Newsletters
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GRADE Informa 12: Expectations of higher education in the Peruvian Amazon
We talked with our researchers Claudia Sugimaru and Juan León about the factors that produce and reproduce educational inequalities capable of affecting the future trajectory of schoolchildren in the Peruvian Amazon. We launched the book “El Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar” on the sidelines of our 40 anniversary. The full book and […]
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GRADE Informa 11: Mental health and emotional well-being in pandemic
We talked with Alan Sánchez and Vanessa Rojas about how the pandemic affected the mental health of the young participants in the Young Lives study. Our researchers share quantitative and qualitative findings on the relationship between mental health and topics such as food insecurity and educational trajectories. We announce the new members of our Executive […]
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GRADE Informa 10: Education, children with disabilities and pandemic
We spoke with researcher Gabriela Ramos about how the health emergency has affected the presence and participation of students with disabilities in education. The study, a policy brief, the podcast and the video of the discussion event are available. Also, we share our most recent Open Access publications and media collaborations.
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GRADE Informa 9: The First 40 of GRADE
We launched “The First 40 of GRADE”, an opportunity to look at ourselves in perspective, explore what has been worked to date, and share our expectations regarding social research in the country in the future. Over the next few weeks, we invite you to join us on this anniversary tour. Together with FLACSO Chile, within […]
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GRADE Informa 8: Food insecurity and pandemic
We spoke with Young Lives researcher Katherine Curi about new research on the risk of food insecurity during the pandemic for the families of the longitudinal study and the role of government support in mitigating it. We have prepared an infographic to understand the barriers to education for Venezuelan migrant children and adolescents in Peru. We also share our […]
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GRADE Informa 7: Social and labour protection
Regarding his new publication, we spoke with our researcher Hugo Ñopo about his diagnosis of social and labor protection policies in Peru: a spiral of good intentions, bad results and worse responses. We have prepared an animation and an infographic to understand their conclusions. We held the presentation and discussion of the selection of three studies […]
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GRADE Informa 5: Vulnerable youth
Regarding the proposal that young people who neither study nor work -called NEETs- join military service, we spoke with our researcher María Fernanda Rodríguez about the need for policies to consider their particular characteristics and the structural issues behind their situation. Young Lives Peru presented a study that gathered the voices of young people on the multiple challenges […]
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GRADE Informa 5: Educational reforms
Regarding the 7 years of the University Law and the creation of Sunedu, we spoke with our researcher Martín Benavides, former superintendent of Sunedu and former Minister of Education, about the need for a university reform in the country and about the measures to contain the educational crisis due to the pandemic. We held the discussion […]
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GRADE Informa 4: Peruvian agriculture and food security
On June 24 we celebrate the Day of the Peruvian Peasant. The new episode of our GRADE Conversa podcast is aimed to understanding the problem of agriculture in the context of the pandemic. A couple of weeks ago, we organized the first online seminar GRADE Debate on post-COVID food insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean. […]
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GRADE Informa 3: Childhood and vulnerable people
We have published a qualitative research on childcare strategies in vulnerable Peruvian families. The study, a infographic, a podcast and a video of the launch event are available. We also share our latest open access publications and media collaborations.
