Does discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation during the housing search add to existing forms of discrimination and marginalisation? Does this further limit the opportunities for LGBTQ+ people in Latin America?
Evidence from India shows that discussions between peers from the same majority-group that include topics involving transgender people can be effective at reducing anti-transgender discrimination.
Representation in child media matters. Sesame Street’s positive representations of minorities and working women in 1969 had long run impacts on prejudices, influencing people’s propensity to vote for diverse candidates decades later.
How has development economics evolved over the past sixty years? How can we incorporate political, historical, and cultural contexts when addressing economic problems?
Deactivating multimedia on WhatsApp in Brazil consistently reduced exposure to online misinformation during the pre-election weeks in 2022, but did not impact whether false news was believed, or reduce polarisation.
In the conflict between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, fear (rather than hate) is the main driver, it is founded on misperceptions, and proves hard to change with policy.
