The University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute is delighted to bring you this special episode from the Asia Dialogue Podcast series, where Director of UoNARI Carole Spary interviews Chester Yacub, a PhD researcher at the University of Nottingham. 

In this episode, Carole speaks with Chester about a new project he is involved in, with Dr Pauline Eadie, which assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women and girls in the Philippines. 'Resilience, Rights and Equity During Covid-19' is the working title of this research project - and has been given a pilot project grant by the University's ESRC Impact Acceleration as part of its funding. 

You can read more about the project through the two articles below:

https://www.newmandala.org/covid-19-and-food-insecurity-in-metro-manila-a-slow-moving-disaster/

https://www.newmandala.org/covid19-palakasan-and-the-culture-of-clientelism-in-the-philippines/