estado debería garantizar la igualdad de oportunidades pero esa mayoría es mucho más amplia entre las mujeres y la gente de mayor edad.
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Pía Riggirozzi @piariggirozzi.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
this is the point: Trump’s actions are particularly targeting women’s health, notably sexual and reproductive health and rights, and human rights of (forced) migrants. Solidarity, advocacy and policy coordination, including regional organisation, is a must. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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American chaos: standing up for health and medicine
Withdrawal from WHO and the Paris Agreements. USAID shuttered and aid halted, ceasing health programmes globally. A freeze on US$3 trillion worth of federal grants and loans, jeopardising the function...
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Laura Hammond @laurahammond.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
40,000 health workers in Kenya affected. 5000 Ethiopian Ministry of Health workers already laid off due to USAID closure www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...
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Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa
The collapse of U.S.A.I.D. at the hands of President Trump and Elon Musk is already leaving gaping holes in vital health care and other services that millions of Africans rely on for their survival.
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